CSU Schedules Public Forums on the Proposed On-Campus Stadium

It’s become a very controversial issue in a very short time.   Should CSU build a new on campus stadium and if so, where?  There are supporters of a new stadium and there supporters of keeping  Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium.  Colorado State has announced series of 10 public forums to collect  input regarding the proposed on-campus stadium. Registration is required!

CSU President Tony Frank has created a Stadium Advisory Committee, chaired by Vice President for University Operations Amy Parsons and Athletic Director Jack Graham, which held its first meeting February 3rd . The committee must prepare a report by the end of the semester on whether the university should pursue an on-campus stadium, as well as specifics about where it could be built and how it would be funded.

According to a press release from Colorado State University: Dr. Frank said any recommendations on a stadium must fall within the following parameters:

• CSU won’t consider putting the stadium on existing open green space, including the intramural fields.

• CSU won’t consider putting the stadium in front of significant existing view sheds so as to protect views of the mountains.

• All recommendations from the Advisory Committee must take into serious account any impact on neighbors in areas adjacent or near a new stadium.

• State appropriation, tuition, fees or taxes will not be considered as funding sources for a stadium project.

Dates, times and locations for public forums

• Thursday February 23 from 4:15-6:15 p.m. in the Cherokee Room in the Lory Student Center

• Thursday February 23 from 7-9 p.m. in the Cherokee Room in the Lory Student Center

• Monday February 27 from 4:15-6:15 p.m. in the Cherokee Room in the Lory Student Center

• Monday February 27 from 7-9 p.m. in the Cherokee Room in the Lory Student Center

• Saturday March 3 from 9-11 a.m. in the West Ballroom in the Lory Student Center

• Saturday March 3 from noon-2 p.m. in the West Ballroom in the Lory Student Center

• Tuesday March 6 from 4:15-6:15 p.m. in the West Ballroom in the Lory Student Center

• Tuesday March 6 from 7-9 p.m. in the West Ballroom in the Lory Student Center

• Wednesday March 7 from 4:15-6:15 p.m. at the Drake Centre on 802 West Drake Road

• Wednesday March 7 from 7-9 p.m. at the Drake Centre on 802 West Drake Road

Parking on all A lots and metered lots on CSU campus, including the lots just north of the Lory Student Center, is free starting at 4 p.m.

Walk-ups will be seated only if space is available. Participants can RSVP HERE or by calling the CSU Communication Studies department (which houses the CPD) at 970-491-6140.

A second phase of forums may be announced in late March or April.