Tag Archives: University Athletic Association

UF to begin $400M renovation process for Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is headed toward a potential $400 million facelift as the University of Florida’s athletic department plans to modernize the over 90-year-old stadium. The University Athletic Association is this month beginning the hunt for an architect suitable to undertake the task; an exact timeline for the bidding …

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Bats are on the move on the UF campus

The last few months have been a hectic move-in process for thousands of Gainesville residents. Just in time for Halloween, the bats at the University of Florida’s Field and Fork gardens have finally relocated into their new bat barn. UF facilities staff tore down the oldest of the three bat …

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Thousands of fans missed Sunday’s Gator football game

For the first time since Jan. 2, 1977, when the Gators lost to the Texas A&M Aggies in the Sun Bowl 37-14, a University of Florida football game was held on a Sunday. The Gators were scheduled to face the Eastern Washington Eagles on Saturday. But, because of the threat of Hurricane Ian, the University Athletic Association, with the approval of Eastern Washington, decided on Sept. 27 to postpone the game by one day hoping for more favorable weather on game day. But moving the game from Saturday to Sunday created a host of scheduling problems for thousands of fans.

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