FAMU to receive $10 million to repair Bragg Stadium

The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency, on Thursday, voted to allocate $10 million to FAMU to make critical repairs and improvements to Bragg Memorial Stadium.

 

The $10 million will be taken from the $40 million originally allocated to FSU for the creation of a convention center that would tie the Donald Tucker Civic Center into the FSU Turnbull Conference Center.

 

Bragg Stadium has serious structural issues that need to be addressed; FAMU is also hoping to improve the restrooms, deal with ADA issues, repair the scoreboard, install a new sound system, and demolish the current press box and build a new one on the east side of the stadium.

 

The funding request, which was championed by City Commissioner Dianne Cox-Williams and County Commissioners Nick Maddox and Bill Proctor, is time sensitive; if repairs are not made in the near future, FAMU football would not be able to use the stadium.

 

The measure passed on a 9-3 vote, nearly 4.5 hours into the meeting.  County Commissioners Kristin Dozier, Bryan Desloge, and Jimbo Jackson were the “no” votes.