Beginning in 2024, the Baltimore Ravens will undergo significant improvement projects to enhance the gameday and year-round fan experience at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
Demonstrating their commitment to Baltimore City and the State of Maryland, the Ravens' three-year (2024-26) stadium upgrades plan will further create an exceptional experience for all fans and ensure that M&T Bank Stadium remains a world-class NFL and entertainment venue well into the future.
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The stadium enhancements will provide opportunities for fans to enjoy new experiences on gameday, while also enriching elements that are currently enjoyed.
In addition to substantial developments on the exterior plaza areas, every level of the venue will undergo renovations – thus completely transforming the stadium experience for all. [Baltimore Ravens]
The University of Missouri has chosen DLR Group, a Kansas City-based architecture firm, to serve as its consultant for the Memorial Stadium improvements project.
The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the selection of DLR Group during the Finance Committee's portion of the board meeting Dec. 15.
A new premium seating component is a core element in the university's vision for the Memorial Stadium Improvement project, along with multiple open-air observation decks; a variety of improved and modernized food and beverage concessions; new restrooms; new stadium gateway and gate system; improved wayfinding and graphics; new retail outlets; new football team recruiting room; and the integration of the new enhanced North End Zone videoboard.
The Rock M behind the north end zone will be preserved as part of the renovations.
The Memorial Stadium improvements project aspires to create an open-air mixed-use development along the stadium's North Concourse area with the potential to produce modernized year-round revenue opportunities that have become popular across professional sports. The project design will be committed to maintaining stadium views and engagement to the Mizzou campus north of Memorial Stadium while minimizing construction impact onto future football season game-day activities.
While cost estimates for the project will develop as programming plans are finalized, private donor contributions will fund the stadium renovations.
The project is expected to be completed by mid-August 2026. [Mizzou Athletics]
Construction on the new Jim Green Track and Field Center at the University of Kentucky has been completed. The facility officially opened Dec. 13 at a ceremony with the building’s namesake honoree,
The building is dedicated in honor of Jim Green, the first African American student-athlete at Kentucky and in the Southeastern Conference to win both SEC and NCAA championships.
The program will use the facility for practices throughout the 2023-24 season.
The new facility will encompass 81,000 square feet in addition to a 200-meter banked track enabling the runners to train on a surface that is now standard for NCAA and SEC indoor championships.
The building is located adjacent to the UK Outdoor Track and the teams’ locker rooms and strength and conditioning areas in Shively Sports Center.
Along with the new facility, a statue was unveiled showing a sprinting Jim Green and a list of all his accomplishments as a Wildcat.
Green was the first African American at UK to serve as co-captain on the track team and in December of 1971 became the first African American student-athlete to graduate from UK.
Despite facing open hostility at many competitions, Green succeeded at the highest levels of collegiate sport. He was a two-time NCAA champion, winning the 60-yard dash in 1968 and 1971.
The Wildcats will train in the facility ahead of the Rod McCravy Memorial on Jan. 12-13 in Louisville, Ky. [UK Athletics]
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