University officials won't comment on the specifics, butaccording to published reports, the project would add 12,000 seatsin the open end of the stadium, as well as club seats and luxuryboxes, boosting the seating capacity to 55,000. With a currentseating capacity of 41,500, Rutgers Stadium is the smallest in theBig East Conference.
Earlier this year, the university hired HOK Sport to review theexisting stadium and design an expansion, according to informationreleased this week by Rutgers. The contract calls for anexpenditure of nearly $1 million, and the project is also listed onHOK Sport's website.
"We're still working things through," says Rutgers athleticdirector Robert Mulcahy, in a statement. "We are reviewing designsand concepts. We realize that there is a need, and we are lookingto address it."
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