Hughes to Be Demolished Hughes Stadium Remains Unused After Its Last Game in 2016
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NEWS OPINION A&C TONY FRANK RESPONDS TO GREELEY FRACKING SZECHUAN SAUCE AT BIAS-MOTIVATED INCIDENTS DISCRIMINATES MCDONALD’S Vol. 127, No. 39 Monday, October 9, 2017 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 PAGE 14 Hughes to be demolished Hughes Stadium remains unused after its last game in 2016. PHOTO BY JENN YINGLING COLLEGIAN CSU Board of Governors unanimously approves project By Abby Currie & Natalia Sperry by Executive Vice Chancellor pected to be reimbursed from facility and to prevent the vacant development and associated @CSUCollegian Amy Parsons and is projected to the proceeds of the property sale property from becoming a nui- valuations in their assessment cost $4-6 million. or ground lease. At this time, the sance, according to the project of the lot’s future following proposal estimates a 6-9 month proposal. the stadium’s demolition. The The Colorado State Univer- time frame for completion. CSU will be in charge of team met with neighborhood sity Board of Governors unan- DECONSTRUCTION OF According to the Board of the deconstruction on-site community members in imously decided to demolish HUGHES STADIUM Governors’ agenda, Hughes Sta- prior to selling the property to September to gain public input. Hughes Stadium, the former dium was decommissioned and developers. According to the agenda, home of the Colorado State Uni- ■ Projected to cost $4-6 million utility services are being main- “Our goal is to be able to ICON has communicated with versity football team. ■ Completion estimated to take tained at minimum levels for enter into negotiations (with numerous developers in the re- The Board of Governors vot- 6-9 months safety. developers) in the spring and ul- gion through listening sessions ed on the future of Hughes Sta- Prompt deconstruction of timately disposition in the sum- regarding how to position this dium at their meeting Thursday Hughes Stadium is desirable mer,” Parsons said. property in the most favorable afternoon. to eliminate further utility ex- A team led by ICON Venue way to garner the most inter- The proposal to deconstruct penditures along with any other Group and CSU Facilities est from a variety of developers, Hughes Stadium was presented These project costs are ex- costs to maintain the stadium is pursuing possible future see HUGHES on page 5 >> COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Monday, October 9, 2017 FORT COLLINS FOCUS Rick Knight works on tightening a single diamond knot atop a pack saddle on Saturday morning. 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Many stu- like, we contemplated most ev- dents at the last two games used ery scenario that could come the lot only for parking. up relative to hosting game on To address this, ASCSU has campus, and I think we hit the GAMEDAY REPORTS: done some rebranding to in- mark pretty well,” Parker said. ■ 37,583 people at the first crease awareness of the lot and “We identified all the parking on on-campus gameday plans to introduce pre-game campus for gameday patrons.” programming to encourage stu- Many people who used the ■ 27,038 people at the second dents to stay longer and bolster parking spaces were season on-campus gameday their presence in the lot. ticket holders. ■ 50 cars towed from campus Joe Parker, director of ath- According to Parker, student gameday lots each game letics, gave a report on the lo- re-park has gone very well so far weekend gistic results of the first two with only 50 vehicles towed for on-campus gamedays. parking in the gameday lots. ■ 5,000 patrons expected to Over 37,000 people attend- Hooker wrote in an email to CSU President Tony Frank listens as board members and faculty give utilize gameday transit efforts ed the opening game and 27,000 the Collegian that 50 cars were various reports on the state of CSU. These reports cover finance, safety, for the first game, but 7,000 attended the second stadium towed from campus gameday activities, agendas, and more. PHOTO BY ROB SCARSELLI COLLEGIAN patrons were reported to have game. While the first game had lots each game weekend and parking permit neighborhood According to Parker, post- used gameday transit queuing issues getting people about half of the cars towed zones, according to Hooker. game traffic patterns were not into the stadium and congestion were not registered with CSU Bicycle utilization and alter- overwhelmed by people exiting problems with concession lines Parking and Transportation native transportation were pop- campus. blocking concourses, the issues Services, but there was no way ular options for the first game. “We’re fortunate to have the Associated Students of Col- improved by the second game, of knowing if the owners of the They had predicted 5,000 MAX system because that was orado State University Pres- according to Parker. towed cars had any affiliation gameday patrons would utilize an opportunity ... to open up, re- ident Josh Silva outlined the According to Mike Hooker, with CSU. the gameday transit efforts but ally, the entire community and student government’s goals for CSU’s director of public affairs A similar number of vehi- recorded 7,000 on the first game. more Park-and-Ride options,” improving tailgating. and communication, exactly cles were towed by the City of According to Hooker, these Parker said. “That was a highly “Some challenges we no- 37,583 people attended the first Fort Collins from streets in sur- numbers reflect the number of utilized option for most people.” ticed were there wasn’t a lot of gameday and 27,038 attended rounding neighborhoods that game attendees who rode tran- Samantha Ye can be reached general awareness of the lot by the second gameday. are part of the stadium event- sit, not trips provided. at [email protected].