COLUMBIA, MO. • Missouri took another big step toward funding its new football facility with Wednesday's announcement of an $8 million anonymous donation. This comes on the heels of last month's $10 million donation from the Kansas City Sports Trust that launched the school's fundraising efforts for a new facility planned for the south end of Memorial Stadium. The two gifts are among the five largest donations toward athletics in the school's history.

Missouri has raised $67 million for the project, the school said Wednesday. Athletics director Jim Sterk has put an approximate price tag of $75 million on the project.

“We are so grateful for such a transformational gift,” Sterk said. “We’re very excited to continue this process and keep momentum going. Our next steps include meeting with architects to determine all of the details of the project and then our goal will be to present our final plan with the funding model to our Board of Curators for their approval in February."

The board is scheduled to meet Feb. 9-10 in Columbia.