Stadium proposal reviews next

By Marcus Nelson

 

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

 

Sunday, September 18, 2005

 

MINNEAPOLIS ? Florida Atlantic will begin reviewing the three proposals it received for its planned domed stadium project this week when a committee will be formed to examine the submissions.

 

Three companies filed detailed plans by the Sept. 1 deadline to plan, build and manage a 40,000-seat domed stadium, student housing and other related properties on FAU's campus.

 

A private company could run the Athletic Innovation Village and receive the revenues. In return, FAU would be able to use the proposed facility for university events.

 

The three groups differ on specifics, but all met the requirements of the Request for Proposal the university issued in July.

 

"The proposals are broad," FAU President Frank Brogan said Saturday. "There is a lot of work to be done to decide what we will recommend to our Board of Trustees."

 

The committee could have a recommendation within "10 days or a couple of weeks," Brogan said.

 

After giving preliminary looks last week at the proposals, FAU Athletic Director Craig Angelos is interested in looking at each proposal in depth.

 

"I've looked at them and it's what we were looking for," said Angelos, who will chair the committee that will examine the proposals.

 

Among the highlights of the proposals:

 

? Global Development Partners suggests a 2,450-bed medical facility and 100,000 square-foot cancer center along with a hotel.

 

? Innovative Development Partners has an emphasis on creating revenues by holding other events at the stadium.

 

? KUD International touted its work on projects such as SBC Park, home of the Giants in San Francisco and Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, which plays host to the Eagles.

 

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They will get a stadium before the marlins. I love one them as one of my colleges, just feel it is still somehow wrong.

Respectfully, I dont understand why FAU and FIU are wasting money attempting to become football powerhouses (div 1) i think they are going to have a hard time finding a niche with the canes, noles, and gators having locked down 99 percent of the states college football fans . Seems to me instead of hoping football catches on in boca or a second team thrives in miami it might be better to invest the money they are using and losing on football in their schools to enhance their academic reputations