ASU Stadiium Cost Up by $12-Million



The New ASU football stadium can be seen above the school's new softball complex.


     The Montgomery Advertiser has the story. Lots of rumors about money for the stadium being used elsewhere on campus, which the paper quotes ASU officials as denying.

     There's been a building boom of sorts at ASU, new student structures, new entrances to campus, the softball and football facilities, the Selma to Montgomery March interpretive Center and more. Some of the building may come from the reduced cost of construction right now, when companies are hungry for any work and will cut prices. But The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees looked at the economy and rejected a proposed Football stadium stadium for the Birmingham campus....or maybe there was more going on in that decision. Read this story by The New York Times Regional Newspapers' Dana Beyerle. He writes of a virtual rebellion by the system's Birmingham and Huntsville campuses.
     Meanwhile at ASU, it's full steam ahead. The stadium is scheduled to be finished in time for the 2012 Turkey Day Classic'