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NFL stadiums planned or under construction City: Pittsburgh Tenants: Pittsburgh Steelers, University of Pittsburgh Architects: HOK Sport Owner: Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Operator: Team Number of seats: 65,000 Number of suites/club seats: 129/6,600 Projected cost: $252 million Funding: Team will contribute $76.5 million. The public will pay $840 million to fund Heinz Field and PNC Park, retire the debt on Three Rivers Stadium and raze the stadium, expand the Convention Center and construct a new Pittsburgh Development Center. Most of the public contribution, $193.4 million, comes from Hotel Room Excise Tax Revenue Bonds; $176.6 million from Regional Asset District Sales Tax Revenue Bonds. Scheduled completion date: Aug. 25 City: Foxboro, Mass. Tenants: New England Patriots, New England Revolution Architects: HOK Sport Owner/operator: Robert Kraft Number of seats: 68,000 Number of suites/club seats: 80/6,600 Projected cost: $412 million Funding: $340 million from the team; $72 million from the state for infrastructure, which will be paid back by the team over 25 years. CMGI signed a 20-year, $120 million naming-rights deal last August. Scheduled completion date: March City: Seattle Tenants: Seattle Seahawks Architects: Ellerbe Becket Owner: Team and King County Operator: Team Number of seats: 67,000 Number of suites/club seats: 83/7,000 Projected cost: $430 million Funding: $127 million from a new sports-related lottery game; $101 million from King County sales taxes for events at the new facility; $56 million from facility admission and parking taxes; $15 million from county hotel/motel tax; approximately $131 million from private sources. Scheduled completion date: June City: Detroit Tenants: Detroit Lions Architects: SmithGroup, Rossetti Associates, Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Owner: Detroit Wayne County Stadium Authority Operator: Team Number of seats: 65,000 Number of suites/club seats: 120/9,000 Projected cost: $300 million Funding: $125 million from city of Detroit, Detroit Downtown Authority and Wayne County; the remainder is from private funding. Scheduled completion date: August 2002 City: Houston Tenants: Houston Texans Architects: HOK Sport Owner: Harris County-Houston Sports Authority Operator: SMG Number of seats: 69,500 Number of suites/club seats: 165/7,500 Projected cost: $402 million Funding: Public share is $324.7 million; the remainder comes from the Texans and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Reliant Energy signed a 30-year, $300 million naming-rights deal last October, 10 percent of which goes to Harris County. Scheduled completion date: August 2002 City: Philadelphia Tenants: Philadelphia Eagles Architects: NBBJ Owner/operator: Team Number of seats: 66,000 Number of suites/club seats: 117/9,000 Projected cost: $300 million Funding: A $180 million loan from FleetBoston; $120 million from the NFL stadium loan fund Scheduled completion date: August 2003 City: Green Bay, Wis. Tenants: Green Bay Packers Architects: Ellerbe Becket Owner: City of Green Bay Operator: Team Number of seats: Adding 6,000 general admission seats Number of suites/club seats: Adding 4,000 premium seats Projected cost: $295 million Funding: $126 million from team from user fees (one-time, $2,000-per-seat fee charged to season-ticket holders), stock proceeds and a loan from the NFL; $169 million from 0.5 percent sales tax in Brown County. Scheduled completion date: August 2003 City: Tempe, Ariz. Tenants: Arizona Cardinals Architects: HOK Sport Owner/operator: Tourism & Sports Authority Number of seats: 73,000 Number of suites/club seats: 86/6,800 Projected cost: $335 million Funding: $103.5 million from the team ($85 million for construction and $18.5 million for site improvements and lease payments); $10 million from The Fiesta Bowl. Maricopa County voters last November approved a new 1 percent room tax, a 3.25 percent car-rental tax, a stadium-related sales tax, and income taxes on professional football players and Cardinals employees to pay the remaining costs. Scheduled completion date: August 2004 Source: Street & Smith's Sports
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