Design and financing plans for the proposed University of California, Davis, performing arts center were approved today by the UC Regents. The Regents signed off on UC Davis plans for the entire project, including an 1,800-seat performance hall, 250-seat studio theater and related parking and roadway changes near the Interstate 80 entry to the campus. The center's cost is estimated at $52.4 million, with an additional $1.1 million for financing, says campus planner Bob Segar. The project will be financed by $15.5 million in nonstate campus funds, $22.6 million in gifts from a fund-raising campaign, and $15.4 million in loans. The 1,800-seat hall will be the first building in a multiyear plan for arts facilities, including a future visual arts center and small music recital hall. The arts venues, along with the changes in the roadway and parking, will create a new entrance to the campus at what is now a parking lot off Interstate 80. The improved parking and roadways are estimated to cost $19.4 million, to be funded from parking reserves, nonstate campus funds and loans.