The Oakland Tribune is reporting that the renewal plan to be implemented on the west side of campus, particularly the stadium renovation, will be announced today. From the article:

Football coach Jeff Tedford committed last December to remaining at Cal contracturally through 2009, but only on the condition that 82-year-old Memorial Stadium be renovated. His faith has been rewarded.

On Thursday, UC Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau will unveil highlights of a master plan for an upgraded stadium that will also benefit the law school and business school on campus.

The master plan includes a landscape design and a public open space plan. The retrofitting is long overdue because the stadium sits directly on the Hayward Fault.

“It will be great news,” Tedford said Tuesday, saving the rest of his comments for Thursday.

About damn time. We’ve been waiting for the details on this for quite some time now. I guess even with Ayoob taking snaps, donors are throwing money down for the field.