[97fan]

I dunno. How much "administrative oversight" do you think John Arrillaga had while bulding the new stadium?

Probably very little, but my guess is that's because Arrillaga is a known commodity to Stanford's administration, and they trust him not to do anything that would embarrass the university. Stanford's administration definitely cares about the optics of this stuff, and they absolutely don't want to give the impression that academics take a back seat to athletics at Stanford.

If Arrillaga wanted to build anything nearly as over-the-top as Oregon's palatial new building, I think he would have gotten plenty of oversight from Stanford's administration.

[97fan]

I dunno. How much "administrative oversight" do you think John Arrillaga had while bulding the new stadium?

Probably very little, but my guess is that's because Arrillaga is a known commodity to Stanford's administration, and they trust him not to do anything that would embarrass the university. Stanford's administration definitely cares about the optics of this stuff, and they absolutely don't want to give the impression that academics take a back seat to athletics at Stanford.

If Arrillaga wanted to build anything nearly as over-the-top as Oregon's palatial new building, I think he would have gotten plenty of oversight from Stanford's administration.