Memorial Stadium Pavilion
Naming Opportunity: $10 Million
For those Illinois faithful waiting for that one special opportunity to forever alter the course of the University of Illinois through their generous donations, the Illinois Renaissance presents many tremendous options. Perhaps none, however, is quite as powerful as naming the entire media/hospitality facility that will adorn the renovated stadium’s west balcony. As discussed in more depth throughout this brochure, the Memorial Stadium Pavilion’s three levels will house the 77 Club, the Memorial Stadium Suites, the press area, and University administration. The advantages it will afford the University of Illinois will be boundless. To the University in general, it will provide event space usable throughout the year; it will serve as a hospitality venue for visiting officials and University benefactors on Illini football Saturdays; and it will set the national standard for combining historic architecture and modern science. For the Illini football program, the new facility will serve as a boon to recruiting by demonstrating the University’s commitment to the future of Illinois football; it will provide a media outlet allowing comprehensive nationwide coverage of the Illini; and it will serve as an imposing feature of Memorial Stadium’s home-field advantage. The family or business naming the entire three-story facility will drastically change the landscape of the University of Illinois and Illini football for the better.
Level 1: The 77 Club
Naming Opportunity: $2.5 Million
For nearly a century, Red Grange’s legacy has been synonymous with Illinois football. The Galloping Ghost, one of the greatest players in the history of college football, invokes images of excellence and pride in the hearts of Illini worldwide. Located on the first level of the new Memorial Stadium Pavilion, the 77 Club, named in the legend’s honor, will transport fans back to an age of Illini past, while at the same time furnishing them with modern amenities that will provide gameday experiences unrivaled in the Big Ten. Now, with the renovation of Historic Memorial Stadium, you have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to forever link your name with the tradition of this Illinois icon. The Memorial Stadium project will create new legacies and new traditions that will endure for generations to come. By putting your stamp on the 77 Club, your name, like Grange’s, will go down in the Illinois annals as a founding father of the renaissance of Illinois football.
Level 2: Memorial Stadium Suites
Naming Opportunity: $1 Million
The second level of the renovated stadium’s new Memorial Stadium Pavilion will house the Memorial Stadium Suites, which promise to become the premier luxury venues in the Big Ten Conference. The Memorial Stadium Suites will be an extension of your living room or office: whether you wish for a quiet Saturday afternoon surrounded by close friends and family or whether you use Saturdays to entertain your most important clients, the Memorial Stadium Suites will provide a comfortable, tasteful setting to enjoy Illini football Saturdays as you never have before. By naming the second level of the new facility, you will be associating yourself with this momentous project in such a significant way that your name will forever be synonymous with the tradition and class of Illinois football.
Level 3: Media & Administration Level
Naming Opportunity: $1 Million
The Memorial Stadium renovation will impact every facet of the Illinois gameday experience, including the facilities for press and University administration. Found on the third floor of the Memorial Stadium Pavilion,
new state-of-the-art media facilities, including comprehensive television and multimedia capabilities, will help ensure that Illinois football receives the national media coverage necessary to transform it to a perennial player within the Big Ten Conference and the nation. Additionally, the third level of the new facility will be the nerve center for Illini football Saturdays, housing University administration, including President White, Chancellor Herman, and Director of Athletics Ron Guenther, as well as the Illini coaching staff and visiting team officials. Place your name on the top floor of the renovated stadium’s new facility, and join these Illini dignitaries as a leader focused on the future of the University of Illinois.
