Colorado State posted on its website, colostate.edu/stadium, Wednesday about the proposed on-campus stadium project. President Tony Frank will make his recommendation about whether, and how, to proceed at the Dec. 4-5 CSU System board of governors meeting. The posted information included reports from two committees — Campus Leadership and Committee Leadership — a department of athletics analysis from interim athletic director John Morris, a department of facilities stadium evaluation and a public input summary.
Frank had been seeking input on four possibilities, two involving remaining at Hughes Stadium and two involving building the on-campus stadium. The input mostly endorsed moving forward with the stadium, whether in a “phased” model designed to be built and then expanded when appropriate or feasible, or in a more ambitious model built as a public-private partnership.
“As I’ve said, I think it’s something that can really move the needle, not only just in the football program at all,” coach Jim McElwain said. “I think as a university, (that’s) the direction we want to go and the town of Fort Collins and up and down the Front Range. I think there’s a lot of value to it. Whatever’s chosen and decided, that’s what we’ll deal with.”
