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re: What would it cost for a top tier CFB team to build a new stadium?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:26 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:26 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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So what would the price tag be for a 90,000-100,000 seat stadium with 100 or so luxury suites, multiple large HD video boards built from the ground up?
It's gotta be upwards of $500 million at this point.
I know for UW's remodel, they essentially tore down and rebuilt 3/4 of the stadium and it cost about $280 million. It was a steal at that point though and would cost almost $400 million now. For a complete rebuild plus an additional 20,000-30,000 seats, it would easily top $500 million.
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Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:26 pm to Lsuhoohoo
500 million. Billion dollar stadiums have the retractable roof, much better (and less capacity) seating etc. 600 million with todays contract environment would get you a state of the art facility for 80-90 thousand seats. Reliant field was built for the Texans for about 650 million if i remember correctly
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:27 pm to Lsuhoohoo
The thing is that most top tier programs have kept really good care of their stadiums (with many renovations through the years) that none of them need to completely start over. And the smaller schools just couldn't afford it. So we'll never see a dollar amount that high for a college stadium
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:27 pm to Bama Bird
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Miami is a much different story and would be better served playing their games at the Marlins' ballpark.
There have been talks that Miami and the MLS team in Miami will co-own the stadium. I think they would drop capacity big time (playing up at their stadium now fits 80K or so) to like 40-50K.
Plans to Share potentially
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:29 pm to dreaux
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Reliant field was built for the Texans for about 650 million if i remember correctly
Just looked that up, $462 million after inflation adjustment. That's surprising.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:29 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Starting from scratch is less expensive than large renovations/expansions. You could do major renovations or build a brand new stadium (if not on existing site) for the same amount in these cases where they are major overhaul renovations to very old stadiums.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:31 pm to TigerRantMan99
Also have to look at the "city" these stadiums are in. Cheaper to find plots of land and build in most college towns than in LA
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:31 pm to TigerRantMan99
Right and I'm sure a large portion of a place like UW or A&M is in the demolition required.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:31 pm to TDawg1313
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I know for UW's remodel, they essentially tore down and rebuilt 3/4 of the stadium and it cost about $280 million. It was a steal at that point though and would cost almost $400 million now. For a complete rebuild plus an additional 20,000-30,000 seats, it would easily top $500 million.
Didn't UW actually DECREASE their number of seats pretty substantially?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:32 pm to Buckeye06
college stadiums have way less frills than their NFL counterparts... that's why I'm thinking the budget would be $500 million or less... sure, if someone wanted to build a jerryworld replica with granite countertops in every suite, european light fixtures... then yeah, it's gonna reach a billion.
where you build will also have a lot to do with it too... 500 million in southern californa won't go nearly as far as 500 million in south lousiana.
where you build will also have a lot to do with it too... 500 million in southern californa won't go nearly as far as 500 million in south lousiana.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:32 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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Just looked that up, $462 million after inflation adjustment. That's surprising.
i lived in houston at that time and was doing work at the astrodome before it was demo'ed and they were building reliant field. Reliant stadium is state of the art and very nice.
the bidding process nowadays and labor as cheap as it is almost off sets inflation i would imagine.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:32 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Didn't UW actually DECREASE their number of seats pretty substantially?
No. Official capacity went from 72,500 to 70,138.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:34 pm to dreaux
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Reliant field was built for the Texans for about 650 million if i remember correctly
In a right-to-work state with generally low costs across the board in terms of land, etc.
Try doing that in downtown Los Angeles and that price will look substantially different.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:34 pm to TDawg1313
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No. Official capicity went from 72,500 to 70,138.
Gotcha. I thought it was closer to 80,000 previously. Stanford's was a pretty significant decrease. I think Cal's as well.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:35 pm to dreaux
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Reliant stadium is state of the art and very nice.
I want to say it was the first retractable roof NFL stadium. The fact that its still a fairly new stadium and even with inflation it still came in under 500 million is pretty crazy to think about, given you could build 2 Reiliants for the price of a MetLife or Levi's.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:35 pm to TigerRantMan99
two major quality points were just brought to light.
the location it's to be built.
if there is demo to be done.
so basically no one could answer the question without knowing these 2 first. If it's to be built on land the university already owns? hell, that's huge right there.
the location it's to be built.
if there is demo to be done.
so basically no one could answer the question without knowing these 2 first. If it's to be built on land the university already owns? hell, that's huge right there.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:36 pm to Lsuhoohoo
i think it was the first retractable roof yes. They were still building dome's before that.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:37 pm to KosmoCramer
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If Pete Carroll were still there, it would be a possibility.
They just don't have the dedicated fan base from a football stand point to fund that.
USC has had plenty of money to renovate the Coliseum for years and has been trying to. The major obstical was that the school had no say in the operations of the building and it was run by the city and the state through the Coliseum Commission, which is the most corrupt group on the face of the planet. USC took control a few months ago and as part of that agreement is required to invest at least $70M.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:37 pm to usc6158
land cost is something totally separate from construction costs... assuming a college owns the property where this mythical stadium would be built... if not, that will increase the price tag significantly.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 1:38 pm to lowspark12
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college stadiums have way less frills than their NFL counterparts..
thats' an understatement. Bench seating vs chairbacks with cup holders for starters. The concourse in an nfl stadium or mlb ballpark are retarded nice.
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