South Alabama Announces Fundraiser Campaign “Get On Campus” To Build On-Campus Stadium
After failing to get the City of Mobile to agree to the Letter-Of-Intent last week at the City Council Meeting (which I wrote about but did not post), USA announced in conjunction with their Board of Trustees meeting the “Get On Campus” campaign.
This fundraiser is part of a comprehensive effort to build the new stadium on campus by the 2020 football season.
“Our students, fans, alumni and visiting fans deserve to be on our beautiful campus to enjoy a traditional college football game-day,” said South Alabama Athletics Director Joel Erdmann in the announcement. “Our team and those we host deserve to play in a modern stadium, which properly aligns us with those who compete at the elite level of the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the College Football Playoff.”
“We are committed to having an on-campus football stadium at South, and we are committed to doing everything within our power to have that stadium open for the 2020 football season,” said University President Tony Waldrop in the announcement. “We also are committed to not using our students’ tuition dollars to build a stadium.”
According to the statement, the campaign will be “evaluated continuously” and the progress will determine how quickly the next phases of construction will move ahead.
You can read the full article here.