Photos: Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
Arizona Stadium’s $74 million facelift is nearly complete. All that’s missing is the turf, which will be laid in June. New additions, including the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility, will house coaches offices and weight and meeting rooms for players. The expansion also closed the once-open north end zone to include high-back seats for fans and club boxes for donors. Final touches on the renovation should be completed by Aug. 30, when the Wildcats open their season against NAU.
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
Crews remove and level the dirt in preparation of the installation of new turf, scheduled to go down in June, and part of the extensive remodeling going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
A grader at work on the field as crews prepare for the laying of new artificial turf in June, part of the extensive remodeling going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
Crews weld a new hand rail at the field level along the western stands, part of the construction and remodeling going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
The new seats installed in the north end of the bowl, part of the construction going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
A few of the campus buildings are reflected in the windows being installed on the north side of the new addition being added to Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
Rows of empty seat supports in the lower eastern bowl, the 'Zona Zoo section, as the area gets cleaned and repaired for the upcoming season, part of the construction going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
The new Lowell-Stevens Football Facility being added to the north end at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Stadium renovation nearly finished
The sun shines on the northwest corner of the construction including the new stairway, part of the intensive remodeling going on at Arizona Stadium, Friday, March 11, 2013, Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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