UCF nears football stadium expansion, starts selling premium seating

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The University of Central Florida will soon hit a big milestone for its stadium expansion as college football season begins.

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UCF Athletics has started sales and will kick off work soon for the new premium seating in its 58,000-square-foot expansion of the Roth Tower at FBC Mortgage Stadium. The $88 million project, which is made possible by $90 million in tourist development tax funds from Orange County, will include:

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• Growth of club seats from 900 to 1,236.
• A 256% increase in square footage — 4,400 square feet to 15,650 square feet — in the club level for game and non-game events, which will include both indoor and outdoor space.
• 28 luxury suites
• 34 loge boxes
• 34 outdoor sky suites

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