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Upgrade Of Ohio Stadium Planned

thelantern.com

Ohio State University will spend 42 million dollars to renovate a portion of Ohio Stadium, eliminate some obstructed view seats, add more luxury seating, and make other upgrades. Athletic director Gene Smith says work on the four-year project will begin in 2017. It will be funded without use of state tax or student tuition money. The project includes restoring concrete on C Deck, and installing better scoreboards and larger TVs to improve some obstructed-view seats. 35 loge boxes and 12 luxury suites will be added. The work requires removal of 26 hundred seats. Upgrading luxury boxes will help with OSU's big donors, but Smith says the project will also improve the stadium for concert-goers.

The project is expected to be completed in 2019 and must be approved by OSU trustees. The venue got a 194 million dollar makeover in 2001.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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