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superman7515
November 23rd, 2013, 11:51 AM
http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-22/sports/44368212_1_neil-theobald-football-stadium-temple-news


Temple president Neil Theobald said publicly this week that an on-campus football stadium likely would be part of the university's next master plan, expected to be released in 2014.
Temple is having a "serious discussion" about the stadium, Theobald said, as an alternative to playing home football games at Lincoln Financial Field. Temple's contract with the Linc, which is due to expire after 2018, costs the university about $1.5 million annually.

Theobald's comments, his most significant yet about the oft-rumored stadium, came during a post-inaugural event at Loews Hotel in Center City on Tuesday night. For the first time, he also spoke of the possibility of sharing space with the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field.



"We're looking possibly on campus, possibly sharing with Penn," Theobald said in response to a question from the audience. "We're going to need to answer that question."

An athletics spokesman for Penn and athletics and university spokesmen for Temple were unaware of any negotiations between the two universities.