The state’s new stadium might bring big dollars if it sells its naming rights to a sponsor
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis January 9, 2020 What’s in a stadium name? If it is Aloha Stadium, there is tradition, deep cultural significance and, perhaps, millions of dollars in desperately needed revenue surrounding the rising issue of whether to sell naming rights for the successor to the crumbling 45-year-old facility. While the state […]
New stadium plan expected to pass Senate
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis July 8, 2020 State lawmakers are poised this week to pass the last major piece of stadium legislation before the state begins soliciting bids for a public-private partnership in the development of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District. Senate bill 2940, authored by Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz (D, Mililani […]
Aloha Stadium finalists to be selected in July
Honolulu Star Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis July 1, 2020 The state said it expects to choose three priority-listed developer finalists for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District by the middle of this month. Six developer-led groups responded to the request for qualifications in late May and the NASED Phase 1 RFP Evaluation Committee is […]
University of Hawaii, Aloha Stadium considering social distancing measures for football games
Honolulu Star-Advrtiser Sports By Ferd Lewis June 29, 2020 Re-opening seating in the long-closed upper deck end zone sections is among the considerations as the University of Hawaii and Aloha Stadium study possible scenarios for social distancing this football season. “We’re looking at models that would include everything,” UH athletic director David Matlin said. City, […]
Tom Yamachika: Debating The Future of Aloha Stadium
Honolulu Civil Beat Community Voice By Tom Yamachika January 28, 2020 While everyone’s attention is focused on COVID-19 and racially charged police brutality, we should also pay some attention to major happenings here at home. One of them is the venerable Aloha Stadium, former home to the Aloha Bowl and now affectionately called the Rust […]
Who is going to pay for Aloha Stadium’s health and safety repairs?
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis June 28, 2020 Aloha Stadium may be forced to rely on developers to fund needed health and safety repairs to keep the current facility operational until the new one debuts in 2023. The rusting 45-year old stadium has not received appropriations for health and safety work since 2017 and […]
Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan says stadium will make it to finish
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis June 18, 2020 Updated 12:46 am Aloha Stadium manager Scott Chan said the “tender loving care” of the 45-year old facility is being upped in case the new stadium isn’t ready to open as projected. The current target date for the new facility in the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment […]
Bill could impact Aloha Stadium demolition, landfill operator says
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii News by Ferd Lewis June 14, 2020 Updated 11:38 pm The company that operates the only public construction and demolition landfill and recycling facility on Oahu said a proposal that would require a buffer zone around the construction or expansion of disposal facilities “would be a disaster for the construction industry” and […]
Survey says stadium doing a good job but fans want new venue
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sports By Ferd Lewis June 11, 2020 Fans attending University of Hawaii home football games in 2019 gave higher marks to the stadium experience but made the necessity of opening of a new stadium their No. 1 comment, according to a survey. In the Aloha Stadium Event Satisfaction survey, approximately 80% of respondents […]
Aloha Stadium Swap Meet intends to hold soft reopening in June
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii News By Ferd Lewis May 29, 2020 Updated 9:31 pm Aloha Stadium intends to hold a soft reopening of the Swap Meet and Marketplace in June, stadium Manager Scott Chan told the Stadium Authority on Thursday. The event has been closed since March due to COVID-19. No date has yet been set, […]