COLUMBIA, MO. • Mizzou athletics director Jim Sterk initially hoped the University of Missouri System Board of Curators would vote to approve for MU's proposed football facility during Friday's teleconference meeting, but the south end zone complex is not on the meeting's agenda. Instead, the athletics department anticipates submitting its proposal to the board before the end of the summer, department spokesman Nick Joos confirmed.
The project, estimated to cost close to $100 million, is still on track to be completed in time for the 2019 season, pending board approval. In the meantime, Mizzou is working with the project's construction manager to shore up the facility's total cost, Joos said, and refining its funding model to cover the project.