A&M to add nearly 20,000 seats

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Texas A&M To Renovate Kyle Field

Texas A&M will redevelop its longtime home with plans to expand capacity to 102,500, making it the largest stadium in the SEC.Tags: Texas A&M, Kyle Field, renovation

Texas A&M To Renovate Kyle Field

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M football stormed into the national consciousness during the 2012 season with a new conference, a new coach and a new Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback. Soon, the Aggies will have a bigger, better, newer Kyle Field to call home.

The Texas A&M board of regents announced approval of the redevelopment of the Aggies' longtime home with plans to expand capacity to 102,500, making it the largest stadium in the SEC and the third-largest stadium in college football.

Only Michigan and Penn State have greater capacity, and A&M's construction will just surpass Tennessee's 102,455 capacity at Neyland Stadium.

Kyle Field's current capacity is 82,589.

The project, which will cost $450 million, will begin after the 2013 football season concludes and is scheduled for completion in 2015.

The Aggies will continue to play their home games at Kyle Field throughout the construction process, which will take place in two phases during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 offseasons.

The project will be funded by donations, seat licenses, student fees and ticket revenue, as well as a preferred facilities agreement between the Bryan-College Station convention and visitors bureau that will use hotel and tax revenue for the next 30 years.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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