Want to own a piece of Doak Campbell Stadium? FSU fans will get chance during renovation
While speaking about the massive renovation of Doak Campbell Stadium during this past Friday’s Florida State Board of Trustees meeting, Board Chair Peter Collins picked up a bucket of rocks from the stadium rubble and started handing them out to the other Trustees.
Collins had the rocks — most smaller than a baseball — collected from the construction site as mementos of the original stadium structure, which is being overhauled as part of an 18-month project.
“Don’t say I never gave you anything,” Collins said with a laugh.
In the near future, Florida State fans should have their own opportunities to own pieces of the original Doak Campbell Stadium.
With FSU in the early stages of the renovation — it began recently with the demolition of the West sideline bleachers — sales of the authentic stadium souvenirs are not imminent. But Florida State athletics director Michael Alford told Warchant the Seminoles are working with sports memorabilia company Steiner Sports on providing a wide variety of options in the future.
Alford said the items available could include bricks from the stadium, portions of the metal bleachers, signs, chairs and anything else that is being removed as part of the renovation project, which is expected to cost over $250 million.
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Along with buying signs and seats outright, Alford said, fans also will likely be able to purchase drink coasters and other items that include pieces of the stadium. Details on those items also will be available in the future.
Steiner Sports, which is now a subsidiary of sports memorabilia giant Fanatics, currently offers pieces of bleachers and seats from Notre Dame’s football stadium and Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum on the company’s website.
While the Doak Campbell Stadium project won’t be completed until August 2025, the Seminoles will play all of their 2024 home games as scheduled. Seating will be limited to somewhere in the mid- to high-50,000s this fall, according to Alford.
Florida State also will have limited seating for its spring game on April 20.
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