Nebraska's $450 million Memorial Stadium project faces fundraising questions

LINCOLN — If Nebraska football is a state religion, recent efforts to raise private funds for a new NU football facility and to pay players are its offering plate.

The people in the pews remain generous. Donors largely funded a still-under-construction $165 million indoor facility east of the stadium. History says they will continue to give.

But NU Athletics Director Trev Alberts’ latest push to raise $450 million to renovate Memorial Stadium is facing a Big Red rarity among some Husker boosters and state lawmakers: pushback.

Alberts says the century-old stadium needs work to serve NU fans for the next 100 years. Among the changes planned, South Stadium would be replaced, improving fan seating, restrooms and concessions.

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