The revamping of the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium has take a massive step forward today.
It is not often you see such excitement about renovations for a school's football stadium, but Kansas is generating a lot of media attention with its new endzone design.
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Wow.
This immediately becomes one of the most elaborate endzone designs in the nation.
The renovations are a part of a larger scheme revamp that Kansas University is undergoing.
According to the Kansas Athletics website, "The Gateway District will transform the north entrance to campus in a profound way to drive student enrollment and economic benefit to Kansas. The project will develop a new campus gateway, multi-use space and upgraded football facilities, all of which will enhance KU’s ability to recruit and retain students.
"The most innovative component of this project is the development of multi-use facilities to be used throughout the year to generate revenue for academic programming and student success. In addition to the conference center, and as suggested by the project consultant, the project will potentially include a mix of arts and entertainment, dining, retail, office space, lodging and other uses that support economic development and the university’s academic mission.
"The transformational changes to the Anderson Family Football Complex and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium – one of the nation’s oldest football venues – will create a world-class experience for fans and student-athletes. Currently, the University of Kansas generates $192 million and 2,600 jobs for the Kansas economy, and the Gateway District will greatly enhance those figures in the future."
A "project" like what this statement is labeled as usually falls short in some way, either due to delays or changes in budget, but when you see an endzone design laid out like this along with the announcement of the seating capacity which will start a little above 40,000 with the plans for future expansion, according to Athletic Director Travis Goff, then days like today make Jayhawk fans feel a little more assured about the "project" that was promised.
This season, this Kansas side will have its fair games under bright lights as Lance Leipold's team will host Fresno State and Wagner as its first two home games, then comes West Virginia and Cincinnati..
On October 25th, comes the matchup Jayhawk fans have long been waiting for, the Kansas State Wildcats will be coming to town in what is sure to be a must-watch game. Kansas will then finish out its home season by hosting Oklahoma State and then Utah to close out the regular season on November 28th.