It would cost at least $300 million to build a new stadium in Honolulu, one that would enable the University of Hawaii football team to play in and one that hosts the annual NFL Pro Bowl. It would cost a reported $180 million to renovate the stadium. I think spending more than half the cost of a new stadium on fixing one like Aloha Stadium is a waste of money and I'm not confident in the authority's decision-making. I've heard that they plan to keep the seats the same colors as they are currently (orange, blue, brown, red, yellow) and paint the stadium's frame green. Unsightly, if you ask me. Here's what I would like to do if I were in charge of renovating Aloha Stadium:
-fully Green seating (current color combo looks cheap, UH's color is green and it is more environmentally friendly)
-Light Grey stadium frame, walls and walkways
-full Field Turf
-Luxury Boxes converted from Brown level sideline seating on both sidelines
-Ribbon digital advertisements below Luxury Boxes and Press Box on both sidelines
-Video scoreboards in both endzones (replacing Jumbotron)
-joined 1st level seating in corners (helps make up for lost seating from Luxury Boxes and scoreboards)
-Walkway joining inner and outer 1st level walkways in corners (keeps breezeways, helps traffic flow, added possible vendor space)
This is in addition to the elevators up to the upper deck, structural reinforcements, possible escalators to the upper deck, etc...
