The Statesman has illustrations of the proposed changes to DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium. The $150 million in additions will include closing the North end zone with seating and a new veterans memorial plaza. It’s also going to make it really rectangular. The new end zone seats will be pretty close and should be a pretty decent view.
The changes should be completed by the 2008 season.
The game today against Kansas is the last home game of the season and on Monday the university will begin minor renovations on DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium. These are just improvements to the west side of the stadium, adding 432 club seats and improving sight lines as well. The construction should be completed by the beginning of next season.
The more interesting news is that it looks like the major upgrades to the north end zone might be approved by February. They’re planning on adding 8,000 seats by closing off that side with an upper deck and moving it closer to the field as well. Might be done by 2008 or 2009.
Once that is completed they’ll be halfway done towards increasing seating capacity to above 100,000 and closing off the entire stadium as is pictured in the stadium model that has been floating around the Internet for a long time now. Would definitely make DKR an even tougher place for opponents to play.
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