LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV) - In less than two weeks, Jayhawk football will play its first game in a practically new stadium. But football is just one part of what the school wants to do with the space.

They call it the KU Gateway Project. The vision is for a mixed-use development with an estimated price tag of almost $800 million.

Tuesday night, the city commission agreed to a $94.6 million tax incentive package to help phase two happen.

Phase one, at a cost of $448 million, includes significant renovation of the north and west sides of the stadium and the surrounding football facilities, making it a multi-use stadium. It also includes the construction of a built-in 55,000 square foot conference center. The state contributed $85 million for the conference center. Phase one will be completed

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