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Aerial view of earthmoving and site prep work as the university’s new football stadium begins to take shape.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
A new stadium is being built on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, with plans to open in 2020. Since the football program began at the university in 2009, the Jaguars have played home games at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, which is owned by the city and first opened its doors to the public in 1948. The estimated full dollar amount for the new Hancock Whitney Stadium is $74 million. Construction began in 2018 and will be completed in time for South Alabama’s
Sept. 12, 2020 season-opening home football game. One unique aspect of the stadium project is that the university is handling the job itself as the construction manager, led by Randy Moon, associate vice president for Facilities Management. “We are saving in the neighborhood of $15 million by managing this project ourselves,” Moon told CEG. “A big reason for the savings is that we had good timing. We locked in favorable prices before All outbu ildings are University of South being const the construction labor shortage hit and drove prices versity per Alabama ph ru Masonry assonnel with Purdue Co cted in-house by uni- oto up.” ncr su see STADIUM page 6
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