MEDIA ADVISORY: Launch of Ching Complex video board

For media planning to attend, RSVP to Marc Arakaki at marcra@hawaii.edu by 2 p.m.

WHAT: The newly installed 75-foot wide video board at UH Mānoa’s Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. The video board from Aloha Stadium is now ready for the September 1, 2023 home season opener against Stanford. 

WHERE: The scoreboard is located on the Diamond Head/Les Murakami Stadium side of the Ching Complex.

WHEN: 

• Monday, July 24, 5 –7 p.m.
• Since the area is still under construction, enter the site through the Ching Complex building and access the field via the vomitories

WHO: 

• UH Mānoa Athletics Director Craig Angelos
• UH Office of Project Delivery Project Manager Seth Siaki

WHY: The video board installation is part of the second phase of the Ching Complex expansion that will increase the seating capacity from 9,350 to 15,000 seats, in time for the 2023 UH football season.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• The video board was broken down into 64 panels for transport. Underground utility infrastructure work was completed, and a steel structure and concrete columns were installed prior to the video board’s arrival.
• The video board is part of the $30-million Ching Complex expansion project, approved by the UH Board of Regents in August 2022. 
• The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase included adding 5,650 seats and included replacing the grandstands in the ʻEwa endzone, increasing seating in the Diamond Head endzone and adding seating that will wrap around the corners of the field.
• The second phase of the project is the construction of new track and soccer facilities on the lower campus practice fields, scheduled to begin in August 2023 and be completed in fall 2024. It includes excavation work to level the two existing practice fields; installing a retaining wall and drainage, irrigation and utility systems; and grandstand seating.