Comment on Kinnick campaign for end zone upgrades tops $14 million

IOWA CITY — Nine months after kicking off a “Kinnick Edge Campaign” to raise $25 million for an $89 million renovation of the Hawkeye football stadium’s north end zone, the University of Iowa Foundation on Thursday announced it’s halfway there.Including a lead gift of $5 million from Ted and Deb Pacha, which the foundation announced in January, donors to the UI Department of Intercollegiate Athletics have committed more than $14 million toward the project — to be funded entirely through private support, bonding and athletics revenue.Although the fundraising campaign is ongoing, UI Foundation spokeswoman Dana Larson said fans have until Nov.