Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse University is aiming to get air conditioning installed in the Carrier Dome before graduation in the spring of 2021, Syracuse vice president and chief facilities officer Pete Sala reportedly told NewsChannel 9.

The goal to have air conditioning installed before the 2021 football season is a more specific timeframe than the school has publicized previously, when it has included air conditioning on a list of renovations scheduled to take place by 2022.

The school is planning to install a new roof, sound, video and lighting systems before the 2020 football season. It is planning to improve concessions, restrooms and make improvements to better comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act by 2022.

“Our goal is to have air conditioning by commencement of 2021, and I don’t see why I can’t hit that date,” Sala told NewsChannel 9. “But that’s going to be happening, and again, I’ve had people reach out and say finally you’re getting air conditioning it opens up more dates for us in the spring.”

The addition of air conditioning will end four decades of jokes about how a building whose naming rights belong to air conditioning Carrier doesn’t have the amenity.

The Carrier Dome’s air-inflated roof was deflated for the final time on Monday morning, the latest step in its roof replacement. The school is planning to have the new roof installed by the Sept. 19, when it is scheduled to face Colgate.

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