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The project to retrofit the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex is proceeding as the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus is preparing to host Rainbow Warrior football games and up to 10,000 fans in time for the 2021 home season opener on September 4.
UH is working under a tight deadline after being notified in December 2020 that Aloha Stadium, the Rainbow Warriors’ home field since 1975, would not be available to host fans for the next three football seasons. The Ching Athletics Complex currently has about 3,500 seats.
The fast-tracked project is expected to cost about $8.3 million. The initial 1-year estimate was lower because it was based on renting grandstand seats for $1.6m/year. After getting a price to purchase the bleachers it became clear that would be financially advantageous over the minimum 3-year period planned for football. The project will proceed simultaneously with a previously scheduled and funded $1.8 million project to replace the Ching Field turf and in