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麻豆相关报道 Kicks Off Campaign to Build On-Campus Football Stadium

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Posted on August 31, 2018

Julie Jackson

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The 麻豆相关报道 launched a fundraising campaign today with the goal of building an on-campus football stadium by 2020. The campaign, called , is part of a comprehensive effort to fund a new stadium.

An on-campus football stadium will propel South Alabama football and all Jaguar athletics programs to a new level of excellence, success and prestige. The stadium will enhance the identity of Jaguar sports among prospective student-athletes, increase opportunities for regional and national television coverage and elevate South Alabama鈥檚 ability to recruit at a higher level in all sports.

鈥淥ur students, fans, alumni and visiting fans deserve to be on our beautiful campus to enjoy a traditional college football game-day,鈥� said Joel Erdmann, the University鈥檚 athletic director. 鈥淥ur team and those we host deserve to play in a modern stadium, which properly aligns us with those who compete at the elite level of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the College Football Playoff.鈥�

The state-of-the-art football stadium will provide students, alumni and the Mobile community with an unrivaled fan experience at Jaguar football games and will significantly elevate the University鈥檚 growing national profile in athletics, academics and student life. The future stadium will be located adjacent to the Jaguars鈥� football field house and newly opened Jaguar Training Center.

The University has committed that the stadium will not be paid for with tuition dollars from students. The debt service on the stadium project will largely be paid from redirected, internal expenditures that are currently being used toward rent at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, selected expenses specific to playing at Ladd-Peebles, as well as campus auxiliary revenue and new external revenues from ticket sales, donations, suite and club sales and parking.

鈥淲e are committed to having an on-campus football stadium at South, and we are committed to doing everything within our power to have that stadium open for the 2020 football season,鈥� said Dr. Tony Waldrop, University president. 鈥淲e also are committed to not using our students鈥� tuition dollars to build a stadium.鈥�

Fundraising efforts for the stadium will be an ongoing project. The campaign will be evaluated continuously, and the campaign鈥檚 progress will determine how quickly the University can move ahead to the next phases of construction.

鈥淣ow is the time to give all of our alumni, fans and supporters the opportunity to get involved in the campaign, which provides opportunities for everyone, at all levels of support, to help make our on-campus stadium a reality,鈥� said Waldrop.

With over 6,000 employees and close to 15,000 students, and an annual payroll of nearly $500 million, 麻豆相关报道is a primary economic driver in the Gulf Coast region, providing billions of dollars in economic impact to the city and county.

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