Stadium Campaign Moving Forward ENMU is pleased to announce that behind-the-scenes progress on the new stadium has made great strides since our last update in February. The executive architects are SMPC Architects and the associate architects are McClain+Yu Architecture & Design. Both firms are from Albuquerque. The architects are working closely with the stadium planning committee in finalizing the official stadium plans. ENMU has selected Bradbury Stamm Construction to build the new stadium. Their team is reviewing the architectural drawings and preparing cost estimates and timelines. If you have been on campus lately, you’ve seen stakes marking the location for the new stadium just southwest of Greyhound Arena. The land has been evaluated to determine the necessary construction specifications. This will be a stadium we will all be proud of and that ENMU athletes and students will make use of for generations. But before the celebration begins, we still have work to do. “Don’t let all this progress fool you into thinking we’ve reached our fundraising goal,” warns Steve Doerr (BS 77), president of the ENMU Foundation. “We’ve received tremendous support from our donors in raising $12 million toward the new stadium project. As the ENMU Foundation spearheads the efforts to raise the remaining
$3 million to complete the stadium, we know we can count on friends and alumni to finish the job,” Steve says. “The $3 million will ‘take us across the goal line’ on the campaign by assisting with funding critical components to a first class stadium that includes new walkways to the stadium, signage, lighting, park benches and other features found at the best stadiums in the country.” The new stadium will take ENMU sports to the next level and enhance the “Eastern Experience” for all students, fans and visitors to Portales and the region. But we’ll need the help of alumni and friends to bring the Stadium “home”. Please go online to enmu.edu/Donate or call 888.291.5524 to find out more about giving opportunities. Visit enmu.edu/StadiumBricks to place your name in perpetuity at the new stadium. You can purchase a brick for you or a loved one. The bricks will be placed near the entrance of the new stadium. The ceremonial ground breaking is scheduled for June 6. It will be an exciting year ahead as the campus and the Portales community watch as the stadium is erected. The grand opening is anticipated for the kickoff of the fall 2016 football season. Watch for updated architectural renderings in our August issue.
Photo by Kait Roberts
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Green & Silver | May 2015
