FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR STADIUM ANNOUNCED
Just days after hiring Saints wide receiver coach Curtis Johnson as its new head football coach, today (Dec. 8) Tulane University announced “Home Field Advantage,” a $70 million fundraising campaign to build a new $60 million on-campus football stadium and related facilities, and provide $10 million in additional support for the Green Wave football program.
The Tulane Community Stadium is scheduled to open for the 2014 football season.
Tulane President Scott Cowen and members of the Board of Tulane have already raised $40 million in the private phase of a capital campaign and will begin the public phase for the balance of the support needed to build the proposed Tulane Community Stadium.
The new stadium will be located on Ben Weiner Road, between the Reily Student Recreation Center and the James W. Wilson Jr. Center less than a football field away from the original Tulane Stadium. The anticipated capacity is 30,000.
In addition to being the new home field for the Green Wave, the stadium, which Tulane hopes to complete in time for the 2014 football season, also will serve as a community resource for Orleans Parish public schools, New Orleans Recreation Department activities and Louisiana High School Athletics Association events.
Check for additional coverage in Friday's (Dec. 9) edition of New Wave. For more information visit the Tulane Community Stadium website, Facebook and follow #TulaneStadium on Twitter.
