Northwestern University’s ambitious plans to build a new $800 million football stadium in Evanston moved another step closer to reality recently when the university announced it has selected two construction companies to oversee the project.
“I feel like the design is something that is elegant. It’s beautiful,” Dave D. Davis, senior executive director of neighborhood and community relations with Northwestern said during an April 5 community outreach session in Welsh Ryan Arena on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.“It’s state-of-the-art and hands down will be the best collegiate football stadium in the nation,” he added.
“We’ll have large loud crowds with concerts,” she said. “We already put up with the trashing of our neighborhood during football games.” The university can build the new 35,000 seat stadium by right without zoning variances, but it’s seeking zoning relief from the city to hold at least 10 concerts a year in the new stadium, an unlimited number of events for up to 10,000 people and to sell alcohol during those events. The existing Ryan Stadium, built in 1926, is used primarily for Northwestern University football games only.
Northwestern plans to submit its Planned Development Application to the city later this month, with hearings at the Land Use Commission and City Council over the coming months, officials said. They also said the stadium project has targeted 35% of its total subcontracted spending to be local, minority-owned and woman-owned businesses, with priority given to businesses and individuals located in Evanston.
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