Valuation: better than you.

So really, the only thing keeping The University (capital T, motherfuckers) from building the SAHPC is figuring out the value or worth of California Memorial Stadium? How much could some stairs, a beam, and some other cosmetic crap cost? Surely not more than a million.

How about PRICELESS? ("Priceless like a mother's love...or the good kind of priceless?" = 5 bonus points)

This stadium was built to honor those from the university who served and sacrificed during World War I. The place is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for cryin' out loud. Sure, it's old, dirty, kind of greasy, and is long overdue for a thorough tune-up (not unlike our good friend Britney Spears), but its significance for the Bay Area, both symbolically and financially, is too much for any true, singular amount of money to be applied to the structure. Placing a monetary value on the stadium would be an insult to the names, honor, and integrity of those incredible souls who served and fell in the war.

But an argument like that probably won't win in the court of law. If we look at it from an investment point of view, then, the lawyers for The University may be able to argue that, due to revenue gained from football games and INCREASE on that revenue made possible by having brand-new facilities, the stadium is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

There are many other ways of arguing it, but believe me when I say that the lawyers for the Dark Side will try to cheapen the value as much as possible, trying to make a convincing case that, due to the degradation of the stadium over time, the building is pretty much worthless.

Shame on you.