![]() ![]() ![]() “Those that have done in the last 15 years or so have kind of shown the ability for success - most recently with San Diego State kind of being a relevant factor,” Kelly said. San Diego State hasn’t joined a power conference yet - it remains in the mid-major Mountain West - but is expected to earn an invitation to the Pac-12 or Big 12 soon, potentially by the end of the month. The $310 million stadium it opened last year is one of its key selling points. The other, Cincinnati, finished a $86 million expansion and renovation of Nippert Stadium in 2015. Two of the Big 12′s three newcomers from the AAC have relatively new on-campus stadiums: UCF opened what’s now called FBC Mortgage Stadium in 2007, and Houston began playing at TDECU Stadium seven years later. Colorado, Arizona and UConn are potential targets, and there have been recent conflicting reports about the league’s interest in another AAC school, Memphis. It has been open about its desire to expand its national reach. “This is going to help us do that, be more competitive, but to be attractive to anyone else that would be looking for partners.” “Obviously we want to be a dominant leader in the American, and we do that in some areas and we haven’t done it in others,” Kelly said. The building will also house operations centers for football and women’s lacrosse.
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