(08-12-2023 08:59 PM)jimrtex Wrote:  

(08-10-2023 11:18 AM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  Here’s a recent concept video rendering of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED). The $400 million in public funding for the new stadium has already been appropriated by the Hawaii legislature and approved by the governor. An RFP is current being written to select a development team that would (1) demolish the existing condemned stadium and build the new stadium with the public funding, (2) design and coordinate build-out of the surrounding privately-funded mixed-use entertainment district, and (3) use some of the profits from the mixed-use development to operate and maintain the stadium for 30 years.

Because writing the RFP, selecting the development team, and executing the public-private development contract is expected to take until mid-2025, the target opening date for the stadium is mid-2028.





https://nased.hawaii.gov/stadium-project/

Rice Stadium was built for $3.3 million in 1950 by Brown and Root who built it at cost, using two crew shifts. When they were asked whether it would be ready for the first game, they asked when was the game. When told it was a evening start, they were informed it would be ready.

We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the Rice Stadium Super Bowl.

Congratulations on that. Lots of history there. I understand Kennedy gave his famous 1962 "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard" speech (which included a comparative reference to Rice playing Texas) at Rice Stadium.

I also know Brown & Root is still around (merged into KBR), and I would sure like those guys to come out and do their magic here. Efficient construction engineering and execution are not typical of Hawaii public works projects.