UH to pay $9,500 for private jet for McConaughey

SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 01: Actor Matthew McConaughey attends the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 1, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 01: Actor Matthew McConaughey attends the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 1, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Photo: Jason LaVeris, Getty Images Photo: Jason LaVeris, Getty Images Image 1 of / 95 Caption Close UH to pay $9,500 for private jet for McConaughey 1 / 95 Back to Gallery

Matthew McConaughey won't be driving a Lincoln to the University of Houston for Friday's commencement.

UH will pay $9,500 for a private jet for the actor, who will deliver the school's first university-wide commencement speech at the new TDECU stadium.

The cost is on top of the $135,000 UH will pay McConaughey, who will donate $130,000 of the fee to his Just Keep Livin Foundation, according to the full contract for the speaking engagement. The remaining $5,000 is considered an "expenses buyout" in the contract and will cover any additional costs, such as "meals, incidentals, groomer."

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The new details round out a picture of what the university will do to lure the Academy Award-winning actor that remained obscured for several weeks while a booking agency sought to keep the contract information from the public.

Initially, when asked how much it had to spend to bring in the well-known Longhorn, UH demurred, citing a rare confidentiality clause in its agreement with the booking agency it hired to find a celebrity speaker. The school had to give the agency, Celebrity Talent International, a chance to resist disclosure.

Celebrity Talent -- which received a $20,250 check from the public school for its services in hooking McConaughey -- filed a brief opposing a freedom of information act request submitted by the Houston Chronicle.

The AG late last week ruled against the agency.

Under the newly released contract, UH is also on the hook for one non-smoking "VIP Presidential" hotel suite with a king bed and up to two non-smoking "deluxe" hotel rooms with king beds. A UH spokesman said Monday the school doesn't yet know if the actor will need the hotel rooms, as he may fly out after the speech, in which case the school doesn't need to reserve the rooms.

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UH will also provide ground transportation from the airport to the stadium.

The university has also released information on its payment schedule to McConaughey, which shows the school first paid the actor $40,000 last July. UH paid him $45,000 in December and another $45,000 in January.

UH is covering the costs with revenue generated by its continuing education program, which offers certificate programs, online courses, workshops and more to non-UH students.

McConaughey will speak to a sold-out crowd at TDECU stadium Friday at 7 p.m. at a ceremony for 4,958 students graduating this May. More than half of those graduates are women and the Class of 2015 ranges in age from 18 to 78.