Memorial Stadium expansion reaches milestone

[corncraze]

Expansion of the "third largest city in Nebraska" became more noticeable Monday as the latest Memorial Stadium project reached a milestone.

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Construction workers lifted the first pieces of steel onto the East Stadium's north end, beginning the skeleton for the new facade.

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[corncraze]

Does anyone have any photos?

 

[n.e.husker]

Maybe check the stadium expansion thread

 

[Excel]

How many seats are they adding?

 

[RexIsMyDogg]

6000 including 38 suites...hell Badgerfan, you might be able to get season tix now if u want.

 

[Excel]

So it'll be in the top 10 then maybe right in front of LSU? Cool another massive Big Ten stadium. I'm diggin' it.

 

[HuskerDens]

They had considered expanding to over 100k+, but the fans overwhelmingly wanted to protect the sellout record in a public poll by the athletic department.

So this is what they considered the more 'cautious' expansion.