The 250,000 square-foot facility, which is being funded through private pledges, features new premium seating, improved media and broadcast facilities, the addition of the K-State Athletics Hall of Honor and other amenities. It was supposed to cost $75 million, but materials costs and some alterations to the original plan pushed the price tag to about $90 million. The renovation began in 2012 and continued right through last football season, when Kansas State won the Big 12 title. "This is the K-State of the future," school President Kirk Schulz said. It marked the end of a whirlwind project that finished just last week, and was ready to welcome the first fans of the season through its irons gates when the sun started to set. Yet the 73-year-old coach looked unflappable even when the 8-foot likeness of him in front of the west side of the stadium was unveiled. The school cut the ribbon a massive renovation to Bill Snyder Family Stadium under a scorching sun that pushed the heat index into triple digits. "It's all going to be on my shoulders," he said with a smile. All it took to pry Kansas State coach Bill Snyder away from his team for a couple of hours on game day were a $90 million renovation to the football stadium and a bronze statue of him.Įven then, Snyder joked that if the Wildcats struggled in their opener against North Dakota State on Friday night, it would be because of the dedication ceremony earlier in the day.
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