ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Orange County man is trying to single-handedly stop the University of Central Florida's plan for an on-campus football stadium. His legal action has already cost the college tens of thousands of dollars.

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If the university thought the stadium was a done deal when the board of trustees approved it last December, they didn't count on Ronald Brooke. He has now had the school tangled up in a legal hearing for more than a week and he's hitting UCF in its wallet.

Many of the residents who live in the quiet, tidy neighborhoods just north of the UCF campus believe their lives will take a turn for the worse because of what the school plans to build, but Brooke won't let it happen without a fight.

"I'm here trying to help this one man who wants to defend his property. He lives 1,400 feet from where this stadium is," said Laura Klee, Coalition of UCF Area Homeowners.

Klee had to speak for Brooke, because he was too busy preparing his legal case against the university. He is not a lawyer, but is a prosecutor of sorts, trying to stop the school's plan to build an on-campus football stadium, much to the disappointment of UCF administrators.

"I felt like we'd be past this. Because we've gone to great care to cross every 'T' and dot every 'I' as we've gone through the process," said UCF Vice President Bill Merck.

Brooke filed a challenge with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, which agreed to send an administrative judge from Tallahassee to hear his arguments. For six days now, he forced UCF officials to testify.

Brooke claims the school did not have the legal right to change its master plan to include a stadium. He said the stadium is not compatible with the surrounding residential communities.

But even if Brooke does not prevail, UCF has been forced to pay a team of lawyers to defend itself and fly in experts that Brooke subpoenaed, and there are no apologies.

"They rubber-stamped this decision. There were no changes made regarding all the comments that the public made," Klee said.

Both sides expect the hearing to wrap up Tuesday. The judge will then turn his findings over to the Florida Department of Community Affairs, which will decide the issue within 30 days.