The campaign
The Home Field Advantage campaign to fund a new stadium is under way.
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| Curtis Johnson, the newly hired Tulane coach and Rick Dickson, athletic director, share the excitement of the announcement. Tulane unveiled plans for an on-campus football stadium to be built on the site of the present practice field. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) |
"Starting this very minute, Tulane is embarking on a $70 million Home Field Advantage campaign to construct a $60 million on-campus stadium and create a $10 million investment fund for Tulane football," said President Scott Cowen during a December press conference.
The Tulane Community Stadium has already received $40 million in funding, largely contributed by members of the Board of Tulane, according to President Cowen. With an anticipated capacity of 30,000, it will be located on the northern part of the uptown campus, near the site of the old Tulane Stadium.
For nearly 40 years, the Tulane Green Wave football team has waged war on the gridiron without having a stadium of its own to do it in. What many have said has been a detriment to both the football program and campus life will soon be a thing of the past.
"If you put us in a collegiate atmosphere, we can have an electric setting and as much college pageantry as there is in the country," said Rick Dickson, athletics director. |
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