Michigan Stadium Costs

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Detailed cost report on stadium construction as reported by Prof. Ralph Aigler in the 1927 Annual Report of the Board in Control of Athletics
Real Estate		$235,789.92
Large Drain - Material	$12,184.56
Large Drain - Labor	$69,497.50
Large Drain - Total	__________	81,682.06
Excavation		190,746.00
Surface drains, Stadium Area		6,927.09
James Leck Company, General Const, Contact		438,313.58
Guarantee General Electric - wiring		9,678.61
Detroit Edison, service connections, etc.		399.13
Plumbing		32,923.78
Heating		7,406.00
Bond, for James Leck Company		4,278.50
Additional Seats		12,559.71
Painting Seats, Numbering, etc.		2.111.78
Folding Chairs		1,034.25
New water main		2,624,51
Water connections, etc		433.30
Fence		11,830.94
Gate locks		323.76
Entrance signs		559.20
Playing field		7,039.43
Goal Posts		277.80
Sprinkling system		314.94
Score board		317.05
Ticket booths		433.27
Roads and grading		21,960.29
Filling dirt and black dirt		9,671.78
Cement inspection		2,707.24
Team rooms, equipment, etc.		107.08
First aid room and equipment		230.74
Rooms, tables, etc. for concessions		772.06
Flags and pennants		203.76
Side walks, Main Street		962.35
Architects		26,878.88
Cinders, hauling cinders, trees etc.		6,616.48
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Total Paid		$1,118,082.16
Balances due unpaid:
Mercier contract	$1,705.22
Osborn Engineering Co.	9,270.79
James Leck Co.	2,715.09
Total balance due	__________	13,691.10
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Total Cost of Stadium		$1,131,733.36