The football program is the economic engine that generates nearly 70% of the funding required to operate OSU’s athletic programs.  Despite the two recent expansions in Phase I and Phase II, Reser Stadium is only 9^th place in the Pac-10 conference in stadium capacity and will be 10^th place in the Pac-12 (Table 1).  The small stadium size limits the revenue generating capacity of OSU athletics and will impede the ability of all OSU sports to remain financially competitive in an expanding conference of champions.  Phase III of Reser Stadium’s development plan is slated to take the facility to completion and raise capacity to 55,000, about average for the North Division of the Pac-12.
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