Oklahoma's stadium will still host a new weight room and training facility. (@OU_Athletics)
Oklahoma's stadium will still host a new weight room and training facility. (@OU_Athletics)

Last year, Oklahoma's board of regents approved a $350 million renovation and expansion of the Sooners' venerable Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, complete with artist's renderings and planned major upgrades in stadium infrastucture and other amenities.

Fast forward almost a year, and those upgrades will reportedly not be quite so major. The Oklahoman reported Tuesday that president David Boren is presenting to the regents a scaled-back version of the plan that will delay the infrastructure improvements and renovation of the stadium's west-side upper deck.

Boren confirmed the new plan Tuesday afternoon. Via the Tulsa World:

The new project will cost only $160 million, but will still be completed by the start of the 2016 season and include two major planned developments: the stadium's new weight room and training facility to be built "underneath" the stadium, and the "bowling in" of the venue's south end zone. (Compare this depiction in last year's artist's rendering with this shot of the current Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.) 

The stadium's new expanded capacity will hit 84,000 seats, though that number could decrease during future projects.

According to the Oklahoman's Barry Tramel, "the original plan suffered poor timing, with the drop in oil prices and OU's disappointing 2014 season." He did note that the 28 new luxury suites still included in the plan had all been sold.

Still, with this news coming directly on the heels of the embarrassing racist fraternity video and its immediate recruiting fallout, being forced to announce that the money required for an already public previous master plan simply isn't there can't feel good for Boren.

On the plus side: hey, not every school is ponying up $160 million for stadium upgrades, either.