The Aloha Stadium Authority needs over $200 million for their projects to keep Aloha Stadium usable for the next 20 years

PBN = Pacific Business News

PSN Note: "Work currently is under way on two capital improvement projects totaling more than $25 million. One involves replacing the stadium's upper roof in the L-S and LL-QQ sections, work that should be finished by July. Visitors to the swap meet and drivers-by already have noticed the new dark-green paint job. They also may have seen a giant silver tarp hanging on the stadium's mauka or Halawa side this week, helping shield paint recoating and waterproofing.

On the makai or Pearl Harbor side, meanwhile, a giant crane was being used to install scaffolding. The roofing work, to be finished in July 2011, is part of a second CIP task on structural and health and safety projects. Repairs also are under way on five "orange" seat sections, from LL to QQ and FF to KK, and the patching of cracks in asphalt and concrete walkways."

About how they will try to keep maintaining Aloha Stadium so that it can be used for at least 20 more years, provided they can raise the over $200 million for the projects that want to do by 2016, Aloha Stadium engineer Ming-Yang Tan said:
"The work we've planned should make it last at minimum another 20 years." (PBN)

PBN Note: "Funding, of course, is no guarantee. Like almost every government agency, the Aloha Stadium Authority, the stadium's governing body, is being asked to do more with less as lawmakers debate tax increases to meet a billion-dollar budget shortfall."

About how they are looking to secure funding and renovation projects that are budgeted for about $19 million, State Comptroller Russ Saito said:
"The funded projects will keep us busy for the next work season — January and February to August of 2011 — but we can accelerate the complete refurbishment if more funding becomes available." (PBN)

Appreciating any support they get from the State, Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan said:
"We greatly appreciate the support the state comptroller and the Legislature has given us. We want to make it safe and enjoyable for everyone to continue coming here." (PBN)

PBN Note: "Perhaps the most visible will be a new LED screen that will replace the JumboTron in time for August games. But this project will not cost taxpayers. The stadium has a 10-year contract with CBS Collegiate Sports Properties to sell advertising and partnership platforms. CBS Collegiate Sports Properties is a division of CBS Outdoor Group (part of CBS television) and is doing business locally as Aloha Sports Properties.

Garrick Dorn, the company's west regional sales manager in Scottsdale, Ariz., said CBS Collegiate has similar contracts with other sports facilities such as Louisiana State University and the Air Force Academy. Last year, CBS Collegiate installed 80 new flat-screen TVs throughout Aloha Stadium, in concession and hospitality areas and outside the ticket office. Serving as an in-house video feed, the screens show the games on the field. They are funded by corporate clients such as Bank of Hawaii, Geico, Heineken and Pepsi. Dorn said similar corporate sponsorships, possibly local, will support the 60-foot-by-19-foot screen that will be called Aloha Vision."

About their investment in "state of the art" screens at Aloha Stadium, CBS Collegiate Sports Properties regional sales manager Garrick Dorn said:
"We would not have chosen to invest in Aloha Stadium if we didn't believe in it. Our corporate partners support the investment because we believe in the fan base and the events that can be held there." (PBN)

Happy with people looking into additional ideas to bring business to Aloha Stadium, including drive-in movies and a farmers' market, Chan said:
"We've got to look for ways to enhance the experience." (PBN)

About how they are not likely to build a new stadium on Oahu anytime soon and instead will try to keep Aloha Stadium usable, Kevin Chong Kee (chairman of the Aloha Stadium Authority) said:
"It was the right decision to repair what we had, especially facing the economic situation we have. It would have been a mistake, for example, to move it out to Kalaeloa. We're centrally located — all roads go to the stadium." (PBN)

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