Warren Hood
Warren Hood
commitment football given illinois people project shows
To be doing this well when the project is still two years out shows the commitment people have given to the Illinois football program. It's outstanding.
days normalcy people quicker return
The quicker Hattiesburg can return to a sense of normalcy and people see this is back to the place it was 30 days ago, opportunities will come that were never here before.
apparent areas assembly became building decide figure games gatherings hall maybe needed next office step store team ticket tie whether within year
Within the next year we'll probably decide whether we're renovating the Assembly Hall or building a new facility. If we're renovating, there are a lot of things we could do to tie the two areas together. Maybe it's a new ticket office or a team store or a place for fund-raising gatherings before games that could be used for each place. Anything is possible, but it became apparent to us we needed to take a step back and figure out what we want to do.
add capacity high structure support sure
But we have made sure that we will have the support structure in place so we could add an upper balcony in the future, making capacity go as high as 80,000 to 85,000 in the future.
entire invest key revenue source
Football, obviously, being the key revenue source for the entire (athletic) department, you have to invest in that product.
additional couple dollars experience fans pay since small touching
The fans may pay a couple dollars additional for some of this since we are touching the experience of all fans that come in. It would be very small in nature, if anything.
ahead certainly far financial plan revenue schedule target
I'm ecstatic. We have put a financial plan in place and we're certainly on target if not ahead of schedule as far as the revenue is concerned.