BEHEMOTH PROJECT AT UNMC CAMPUS COULD HINGE ON $300 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM STATE

LINCOLN — A massive $2.6 billion proposal to transform the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus may hinge on state funding, as well as commitments from the City of Omaha and Douglas County.

Medical center officials told The World-Herald that they’re asking for a $300 million commitment from the State of Nebraska — as well as hundreds of millions from private donors and some money from the city and county — for a public-private partnership able to win federal funding of perhaps $1.5 billion.

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