Wednesday, December 21, 2005

University of South Carolina Baseball Stadium

Here's an update on the new University of South Carolina Baseball Stadium that is going up in Columbia South Carolina:

The Estimated cost of the stadium is $20 Million

There will be 6,800 seats

The site is a 29 acre tract along the Congaree River

The site cost alone is $8.5 Million. This land is being bought from the Guignard Associates and "others"

Here's a timeline projection:
At this time, they are getting input from the local residents of Richland and Lexington Counties (Columbia and Cayce South Carolina) regarding parking, traffic, and other issues that may have an impact. What is certain to be a POSitive impact is the fact that we are getting a first class ball stadium right in the middle of our City!

By October 2006, construction will begin. By the same time in 2007, the USC Baseball Team will begin fall practice. 5 months later in February of 2008, the 2008 USC Baseball Season will begin in the new stadium!

The picture you see here shows the site of the new stadium marked on the right, and the location of my home in Cayce, South Carolina (just on the other side of the river) marked on the left. The distance from my home to the new stadium as the crow flies is approximately .82 Miles:

USC Baseball Stadium

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