Bobcats Announce Stadium Plans
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University plans to expand and renovate Bobcat Stadium and enhance most aspects of its facilities over the next decade, Peter Fields, Director of Athletics, announced on Thursday.
“This is an exciting time to be a Bobcat,” Fields said.
The plan, slated to begin once funding is in place, begins with the addition of 38 SkySuites above the east grandstands. That piece of the project is expected to provide an annual revenue stream of approximately $500,000, which will help supplement private donations in funding the remainder of the projects. Fields indicated the stadium expansion plan includes six phases that could take up to a decade.
Interspersed with the Stadium expansion are enhancements to other areas of the Bobcat Athletics physical plant, particularly those directly impacting MSU student-athletes. Projects include a new academic center, improved strength training and sports medicine facilities, an indoor football practice area, and dedicated practice areas for the men’s and women’s basketball squads.
“Our primary mission is to help our student-athletes gain a quality education while competing in their chosen sport at the highest possible level,” Fields said. “Establishing a high-quality academic center to aid in their educational pursuits and providing top-flight facilities that help them improve speaks directly to this mission. That’s why we see this as a very important project.”
The initial stages of the football stadium expansion will supplement private fund-raising in the ensuing stages of renovations and additions. Fields emphasized that Bobcat Athletics and Montana State University will use no state funds and no student fees to fund these projects, and that, taken in total, “will positively impact each of our nearly 300 student-athletes. That’s what makes this project truly exciting, and truly significant.”
“This is an exciting time to be a Bobcat,” Fields said.
The plan, slated to begin once funding is in place, begins with the addition of 38 SkySuites above the east grandstands. That piece of the project is expected to provide an annual revenue stream of approximately $500,000, which will help supplement private donations in funding the remainder of the projects. Fields indicated the stadium expansion plan includes six phases that could take up to a decade.
Interspersed with the Stadium expansion are enhancements to other areas of the Bobcat Athletics physical plant, particularly those directly impacting MSU student-athletes. Projects include a new academic center, improved strength training and sports medicine facilities, an indoor football practice area, and dedicated practice areas for the men’s and women’s basketball squads.
“Our primary mission is to help our student-athletes gain a quality education while competing in their chosen sport at the highest possible level,” Fields said. “Establishing a high-quality academic center to aid in their educational pursuits and providing top-flight facilities that help them improve speaks directly to this mission. That’s why we see this as a very important project.”
The initial stages of the football stadium expansion will supplement private fund-raising in the ensuing stages of renovations and additions. Fields emphasized that Bobcat Athletics and Montana State University will use no state funds and no student fees to fund these projects, and that, taken in total, “will positively impact each of our nearly 300 student-athletes. That’s what makes this project truly exciting, and truly significant.”
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