The $485 million renovation to Kyle Field is akin to building a brand new stadium.

Fans and players will enjoy the updated facilities for years to come. But somebody — or many somebodies — has to pay the bill.

According to The Eagle, fans will foot more than half that bill through personal seat licenses (PSLs). It’s a common stadium financing practice that’s held deep NFL roots for years, but it’s more complicated at the college level. Athletic departments often package seats and tickets as incentive for donors.

The Kyle Field construction has led to a “reseating” process by The 12th Man Foundation. A group of endowed donors decided to take legal action against the foundation, but that pathway appears to be closing fast. After a judge dismissed the case on legal grounds in Texas, the group filed a class-action petition in Florida. According to The Eagle, that case has been dismissed as well.

The would-be plaintiffs claimed that the foundation intended to “reclaim and resell, at a higher price, the highest value benefits to a ‘new generation’ of Aggie alumni,” a violation of not only the law but of the school’s Code of Honor that says an Aggie “does not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those that do.”

More from the excellent report by The Eagle:

“(Barbara) Brunner, who attended Texas A&M in the 1980s and became the first student endowed donor, initially purchased seats on the second deck near the 15-yard line for at least $30,000. But under the new seating plan, she would have had to pay an additional $40,000 over the next 15 years to hold on to the seats, the lawsuit states.

Other fans have been asked to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep their seats.

The foundation has tried to work with those who had contributed to the endowment program. To recognize those seat holders, they got a $2,000 seating allowance starting this year that let them pick a spot in the stadium without owing additional money. But if a fan wanted to sit where more financial support was needed, the $2,000 can be applied to that cost.”