The Aloha Stadium Authority board voted unanimously today to initiate a ground lease agreement with Aloha Halawa Development Partners which will begin work on demolishing the old stadium by the end of August, but the positive development was tempered by news that the projected completion date for the new stadium is being pushed back to 2029.

“It has to do with the logistics of construction,” said Brennon Morioka, former stadium authority chair, who is also dean of the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering and Gov. Josh Green’s special advisor on the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District project.

The projected completion date is now March 2029 instead of the fall of 2028.

Also, the capacity of the football, soccer and rugby stadium — originally set for 25,000 — is now p

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