Specifications include, but are not limited to: As the anchor corner for Bobby Dodd stadium at an important campus intersection, this project has the potential to exemplify a fresh approach to operating a successful Power 5 athletic program. It will also showcase Georgia Tech Athletic Association as an innovative, forward thinking program that elevates its student-athletes to the pinnacle of intercollegiate competition and academics, creating what AD Todd Stansbury calls, “Everyday Champions.” The project site is on the corner of Techwood Drive and Bobby Dodd Way. The site will be highly visible– both from outside the stadium and inside - located across from historic East Campus Housing and on a main circulation route to central campus. This project site is a quick walk from the North Avenue Marta station and is visible from many prospects in Midtown Atlanta. This intersection serves as ground zero for home football games. Being such a key site, it is vital that it develops thoughtfully, achieving needed functionality/access, while maximizing available capacity. In keeping with the scale, material and character of the surrounding stadium, the project can respond to needs like athletic resources, student-athlete academic support, and university-related retail program elements. It will be a showcase for GTAA to bring recruits and their families to the improved facility. The new project envisions engagement with the street and landscape, but also addressing Callaway Plaza. It has the opportunity to transform moments of the interior of the stadium in a way that the current structure cannot, providing views, event spaces and recruiting vantages that do not exist today. Opportunities to organize service, operating activities and improved fan experience must be considered. The full development of the Bobby Dodd Masterplan envisions a phased approach, however, the Edge/Rice component of that will be constructed as one integrated project that works to keep the balance of the stadium operational. The target total project budget for the cost of the initial phase of stadium improvements, focused on the Edge/Rice complex is at least $70 million, to be further explored by this study. Programmatically, the project will enable GTAA to optimize its operation, react to changing NCAA regulations and thoroughly engage student-athletes, parents and alumni with the best facilities in the ACC. Space types relative to best practices need deep exploration and study. For example: current existing public space has become obsolete, specifically, the museum showcase and chapel. In this case, static exhibition material and unmanageable curation costs have created inefficient and underutilized space. The intention is to use newer technology to convey the rich culture of Georgia Tech athletics in a high impact display in a much smaller footprint. The project will also address outdated technologies for better communication and collaboration for staff and student-athletes. It will help the academic support resources to collocate to address space deficiencies, allow modernization and provide expansion capacity for growing programs. Simply put, it will allow GTAA to compete for the best students, employees and coaching staff.