More About F I U 's Stadium

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Big East USF Bulls to open FIU's new Football Stadium (Main Board)

posted by ManzanoWolf , Albuquerque, 02-04-2008, 08:54, from 68.35.57.132

Saw this article on the stAte Board:

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/405266.html

The stadium -- which will be built in phases and mirrors the wraparound model of Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium -- opens Sept. 20, with FIU's first home game of the 2008 season against South Florida. It is the only on-campus stadium south of Orlando. In the opening phase, the stadium will seat 20,000, and it eventually will expand to 45,000 with an enclosed upper deck.

Attached to the west end zone seats will be a $12.5 million fieldhouse featuring a state-of-the-art weight training and rehabilitation facility for all FIU athletes.

FIU Stadium, when completed, will include 1,400 club seats, approximately 50 club suites and a Panther Club on the first floor for club-seats owners. Shortly after he was hired Oct. 10, 2006, Garcia tweaked the design plans to move the seats as close to the field as possible and still have enough room to hold soccer matches.

''We want to give that Orange Bowl feel where fans are right on top of the players and the action,'' Garcia said. ``There is no wasted space between the sidelines and seats.''