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[QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 1195743, member: 2141"]
Just as a FYI, Temple is considering an on-campus football stadium.  A key factors looks to be that their current lease at Lincoln Field is set to expire driving up the annual cost from $1 million per year to $2 million per year.  The on-campus stadium concept for Temple would be about a 30 to 40K  stadium costing well north of $100 million.  A decision maybe made before this semester ends.

Location - [url]https://www.google.com/maps/place/Geasey+Field/@39.982695,-75.1595571,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xda62c570560407b[/url]

I found this write-up by the local Philly paper to be a good view of the finances behind it in light of other recent stadiums, such as: Akron (27K, $62 million), Colorado St (40K, $200 million), Houston (40K, $158 million), North Texas (31K, $78 million)), (Tulane (30K, $100 million).

From a straight money view point, it is not a good picture.  The article also points out that UAB recently shot down the opportunity to build their own on-campus for $75 million in 2011 and their football program is also now history.

[url]http://articles.philly.com/2015-01-05/sports/57711037_1_infocision-stadium-football-stadium-stadium-decision[/url]
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