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$5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium!
By: ecasadoSBU Date: October 16, 2012, 5:15 pm
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Ten years ago, New York State invested $22 million in building
Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium, Suffolk County's
largest outdoor athletic facility. Officials are looking towards
a future expansion to the tune of $5.7 million for the stadium
that officials hope will take it to an even higher level.
State Sen. Ken LaValle, R-Port Jefferson, said in a recent
interview with Patch that the money will allow the existing
8,300-seat stadium to be expanded to seat 10,000. LaValle – who
can often be seen wearing a red Stony Brook hat – said there are
additional plans to bring the stadium to a seating capacity of
15,000 in the future. It will not only help in recruiting
athletic talent, he said, but it will also bring the community
on board even more.
"The stadium is first class. ... The students have gotten into
the athletic program. It adds to the quality of student life,"
LaValle said. "The community is into Stony Brook sports."
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HTML http://threevillage.patch.com/articles/officials-5-7m-on-the-way-for-lavalle-stadium-expansion
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Seawolf97 Date: October 16, 2012, 8:13 pm
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Good things just keep happening for SBU!
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Chairman of the Board Date: October 17, 2012, 7:26 am
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Wondeful news! Would love to hear more detail...
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: joewillie Date: October 17, 2012, 10:32 am
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Gotta love it...hopefully they add some 50 yard line seats on
the visitor sideline.
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Chrissy D. Date: October 17, 2012, 11:25 am
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The article said that the new funds would add 2,000 seats. I'm
guessing that the red endzone would be were they put the seats.
That would give you 10,000 seats and still allow another 2,000
standing room. Total of 12,000, not bad.
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: joewillie Date: October 17, 2012, 11:36 am
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the article above says 15,000...
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Chrissy D. Date: October 17, 2012, 11:46 am
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The article says the new funds will allow it to expand to
10,000 and with future funds it would expand to 15,000
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Chairman of the Board Date: October 17, 2012, 12:37 pm
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If you ask me, the 2,000 sounds like they will fill in the seats
in the north end zone. And the expansion to 15,000 would be to
add a tier on the west side of the stadium. Either way, great
news. Probably an indication of football moving onwards and
upwards.
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: Seawolf97 Date: October 17, 2012, 8:14 pm
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From what I understand the new seats will be on the visitors
side and include new restrooms and concession stands. That
should make things a little less crowded on the existing
facilities. Either way it is good news.
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Re: $5.7 Million allocated Expansion for Kenneth P. LaValle Stad
ium!
By: ecasadoSBU Date: October 17, 2012, 9:42 pm
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Now that I give it further thought. I think its more beneficial
to build out the visitors side first instead of filling out the
bowl. If we fill the other endzone you will have atleast 2000
people unable to look at the scoreboard unnecessarily. We'll
have a nice "horseshoe" and then go on from there.
Go SEAWOLVES!
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