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State Officials Looking For Ways To Finance New Stadium, Repair Old One - Honolulu Civil Beat State Officials Looking For Ways To Finance New Stadium, Repair Old One Stadium officials won’t put an opening date on the new stadium after seeing other projects in Hawaii stall. Reading time: 6 minutes. State officials are reevaluating how to finance construction of a new Aloha Stadium, which is expected to cost the state $350 million, while also looking at what it would take to fix up the current stadium.  In the meantime, a group of consultants hired to shepherd development of the stadium and...

University of Hawaii expects $400K annual loss for football Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, February 5, 2021 HONOLULU (AP) - The University of Hawaii estimates annual losses up to $400,000 while using an expanded practice facility for home football games. The university projects expenses to play games at the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletic Complex on the school’s Manoa campus will exceed revenue by $400,000 each year compared with the Aloha Stadium, Honolulu Star-Advertiser repor...

University of Hawaii looks to add 6K seats to practice field Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, February 4, 2021 HONOLULU (AP) - The University of Hawaii could add more than 6,400 seats to its practice football field to play games there over the next three years if Aloha Stadium remains closed. The estimated $6 million upgrade of the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletic Complex on the school’s Manoa campus would include moving scoreboards from the larger stadium on Oahu. Preliminary co...

$2 million in facility upgrades, including electrical, telecommunications and press box $1.8 million for additional spectator seating $1.1 million for relocation of scoreboards and game clocks from Aloha Stadium $712,000 for adding concession space $200,000 for adding benches $150,000 for relocating pole vault/high jump area UH will host six to seven games each year over the next three seasons. Along with the planned upgrades, new synthetic turf was already funded and scheduled to be installed by the start of the season. The university began the search for a temporary “home field” after t...