Trustees approve UNC stadium expansion
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Trustees at UNC-Chapel Hill have approved plans for a first step to expand Kenan Stadium.
Athletic director Dick Baddour says the design approved Wednesday will add two floors to the Kenan Football Center on the west end of the field. One floor will be used for team and recruiting efforts, the second for luxury suites.
Baddour says the expansion will add a club area and 16 to 20 luxury boxes, the first for Kenan. Baddour says only North Carolina and Duke among ACC schools don't offer preimum seating.
The News & Observer or Raleigh reported today officials plan to start work at the end of the 2008 season and finish it by the beginning of the 2009 season.
A school official says the first phase is expected to cost $50 million.
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