SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Sacramento State University and Cal Expo are set to explore plans to convert the horse racing track and grandstand into a football stadium , with the goal of hosting Hornet football games at the fairgrounds by next fall.

Thursday marked the beginning of a new partnership between Sacramento State University and Cal Expo, as the California Exposition Board voted to move forward with the plans, a conversation that has been in the works since January.

"We've taken a number of steps here at Cal Expo to see about the feasibility of this," said Tom Martinez, Cal Expo CEO. "In order to do a project of this magnitude, this size, you have to have some studies take place."

Those studies are currently being conducted as the university works to determine what is needed to mak

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