Missouri curators to meet Thursday in KC for approval of $250M in stadium funding

The rendering of a reimagined north concourse of Memorial Stadium — which was unveiled by Mizzou Athletics April 18 — will likely become one step closer to reality Thursday.

Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey will be in attendance when the University of Missouri System Board of Curators meets at 2:55 p.m. Thursday on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus.

During the meeting at UMKC, the board is expected to formally approve a $250 million plan for the Memorial Stadium Improvements Project.

UM System President Mun Choi, MU athletic director Laird Veatch, board chair Robin Wenneker, curator Bob Blitz and representatives from Kansas City-based design firm DLR Group will also be in attendance.

A news conference will be held at approximately 3:50 p.m., during which Sankey, MU leadership and DLR Group representatives will address the assembled media.

Proposed changes within the Memorial Stadium Improvements Project — which is scheduled to be finished in October 2026 — include:

• Enclosing the north end of Memorial Stadium with three tiers of premium seating while preserving the rock “M” and grass-covered hill

• Increasing stadium capacity from 62,621 to about 65,000

• Converting the south end zone’s “Bunker Club to a recruiting center

• Adding LED lighting, ribbon boards and multi-colored LED field lighting

• Upgrades to Memorial Stadium’s Wi-Fi

• Concourse concession and restroom enhancements

• Wayfinding and environmental branding enhancements

• An improved tunnel beneath Stadium Boulevard

The Board of Curators meeting and the ensuing news conference will be livestreamed on Mizzou Visual Productions’ Vimeo Livestream page.