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$1.45 Billion Renovation of The Swamp
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:29 am
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:29 am
UF just announced massive overhaul of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Increased in scope by $1B since first proposed.
Swamp Renovation
Renovation link:
Official Renovation Link
Swamp Renovation
Renovation link:
Official Renovation Link
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 9:57 am
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:31 am to bgator85
That is ridiculous. We are a women's cross country school.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:35 am to bgator85
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$1.45 Billion
I read the article you linked to and the math still isn't mathing for me. What kind of "overhaul" costs $1.45B? Why not just build a new stadium at that point?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:35 am to bgator85
Damn, that’s crazy money. Looks like the boosters finally woke up
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:35 am to bgator85
Capacity?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:36 am to bgator85
Looks kind of like Death Valley from that angle
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:37 am to PSS101
Looks good though
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:37 am to bgator85
Interesting idea to take in that kind of debt in this climate of college athletics. The rendering looks awesome though.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:39 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
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I read the article you linked to and the math still isn't mathing for me. What kind of "overhaul" costs $1.45B? Why not just build a new stadium at that point?
There was talk about building new but ultimately they didn't want to abandon the location.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:41 am to bgator85
That's a damn nice kitchen. Must've gone with the fancy garbage disposal.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:44 am to Sl0thstronautEsq
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I read the article you linked to and the math still isn't mathing for me. What kind of "overhaul" costs $1.45B? Why not just build a new stadium at that point?
my thoughts exactly. 1.45 billion would build a really nice brand new stadium
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:45 am to bgator85
Stadium kitchen incoming…
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:46 am to Faurot fodder
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That's a damn nice kitchen. Must've gone with the fancy garbage disposal.
And a double oven.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:48 am to tigerbait2010
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Interesting idea to take in that kind of debt in this climate of college athletics
my first thought. It seems like if you've already got a pretty sound infrastructure with facilities, which pretty much any of the top 25 programs do, youd' want to throw as much extra cash as you have into next year's roster.
UF could play in a $10B stadium for that matter but they're still going to lose out on recruits if texas or miami is going to keep doubling the going rate.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:50 am to bigDgator
I tried to post an article not behind some kind of a paywall, didn't realize the figure wasn't there. That is what they are getting approved by the BOT today.
I'll update the link.
Swamp Renovation
I'll update the link.
Swamp Renovation
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:51 am to bgator85
Disney Gators need to get back to making me a sammich
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:52 am to bgator85
Good news, we don't play there, so we'll see it on TV... 
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 9:55 am
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:54 am to WG_Dawg
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UF could play in a $10B stadium for that matter but they're still going to lose out on recruits if texas or miami is going to keep doubling the going rate.
Well we seem to be doing OK in recruiting and we spent the money to keep a lot of good players we thought were going to be pilfered by schools with supposedly deeper pockets, but it didn't happen. We also spent a lot of money keeping our basketball players this off season, so maybe we are going to finally start spending some money.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:55 am to jangalang
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Disney Gators need to get back to making me a sammich
The extra billion is for the kitchen.
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 9:57 am
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