HONOLULU (KHON2) — A week after the Aloha Stadium Authority unanimously agreed to allow for redevelopment contracts to begin demolition to Aloha Stadium and construction on its replacement with developer Aloha Halawa District Partners and Stanford Carr, more details about what the future of the project could look like are coming to light.
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The new stadium is now scheduled to have a capacity of 22,500 seats, which Governor Josh Green says isn’t necessarily a final destination.
“22,500 seats is a start,” he said. “We think of that as kind of phase one. I’d like to get us up to 35 or 38,000 over time. Stanford is a great developer. We have incredible trust and history with him. So, what we’d hope is, and this is their plan, to go through phase one due to 22,500 seats, and then phase two as soon as there’s more money, to go to that larger 35-38,000 seat stadium.”
Another move in last week’s announcement was the date of opening back from the kickoff to the 2028 University of Hawaii football season to March of 2029…