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Kenan readies for expansion
Stadium to add seating on east side
BY SETH WRIGHT
STAFF WRITER
Since its construction in 1927.
Kenan Stadium has had one major
addition in 1963 that doubled the
seating capacity.
Several smaller additions, the
most recent in 1998, brought the
stadium to its current capacity of
60,000.
Kenan stadium was left a
horseshoe.
But after another renovation,
football game attendees walking to
their seats in Kenan Stadium will
be able to make a full circle.
Long-range plans, formulated
by the Department of Athletics
and the Facilities Planning and
Construction department, include
filling out the east end zone of
Kenan Stadium.
Plans also include an addition
of a second-level concourse, anew
academic support center for stu
dent athletes and a refurbishing of
the stadiums surrounding forest.
“We've been proud to say it’s
the most beautiful stadium in the
country," UNC Athletic Director
Dick Baddour said. “What we’ve
done is come up with a plan that's
going to enhance that."
The completion of the project
will add more premium seating
to the stadium's current 60,000
capacity. Premium seating is any
private suite or special club seat.
But according to the NCAA, in
2006 average game attendance
at Kenan Stadium was just below
50,000, meaning that 10,000
seats were usually left vacant at
each game. The team finished 3-9
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for the 2006 season.
The new addition will also mean
an increase in ticket prices, though
officials have not decided how much
more the prices will rise. According
to TarHeelßlue.com, ticket prices
are $315 for the entire 2008 sea
son.
Baddour said the Kenan Stadium
improvements will be paid for with
the sale of premium seating, fund
raising and anew facility fee added
to the cost of each ticket.
The new multistep project is
going to be completed in phases,
with each phase beginning as the
athletics department receives
funding.
And although the master plan
will be set into action beginning
next year, the renovations will take
several years to complete.
“How rapidly we go from there
will be dictated by our ability to
raise funds and the interest level in
the program," Baddour said. “I can
see it easily as a five-, six-, seven-,
eight-year project."
Funds will first lx- used to elimi
nate clutter in the west end zone stu
dent entrance. Instead of havingjust
the lower-level concourse, a second
level will be added and will include
bathrooms and concessions.
But although the stadium will be
made more accessible for attend
ees, the best part of the project,
Baddour said, is that student ath
letes will have more than double
the amount of study space they now
have at the Kenan Field House.
The new academic support cen
ter for student athletes is expected
to be about 40,000 square feet.
“ Hozc l rapidly we go from there will be
dictated by our ability to raise funds
and the interest level in the program."
DICK BADDOUR, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
The area now is about 15,000
square feet
“Since the building was first
built, our teams have expanded,
our programming has expanded
and our staff has expanded," said
Robert Mercer, director of aca
demic support for student athletes.
“We need a unit to house all of that
activity."
Along with student athletes, plans
show that the forest surrounding the
stadium will receive attention.
“There’s a lot of foot traffic
through the area. Over many years,
that compacts the soil," said Jill
Coleman, a landscape architect in
facilities planning. “I think we have
Now a horseshoe, soon a
FISHBOWL
Kenan Stadium is getting a face-lift. An academic
support building will replace the field house, and
additional seating also will be added. The
60,000-capacity stadium last got more seats in 1998
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has suffered.”
And though many trees will have
to be cleared to start the stadium
construction. Coleman said the
proportion added will be greater
than those removed.
Baddour said that after the Kenan
Stadium expansion is completed the
whole campus will benefit.
“Its exciting to (improve) a trea
sure that we have in the heart of
campus that’s really appreciated
and loved and enjoyed by our facul
ty. staff, students and our alums."
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