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SF State has some high-end spending habits for a university with half-a-century old buildings that need more than a $200 million in repairs.
Last year, for instance, the state school made plans to construct a state-of-the-art science building and to refit the grimy Hunter's Point Shipyard with a sparkly new educational facility. It's also housed some of its college of business in a downtown center, with a
luxury address on Market Street.
Although the administration's lavish taste is still apparent in its choice to host its upcoming graduation ceremony at AT&T Park, its proclivity to spend big money is not.
Counter-intuitively, the university is saving money by making the switch to host graduation at the very fancy AT&T Park where the Giants have garnered multiple World Series wins. By not having graduation at Cox Stadium, the small campus arena that has for years hosted very cramped ceremonies, the university is saving $70,000.
