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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Penn State 34-13

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Penn State 0 7 0 6 13
Northwestern 10 14 7 3 34
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u/intothemidwest Northwestern Wildcats 14d ago

Bad optics and really unfortunate trend with academia aside it largely wasn’t the school’s money from what I understand?

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u/The_Saddest_Boner Northwestern • Notre Dame 14d ago edited 14d ago

Yeah this guy is spouting nonsense. New Ryan field was 100% funded through private donations. The school administration didn’t spend a dime, nor did local taxpayers

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u/RagePoop Florida Gators 14d ago

Yes the claim is zero tax money went to it which I’m sure is true.

The university forked over hundreds of millions though. They are private, and constitute a private contribution.

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u/The_Saddest_Boner Northwestern • Notre Dame 14d ago

Nope. The university spent nothing. It was all the Ryan family and other private donations

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u/RagePoop Florida Gators 14d ago edited 14d ago

It is very easy to google whether or not the University contributed funds.

They did.

https://lifestylesmagazine.com/latest-news/480-million-ryan-family-gift-becomes-the-875-million-ryan-field-opening-a-century-to-the-day/

First hit on google.

Northwestern had expected to spend about $300 million renovating the old stadium. Building a new one was first priced at $830 million.

The elder Ryan agreed to cover most of that gap.

I was working there at the time it's not any kinda secret that NU put forward a few hundred million. Not sure why you're framing it that way. The Daily Northwestern talked about it plenty, with figures around 300ish million being reported from NU when the plan was first put forth alongside push back from Evanston.

EDIT: second hit: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42461968/northwestern-reveals-plans-new-850-million-ryan-field

The cost for new Ryan Field far surpasses the most for a new stadium built in college football, San Diego State's Snapdragon Stadium at $310 million, or the biggest renovation, Texas A&M's Kyle Field at $450 million. Northwestern, which had put aside funds in anticipation of a stadium renovation, will support part of the rebuild, but most will come from the Ryan family.

EDIT: Just realized you're the same guy I responded to below