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Colleges buy into game of upgrading facilities (Contra Costa Times)

Colleges buy into game of upgrading facilities

By Ann Tatko

CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Five years ago, the University of Tennessee spent $18 million to add more than 1,000 seats to its football stadium.

Today, university officials are finalizing an extensive five-phase renovation project that will remove almost 3,000 seats from Neyland Stadium, while turning almost 2,000 more into high-priced club seats — all part of a project that will cost $100 million. (Login: clipsheet@news.wisc.edu, password: badgers.)