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See Construction Time-Lapse Video
See the time lapse video of construction on TCF Bank Stadium, updated frequently.

Gopher Points Program Unveiled
Click above to find out more about how season tickets will be allocated in TCF Bank Stadium.

TCF Stadium Designs unveiled

The view of the new stadium from high above Mariucci Arena. Image courtesy of HOK Sport.

New architectural drawings--and a new price tag--for TCF Bank Stadium were unveiled January 3 at the McNamara Alumni Center.

An asymetrical horseshoe shape will be open to the west, facing campus and the downtown skyline. The two-deck stadium will seat 50,000 and have infrastructure to allow for up to 30,000 additional seats.

The extra infrastructure, as well as wider seats, more leg room, higher material and construction costs and changes to building code requirements, raised the pricetag by nearly $40 million to $288.5 million. The extra cost will be borne by the University, largely through extra revenue generated by the stadium.

Read a U feature story here, a press release here, and the athletics department description here.

Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony
Click here to see images of this fall's ceremonial groundbreaking for TCF Stadium.

Stadium Construction Info
See the latest news on construction and the timing for future phases.

Groundbreaking Date Announced

Save September 30 to see the long-awaited TCF Bank Stadium get underway.

What: Ceremonial Groundbreaking for TCF Stadium
When: 2 p.m., Saturday, September 30, 2006
Where: Surface parking lots one block northeast of the McNamara Alumni Center (just east of Mariucci Arena)

Parking and Transportation Plans around TCF Bank Stadium Announced
Click here to see how parking and roads will be affected around TCF Bank Stadium.

HOK Sport to Design Gopher Stadium
HOK Sport of Kansas City, Mo., will design the new TCF Bank Stadium. The announcement was made during the Board of Regents monthly meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center on the university's Twin Cities campus Thursday, June 8.

Stadium Bill Signed at McNamara
Declaring that a “big-time university” with a “big-time coach” deserves a “big-time stadium,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed into law state funding for 55 percent of the proposed on-campus TCF Bank Stadium.

Stadium Architect Presentations Set for May 24
Three finalists to design the proposed on-campus Gopher football stadium will make public presentations on May 24.

Stadium Rally: Now or Never
Tony Dungy and President Bruininks rally on the steps of the State Capitol in support of the stadium bill.

Golden Gopher Stadium Rally Thursday, May 11
Tony Dungy and others will be at the State Capitol to rally support for the proposed on-campus Gopher football stadium.

A Call to Action
Contact Senators today to help get a Gopher Stadium bill passed.

UMAA CEO to Tour State for Stadium
UMAA CEO Margaret Carlson will visit four MInnesota cities to promote and discuss the proposed on-campus Gopher Football Stadium

UMAA Backs Stadium Plan
The statement of support released by the UMAA in response to the Regents' vote.

Regents OK New Stadium Funding Plan
Regents have approved the proposal to swap almost 3,000 acres of Univeristy land southeast of St. Paul for state support for one-half the cost of a proposed on-campus Gopher football stadium.

Stadium Plan Advances
A new plan to fund a proposed on-campus football stadium has earned the support of the U's Board of Regents, the Minnesota Student Association, and the Faculty Consulatative Committee, as well as the two key legislative committees.

UMAA Calls For Legislative Action on the Stadium
A news item highlighting the UMAA continued support for the stadium.

Time To Huddle: CEO's Column
By Margaret S. Carlson, Ph.D. '83

CEO's Column: A Stadium Deal to Bank On
By Margaret S. Carlson, Ph.D. '83

A Historic Day

The University and TCF Financial Corporation have agreed upon a $35 million corporate sponsorship that includes naming rights to the proposed football stadium, which would be called TCF Bank Stadium. Click here for more information and a slide show of the March 24 announcement celebration.

Bringing Gopher Football Home
The University of Minnesota's stadium information Web site includes reports on the latest developments at the Legislature and information on how to show your support for an on-campus stadium.

Stadium Video
A new video about building a campus stadium with highlights from the days of Memorial Stadium.

Campus Digest
Preliminary planning details about the stadium published in the Minnesota Magazine a year ago.

UMAA to Give $1.5 Million for Stadium, Scholarships
The University of Minnesota Alumni Association National Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution in 2003 to contribute $2 million to scholarships and the new on-campus stadium complex.

Doing Right by Gopher Football
In her column in the January-February 2003 issue of Minnesota, UMAA Executive Director Margaret S. Carlson says, "Bringing Gopher football back to campus should be done. And when it happens—and I know it will—we will thank the tens of thousands of alumni who cheered on the football Gophers at Memorial Stadium over the decades and who remember what that experience was like."

NEW Stadium Construction Cam

NEW! See construction from a better angle. Click here to see the Web cam live video.
(NOTE: May require Active X installation. Installation may be blocked by certain networks and firewalls. If you cannot see the video, contact your network administrator.)

Memorial Memories

During a campus drive in 1921 that lasted only one month, 1,500 students and faculty raised $665,000 to build Memorial Stadium. Every time another $25,000 was pledged, a cannon was fired across campus to cheers of "Boom, boom, stadioom!"

Read the Minnesota magazine article on the history and demolition of memorial stadium, thanks to the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The site also includes interesting links and images.