{"id":134798,"date":"2021-02-02T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=134798"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T03:27:37","slug":"6-million-estimated-ching-field-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/02\/6-million-estimated-ching-field-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"$6 million estimated for upgrades to host <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> football on M\u0101noa campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_133680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133680\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-athletics-ching-complex-aerial.jpg\" alt=\"aerial of U H Manoa Ching complex\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-athletics-ching-complex-aerial.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-athletics-ching-complex-aerial-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-athletics-ching-complex-aerial-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> estimates that it will cost about $6 million to retrofit existing facilities to host <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/sports\/football\">Rainbow Warrior football<\/a> games at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex on the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a> campus for the next three seasons starting in 2021. The preliminary concepts and cost estimates will be presented to the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Board of Regents on February 4, at a joint meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletics and Budget &#38; Finance committees. The plan includes increasing seating capacity around Ching Field from 3,585 seats to approximately 10,000 seats. The university is also evaluating funding sources for the project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/11\/uh-football-games-on-manoa-campus\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> football to host season games on M\u0101noa campus<\/a>, January 11, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The proposed $6 million project includes $4.2 million for capital improvements and $1.8 million for operating costs for the 2021 season. To retrofit the entire complex includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$2 million in facility upgrades, including electrical, telecommunications and press box<\/li>\n<li>$1.8 million for additional spectator seating<\/li>\n<li>$1.1 million for relocation of scoreboards and game clocks from Aloha Stadium<\/li>\n<li>$712,000 for adding concession space<\/li>\n<li>$200,000 for adding benches<\/li>\n<li>$150,000 for relocating pole vault\/high jump area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> will host six to seven games each year over the next three seasons. Along with the planned upgrades, new synthetic turf was already funded and scheduled to be installed by the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The university began the search for a temporary &ldquo;home field&rdquo; after the Aloha Stadium Authority announced in December 2020 that Aloha Stadium, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s home field since 1975, would not be able to accommodate fans for the 2021 season. The Clarence T.C. Ching Complex was selected after a number of other sites were considered including local high school football fields and neighbor island venues.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> has existing traffic control and on-site parking plans that can accommodate more than 10,000 fans at events on the campus. The Stan Sheriff Center has a 10,000 seat capacity and is sometimes full at the same time the Rainbow Warrior baseball team plays, which can attract up to 4,000 fans. Spring commencement ceremonies routinely attract about 20,000 people to campus. University representatives will be reaching out to the area neighborhood boards and community members to provide information and solicit feedback regarding the scheduling of six to seven additional large events on campus per year.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting games on campus will also provide additional opportunities for revenue from parking and concessions that will help offset the operating costs and help support the entire <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa intercollegiate athletic program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed $6 million project includes $4.2 million for capital improvements and $1.8 million for operating costs for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-134798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134798"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134861,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134798\/revisions\/134861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}