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MEDIA ADVISORY: UM Board of Curators to act on Memorial Stadium Improvements Project, hear from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey

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WHAT: 

The University of Missouri Board of Curators is expected to formally approve a $250 million plan to improve Memorial Stadium. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is expected to attend the meeting as well as a press conference afterward.

WHO: 

  • Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference
  • Robin Wenneker, chair of the UM Board of Curators
  • Bob Blitz, curator
  • Mun Choi, president of the University of Missouri
  • Laird Veatch, athletics director
  • Representatives from design firm DLR Group  

WHEN: 

The board action on the Memorial Stadium Improvements Project is expected at approximately 2:55 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. Following that action item, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey will give a report during public session.

  • At the conclusion of the public meeting, university leadership and members of the DLR Group will update the media on the stadium improvement plan. The approximate time for this is 3:50 p.m.
  • Commissioner Sankey will be available to answer questions at the end of this media availability. Approximate time is 4:20 p.m.

The board meeting will be livestreamed at: https://livestream.com/accounts/13547932/events/11175450

The athletics press conference will be livestreamed at: https://livestream.com/accounts/13547932/events/11175451

WHERE: 

The board will meet in Multipurpose Room 401 of the Student Union at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, 5100 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO 64110.

The athletics press conference is scheduled in Room 401C of the Student Union.

Parking will be available to media and visitors in Lot #12 next to the Student Union. Please enter the drive just north of the Law School at 52nd and Oak streets. Proceed through the Law School parking Lot #14 and up to the second drive into Lot #12. There will be signage and staffers to assist visitors.

NOTES: 

This project will modernize and improve Memorial Stadium, the historic home facility for Mizzou Football since 1926. Improvements and additions will include significant changes to the north end zone, stadium-wide improvements, upgrades and repairs.  

The press conference will include renderings of the improvements.

Immediately following the public session of the board meeting, Chair Robin Wenneker and President Mun Choi will be available for media on all other board meeting items. The approximate time for this is 3:40 p.m.
 

Reviewed 2024-09-06