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The first price tag is in for the planned Bryant-Denny Stadium renovation.
According to resolution set to be voted upon by Alabama's board of trustees Friday, Phase I of the project will cost $75.5 million.
That includes $2.9 million in a design fee to be paid to Davis Architects of Birmingham. The resolution requests waiving the consultant selection process and use Davis Architects. It cites the firm was the "architect of record" in previous Bryant-Denny Stadium renovations and its "familiarity and knowledge of the existing facility."
It is the first of the three-part plan to upgrade Alabama's athletics facilities -- mainly Bryant-Denny for football and Coleman Coliseum for basketball and gymnastics.
Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne previously said they hoped to begin Phase I following the end of the 2019 football season.
The three-page resolution to be voted upon Friday breaks down the source of the funding that'll pay for the construction. The bulk of it, or $40.5 million, will come from bonds. Another $25 million will come from Crimson Tide Foundation gifts and $10 million will come from reserves.
The renovation was billed as part of the $600 million athletics fundraising drive the school is calling "The Crimson Standard." When the plan was announced Aug. 16, Byrne said $143 million had already been raised.
Phase I will reshape the upper deck in the south end zone that was completed in 2010. It will take out a large chunk of the 8,500 bleacher seats and replace it with a video board and a standing-room, social gathering place with a view of the field. These seats had been largely student and visiting fan sections.
It will also transform the Walk of Champions to include a tunnel and direct path to the locker room through the existing staircase on the north side of the stadium.
The press box on the 50-yard line of the west side will be converted into 10 luxury suites sold for $5 million apiece.
Less than a decade ago, trustees approved an $80.6 million expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium's south end zone that paid Davis Architects $2.6 million to design. At the time, then athletics-director Mal Moore cited a season-ticket waiting list of 10,000 to add approximately 9,000 seats to the stadium.
The dynamics of ticket demand and usage have changed since the board approved that project in February 2009. Sellouts are no longer guaranteed outside of SEC games against marquee opponents.
Byrne in August couldn't say how the first phase of the facility overhaul would impact the overall capacity but it's almost assured to dip below six figures from the current 101,821-seat configuration.
Phase II will rebuild Coleman Coliseum while Phase III will transform the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium and improve the concourses and restroom facilities.
Details on Bryant-Denny Stadium renovation price tag, funding sources
According to resolution set to be voted upon by Alabama's board of trustees Friday, Phase I of the project will cost $75.5 million.
That includes $2.9 million in a design fee to be paid to Davis Architects of Birmingham. The resolution requests waiving the consultant selection process and use Davis Architects. It cites the firm was the "architect of record" in previous Bryant-Denny Stadium renovations and its "familiarity and knowledge of the existing facility."
It is the first of the three-part plan to upgrade Alabama's athletics facilities -- mainly Bryant-Denny for football and Coleman Coliseum for basketball and gymnastics.
Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne previously said they hoped to begin Phase I following the end of the 2019 football season.
The three-page resolution to be voted upon Friday breaks down the source of the funding that'll pay for the construction. The bulk of it, or $40.5 million, will come from bonds. Another $25 million will come from Crimson Tide Foundation gifts and $10 million will come from reserves.
The renovation was billed as part of the $600 million athletics fundraising drive the school is calling "The Crimson Standard." When the plan was announced Aug. 16, Byrne said $143 million had already been raised.
Phase I will reshape the upper deck in the south end zone that was completed in 2010. It will take out a large chunk of the 8,500 bleacher seats and replace it with a video board and a standing-room, social gathering place with a view of the field. These seats had been largely student and visiting fan sections.
It will also transform the Walk of Champions to include a tunnel and direct path to the locker room through the existing staircase on the north side of the stadium.
The press box on the 50-yard line of the west side will be converted into 10 luxury suites sold for $5 million apiece.
Less than a decade ago, trustees approved an $80.6 million expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium's south end zone that paid Davis Architects $2.6 million to design. At the time, then athletics-director Mal Moore cited a season-ticket waiting list of 10,000 to add approximately 9,000 seats to the stadium.
The dynamics of ticket demand and usage have changed since the board approved that project in February 2009. Sellouts are no longer guaranteed outside of SEC games against marquee opponents.
Byrne in August couldn't say how the first phase of the facility overhaul would impact the overall capacity but it's almost assured to dip below six figures from the current 101,821-seat configuration.
Phase II will rebuild Coleman Coliseum while Phase III will transform the exterior of Bryant-Denny Stadium and improve the concourses and restroom facilities.
Details on Bryant-Denny Stadium renovation price tag, funding sources
