Stadium upgrades benched for the assessment of the future

Is a planned 59 million US-dollar upgrade of Aloha Stadium to keep the State, while the future of aging facility restudies.Hawaii's largest entertainment venue is 36 this summer and Gov't Neil Abercrombie said yesterday, "I propose let's look what we want others as a sink money into a structure that had hundreds of millions of dollars of repairs on this point and requires hundreds of millions more and will not last more than 20 years."Abercrombie said in his State of the State address, "maintenance, is except in connection with health and safety I all other capital improvement dollars for Aloha Stadium to distract other projects." "Right now, multi-million dollar plans to extend the life of Aloha Stadium by 20 years could take 40 years to arrange."Abercrombie saying "convened a group of experts and University officials determine the future of sport and future development on Oahu, a final decision on Aloha Stadium and all future Stadium, we could build to make."Bruce COPPA, interim Comptroller of the Department of accounting and general services, said: "I want it (recommendation) have done in a year." "But more importantly, I want to ensure that parties who have an interest in are satisfied and entered."Update the current $71 million renovation project, the first in a series of steps the stadium is planned, completed in August of this year, officials said. The project began in the last year and roof replacement, includes enhanced support for eight pedestrian concourses, bridges, new seats and handrails.Replacement of the artificial turf at a cost of almost $2 million, is scheduled, 7. Start March and be 2011 completed in time for the football season.But State officials said the requirement for an additional $59 million, which used, has been around for the construction of one will retain new lift and extra bathrooms, Coppa.The stadium is now served from a lumbering freight elevator that transports patrons with disabilities.Aloha said Stadium Authority Chairman Kevin Chong Kee: "I believe we should continue with what we did." "We started to see the results, we wanted to see the work that has been done."Group tourism plans called for the construction of additional seats, luxury boxes and other Verbesserungen.Das 50,000-seat building opened in 1975 at a cost of $32 million and required to keep that amount several times operational due to age and a number of shortcomings. The cost of repair of steel previously as alone costs expected to repair more than $50 million in the first 25 years corroded."The State spent $300,000 a 2005 study which almost the midrange cost of building a new stadium"2005 dollar"$278,3 million with $156.4 million for capital improvements are valued."(Department accounting and General Services) renovation of the Aloha Stadium holds to the preferred alternative to be building a new stadium due to the relatively less financial burden the public this alternative would impose, "A draft audit noticed 2008.Beamte have estimated current cost of a new stadium upwards of $500 million would probably be."COPPA does not exclude, the stadium to UH turn around. "I think this is the part we want the University as part of the Advisory Committee", he said. "I don't know what will the University, and I think that's a great test - what role do you play?" You are a big user of how to swap meets. "I believe, at the end of the day, which is one of the recommendations will have the Board to make."UH athletic director Jim Donovan, who said he has to keep the cost of the stadium in usable condition talks with COPPA and Abercrombie, said "it would probably unwise for us to take it in their present situation."The NFL Pro Bowl will be by 2012 under the current Treaty. Brian McCarthy, the League Vice President for communications, said: "we had no discussions with the Governor about his vision for Aloha Stadium, our partnership with the Hawaii tourism authority or the Pro Bowl, but we are pleased that this possibility in the near future." Subscribe you the Honolulu Star advertiser:
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