The SU System Foundation will contract with Lafayette-based The Lemoine Company so that construction mobilization can begin in February, said Ernie Hughes, foundation executive director. The expansion will add 2,500 seats to the 26,500-seat stadium. Along with the stadium enclosure, the project will include new training facilities, lockers rooms, offices, a weight room, sports memorabilia spaces, meetings rooms, about 500 club-level seats and 2,000 end zone seats, Hughes said.

Stadium expansion project set to begin

The expansion of A.W. Mumford Stadium is set to begin next month.

The Southern University System Foundation will contract with Lafayette-based The Lemoine Company so that construction mobilization can begin in February, said Ernie Hughes, foundation executive director. "We're real excited," Hughes said, noting that the final details of the Lemoine contract will be worked out during the next couple of weeks.

The expansion will add 2,500 seats to the 26,500-seat stadium.

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