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Majority Of USC Season-Ticket Holders To Be Relocated As Part Of Coliseum Upgrades

As part of USC's planned renovations of the L.A. Coliseum, a "majority of season-ticket holders will be relocated" as soon as '18, according to Joey Kaufman of the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. The school "began mailing pamphlets, detailing the upcoming changes, to donors and its 10,000 season-ticket holders this week." Reseating "comes as the capacity is set to drop" from 93,607 to 77,500, what will "ultimately be a reduction of about 16,000 seats." Luxury boxes and club suites are to be "added near midfield along the south sideline, included in the building of a 2,200-seat, so-called scholarship tower that replaces a section of approximately 9,000 seats." About one-third of the seats in the stadium will "require a 'restoration gift' to purchase season tickets ... which range from $100 to $6,000 per seat." That comes "in addition to fees for Trojan Athletic Fund memberships, costing from $200 to $50,000 per year." USC yesterday said that most of the 9,000 midfield season-ticket holders "will be moved to the north side." Reseating priority in those sections and throughout the stadium "will be determined by membership level in the Trojan Athletic Fund and lifetime giving to the department." Student seats and the marching band "will not be relocated." Athletic department officials said that they "had received" $225M in "cash and pledges for the project." USC "has sold" 73% of its inventory for the tower, "including 22 of the 24 founder's suites" that run between $7.5-10M (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 5/5).

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