[82lsju]

I think the stadium project was kicked off a few years ago before the current situation became quite this untenable, and also before Pat Fitzgerald was terminated.   I can only speculate on if they would kick it off today or not, but I do suspect that once they got started it became mentally and politically much tougher to back out.

the Ryan's lead gift for the stadium (and several other areas) was announced in Sept 2021

The Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family has made the largest single gift in Northwestern University’s history, a $480 million gift that will accelerate breakthroughs in biomedical, economics and business research and enable the University to redevelop Ryan Field and construct a best-in-class venue for the Northwestern community.

https://magazine.northwestern.edu/impact...0community.

[82lsju]

I think the stadium project was kicked off a few years ago before the current situation became quite this untenable, and also before Pat Fitzgerald was terminated.   I can only speculate on if they would kick it off today or not, but I do suspect that once they got started it became mentally and politically much tougher to back out.

the Ryan's lead gift for the stadium (and several other areas) was announced in Sept 2021

The Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family has made the largest single gift in Northwestern University’s history, a $480 million gift that will accelerate breakthroughs in biomedical, economics and business research and enable the University to redevelop Ryan Field and construct a best-in-class venue for the Northwestern community.

https://magazine.northwestern.edu/impact...0community.