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Expansion puts cash in coffers
0 Comments | Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August, 2002
Byline: GREG BOLT The Register-Guard
CORRECTION (ran 8/29/02): The titles of University of Oregon senior associate athletic director Renee Baumgartner and associate athletic director Steve McBride were incorrect in a front-page story Wednesday on Autzen Stadium.
The first kickoff in a larger Autzen Stadium is still a few days off, but the project already looks like a winner for the athletic department's bottom line.
Even with 12,000 more seats and 29 new sky suites, the University of Oregon again had to cut off season ticket sales for football games this year after more than 40,000 people scooped up passes for all eight home games.
The string of season-ticket cutoffs began four years ago and practically guarantees an extension of the...