Illini to renovate field; Weber gets raise to $1M

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: May 12, 2006| Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

CHICAGO (AP) - Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois in Champaign will get a major remodeling beginning after the season ends this fall, the university's board of trustees decided Thursday.

The University of Illinois Board of Trustees gave final approval to the $116 million project at its meeting in Chicago. The remodeling will modernize the 83-year-old stadium and extend its life "another 80 to 100 years," said Ron Guenther, the athletic director at the Urbana-Champaign campu...

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