That, in turn, had enabled the athletics department to spend more than $20.7
million in cash during 2015-16 on capital projects. Among them were the
installation of new video boards at four facilities, the construction of parking
lots that are used by the department on game days and by the university
community otherwise, and the start-up costs for a $160 million football
stadium renovation.
Arkansas’s athletics program did all of this, effectively, without help from the
university’s general fund or student fees; it received $2 million from the
university but transferred an equal amount back in addition to what it paid for
scholarships and various university services.
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