Right now hancher's days are numbered. The university plans to build a new autitorium with tax payer money through fema. But one small business owner says he could take this building and move it 1400 feet over to this lot, and it would save taxpayers a ton of money.

Imagine Hancher up on rollers moving to higher ground.

"It's astronomical," Jeremy Patterson said.

Astronomical might be an understatement. But Jeremy Patterson is boldly trying to move an Iowa City landmark and save your tax dollars.

"Theres ways around everything. You just got to open your eyes," Patterson said.

Patterson's plan isn't just a nice idea that might be possible someday. He says he can do it.

"10 years ago this was an impossible dream. Now it's a reality. Hancher could move," Patterson said.

How you might ask? It's really pretty simple.

"Put our steel beams under it, we unify it up all at one time and we put in on skates and we literally roll it to the new location," Patterson said.

It would be the largest building ever to move, at about 30,000 tons. That's like moving 5,000 elephants all at once.

"Anything can be done with a big enough dream, I mean, the technology has come so far nowadays, even compared to what it was 5 years ago," Patterson said.

Patterson says at $26 million, moving Hancher would save a quarter billion dollars.

"For 1/10th the cost you can save Hancher. They're spending millions like I would spend a dollar," Patterson said.Moving Hancher? It Could Save $250 Million