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University of Houston approves increased budget for football operations center, stadium renovations

The University of Houston Board of Regents approved an increased budget for its Football Operations Center and renovations for TDECU Stadium, nearly doubling the original cost.

Originally projected to cost $75 million, the board approved the projects for a total of $140 million during its meeting on May 18. That includes construction costs of $118.3 million, architecture and engineering fees of $11.5 million, and furniture costs of $5 million, according to documents presented at the meeting.

Raymond Bartlett, senior vice chancellor for administration and finance, told the Finance and Administration Committee that it’s best to think of the plan as two separate projects. The first — the new Football Operations Center — will cost about $90 million. The 105,000-square-foot facility on the west side of TDECU Stadium will house the university’s football operations, including the team's training space, locker room, health and nutrition space, and staff offices.

The project will also connect the facility to TDECU Stadium at the west end zone.

The second project — renovations to TDECU Stadium — will cost around $50 million, Bartlett said. The renovations include a new scoreboard, which will be larger and have higher resolution, making it more in line with the scoreboards at other Big 12 Conference football stadiums, he said. The project will also construct new premium seating, including 14 suites, 392 club seats and a party deck that will have 294 ledge seats.