2008 VHA National Collegiate Conference

Conference Tours
Bright House Networks Stadium
The castle in the University of Central Florida’s new kingdom is surely the nation’s newest college football venue, Bright House Networks Stadium. The new home for UCF football sprawls over 25 acres, seats 45,301 and serves as the crown jewel of the schools’ burgeoning Athletics Village located on the north end of campus.
The Bright House Networks Stadium is part of a $60 million project that included financing costs, reserve requirements, infrastructure, roads, parking and practice fields for football, soccer and baseball.
Construction and operation of Bright House Networks Stadium was funded through naming rights, revenues from suites and club seat leases, ticket and concessions sales, donations, corporate sponsorships and advertising. No public money or tuition fees were used to build or run the stadium. The university has raised about $29 million in private donations for the stadium, including Bright House Network’s support and leases of the stadium suites and club seats.
The stadium’s west side features the four-level Roth Tower, which includes 24 luxury suites accessible by private elevator. In addition, it houses a 4,200 square-foot Club Lounge with seating for 822, all of which were sold out shortly after stadium ground-breaking. The Roth Tower has the typical college football mainstays, including a spacious press box, broadcast and administrative suites. Bright House Networks Stadium also provides ample ADA Seating, capable of providing more than 450 wheelchair-accessible seats.
UCF Arena
The UCF men’s and women’s basketball programs call the 10,000-seat new UCF Arena home. The state-of-the-art venue opened in the fall of 2007. The building gives the Knights one of the top basketball facilities in the southeast.
The arena’s unique design provides an intimate atmosphere for UCF supporters, while creating an intimidating environment for opponents. The design offers perfect sightlines for fans, giving every spectator a spectacular view.
About 7,000 seats are located on the lower bowl, with an additional 3,000 seats situated in the upper level.
Fans enter the building through a spacious lobby that has conveniently located concession and apparel stands.
The arena sits on the northern side of campus and is situated around UCF’s other athletics facilities, including Bright House Networks Stadium and Jay Bergman Field.