@MizzouAthletics Receives Record Tenth, Seven-Figure Gift
5/10/2017 11:17:00 AM | General
Anonymous donor contributes $1.2 million to Tiger Scholarship Fund
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The University of Missouri Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recently received its tenth, seven-figure gift to the Tiger Scholarship Fund and the new South End Zone Facility at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field which is slated to open before Mizzou's 2019 football season. An anonymous donor made a $1.2 million gift toward TSF initiatives and the football project, currently being designed by the Kansas City-based architecture firm Populous, last week.
"We continue to be overwhelmed by the generosity of our donors who are stepping forward in record numbers with transformational gifts in support of the Tiger Scholarship Fund and the South End Zone Facilityt, both of which are critical to the long-term health of Mizzou Athletics," said University of Missouri Director of Athletics Jim Sterk. "While we still have work to be done before taking the South End Zone Facility project to the Board of Curators later this summer, the private support we have received thus far has provided great momentum to help make this a facility a reality for our student-athletes, staff and fans."
This gift marks the department's tenth, seven-figure gift in the past 11 months, which is a fiscal year record for Mizzou Athletics (the previous high was six such gifts). To date, more than $47.15 million has been secured in private donations for the new facility, which will include a four-story football team facility in the south end zone at Memorial Stadium/Farout Field as well as new premium seating opportunities for Tiger football fans.
In addition to providing a new state-of-the-art home for Mizzou Football and creating new revenue streams for Mizzou Athletics through premium seating opportunities, the new facility will also make an impact on the Central Missouri economy, as a study conducted by Plano, Texas-based Convention, Sports and Leisure projects a $700 million regional impact from the project along with 1,200 new jobs.
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