Huskie Stadium
General Overview & Summary
Goal
Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University serves as a cornerstone for NIU Athletics and a central location in uniting our campus and community through the pride we experience when winning and demonstrating our university’s commitment to excellence. With NIU Athletics propelling the recruitment and retention process, this multipurpose facility can house the Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, Registrar, Advising, Veteran Affairs, Outdoor Adventures, and Student Activities. This facility would become a place of learning and entertainment for all students during their time in college.
Impact
- Creates a true stadium concourse and open circulation.
- Improved restrooms throughout.
- Expanded point-of-sale space for spectator concessions.
- Increased efficiency for elevator access for coaches’ booths, press spaces, and indoor club seating which decreases delays at pregame, halftime and postgame.
- Addition of a command center to house operational and security staff.
- Dedicated gameday first aid room.
- Expansive press box.
- Organized space for TV truck parking.
- State-of-the-art locker rooms.
Project(s) Cost
Stadium East Side: $50,000,000
Stadium South Endzone: $10,000,000
Total Cost: $60,000,000
Premium Experience
General Overview & Summary
Goal
Enjoy NIU football from the most exclusive and comfortable seats in the house in Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium! The Huskie Stadium Premium Experience will offer a host of amenities designed to provide you and your guests with the ultimate gameday experience. These areas are a great way to take a leadership role in support of Huskie Athletics. The Huskie Stadium Premium Experience will provide the best game day atmosphere in the MAC and with a variety of seating opportunities, these amazing facilities provide seats for a range of budgets and tastes.
Impact
- 20-person individual suites.
- Indoor skybox area.
- Club areas with views East and West of entire NIU campus.
- Concessions, bar service and restrooms exclusive to club, suite and loge ticket holders.
- Catering pantry to exclusively serve suite level patrons.
- Full catering kitchen and freight elevator to service all premium areas in stadium.
- Private restrooms for suite and indoor skybox ticket holders only.
Project Cost
Stadium East Side: $50,000,000
Huskie Stadium East Side
General Overview & Summary
Goal
The renovation of the East Side of Huskie Stadium would become the highlight facility to the Northern Illinois region. It would create a student/University engagement opportunity allowing use for non-gamedays throughout the year and would house premium areas for fans and alumni with bar service, concessions and restrooms exclusive to these premium area ticket holders. Recruitment & Retention activities can be accelerated by adding a new central location for the NIU student body within the East Side of Huskie Stadium. This impressive new front porch for visitors to campus would be a staple for campus tours that begin and end with a breathtaking new facility. The facility could contain: Office of Admissions, Office of Financial Aid, Registrar, Advising, Veteran Affairs, Outdoor Adventures, and Student Activities.
Impact
- Enhanced connectivity to campus
- Chairback seating with increased legroom
- 3x more concession facilities
- Improved ADA access
- East Side Ticket Office
- Adequate equipment storage
- Competitive recruiting
- New restrooms
Project Cost
Stadium East Side: $50,000,000
Huskie Stadium South Endzone
General Overview & Summary
Goal
The enclosure of Huskie Stadium with construction of a South Endzone dedicated to a field-level student area with a seating capacity of 6,500. This addition would create a connecting point for fan movement between the East and West sides of Huskie Stadium.
Impact
- Dedicated student gameday area.
- Space for Team Store.
- Improved gameday sound.
- Decreased East Side exposure to wind.
- Elevated scoreboard and videoboard.
- New restrooms and concessions.
Project Cost
Stadium South Endzone: $10,000,000
Leave a lasting impact by funding the Huskie Stadium capital project today!
For more information on this project, please contact:
huskieathleticfund@niu.edu or (815) 753-1923