A Home For the Owls

Finally, the FAU Fighting Owls are going to have a home stadium. Not only that, plenty more additions to the Florida Atlantic University campus are going to be made. The $62 million, 30,000-seat on-campus stadium is to open September 2010.

The proposal is modeled on a concept from the University of Central Florida for that school's 10,000-seat convocation center for basketball and concerts, dormitories with 2,000 beds, a new cafeteria, retail and additional parking. The university initially planned for the development team to take on all the costs, but once it studied the potential revenue streams decided to raise the money for the project, but still partner with the development.

This entire new development is to be called Innovation Village (PDF). Which will not only incumpus the stadium but also an addition possibly and new arena as well, which will also have new dorms, stores and parking.