(05-14-2018 01:05 PM)Steve1981 Wrote:  RFP are out for the IPF and improvements for fan experience with new video boards, concessions ADA upgrades, which will open up McGuirk for future upgrades.

Reported by Mike Traini on 247sports.

Quote:The University of Massachusetts is taking the next step towards stadium and facilities upgrades at McGuirk Alumni Stadium and Richard F. Garber Field.

According to a request for proposals (RFP) posted on the University of Massachusetts Building Authority web page, the school is looking for proposals to be submitted by the end of May 2018 to construct an indoor practice facility, permanent concession and bathroom options at McGuirk, and new HD video scoreboards at both McGuirk and Garber.

The complete 245-page document, which can be downloaded from the UMBA site via the link above, outlines a plan that would see project construction begun in March of 2019 and completed by June of 2020. There is also a pre-proposal briefing set to be held at the Football Performance Center at 10:00am on Monday, May 14th, 2018.

Per the outlined goals above, which can be found on page 4 of the RFP, the entire project is estimated to have a budget in the range of $10 million.

https://247sports.com/college/massachuse...-118199415

UMASS needs to close the South end to form a "U" with an additional 4-6k seats. Put the food trucks and permanent restrooms under the stands if you want the food trucks to be temporary, and put a new HD scoreboard in there too at the top of the South seats. The planning stage should also allow for future upper decks to potentially bring capacity up to at least 35k for future use if UMASS intends to stay at the FBS level for FB and hopes to gain admission to any conference for FB again. Still think you should have worked something out with the MAC while building the program and the facilities up while waiting to get to where you really want to be with a bid to the AAC. What is the 17,200 sqf repurposed facility. Is it a garage for field maintenance purposes. Nice start though if you can pull it off while building your home game fan base.