South Endzone Complex Daily Progress Report

Put some chairbacks in Section OO. I know they said the rows are not wide enough - but I'm sure we can figure something out! Benchbacks with cupholders?

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

Put some chairbacks in Section OO. I know they said the rows are not wide enough - but I'm sure we can figure something out! Benchbacks with cupholders?

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Why do you need chair backs. I thought you guys over there stood the whole game.

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Originally Posted by Houston Techsan

Why do you need chair backs. I thought you guys over there stood the whole game.

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I want my wife to travel for some games - she's not going to stand the whole game! And I sit at halftime.

Both sections of metal bleachers on the south end of the stadium are now removed. Work on rerouting the underground utilities which serve the existing building in the south end zone is underway.

Tommy McClelland said at Tech & Tails VII last night that the actual "movement of dirt" at the SEZ project will start in a couple of weeks. There are some underground utilities on the hill serving the existing buildings that need to be rerouted first. Just a lot of prep work before the heavy work begins. Tommy hopes that it doesn't rain a lot in the next three months while the excavation of the ground occurs. Once the dirt is removed and the concrete is poured, weather will not be much of an issue.

Tommy gave a target date of summer 2015 for the completion of the complex.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

I want to see us take that piece of crap scoreboard down in the south end zone. That thing has got "high school" written all over it.

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Ask and ye shall receive...

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Latest pictures of the SEZ project...lot of dirt being moved.

https://twitter.com/LATechEquipment/status/468142784319586304/photo/1

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Thanks 05. I remember being at Tech when they were building the TAC and what a great feeling it was to see the dirt start moving. I just had the same feeling when I saw your pics.

my son is just a tad bit upset about losing the hill that he likes to roll down after the games, told him to "man up" :)

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Originally Posted by maddawg

Thanks 05. I remember being at Tech when they were building the TAC and what a great feeling it was to see the dirt start moving. I just had the same feeling when I saw your pics.

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Thanks maddawg. The ones posted today are from LA Tech via one of their Twitter accounts. It is great to see dirt being moved out in pics even though the video feed is down right now.

Tommy Mc said at Tech & Tails on May 9th that dirt would start to move within two weeks. Dump trucks were moving dirt out of the SEZ by the following Monday.

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Originally Posted by Choudawg86

my son is just a tad bit upset about losing the hill that he likes to roll down after the games, told him to "man up" :)

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Just one more Tech tradition being sacrificed for this boondoggle.

I remember before the stadium was built.... when we used that area to build a giant bonfire for the pep rally prior to the TECH-NORTHWESTERN state fair game.

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Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD

I remember before the stadium was built.... when we used that area to build a giant bonfire for the pep rally prior to the TECH-NORTHWESTERN state fair game.

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Damn, you are an old fart, aren't you ?

Another old fart says didn't we sometimes do one where the soccer field is? Seems like there was a creek where the stadium is (now in concrete culvert down the middle of the field.

I remember watching the stadium go up riser by riser. They had only enough forms for about two at a time.

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Originally Posted by Champ967

Just one more Tech tradition being sacrificed for this boondoggle.

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I remember when Mike White ruined the long standing tradition of nobody going to basketball games. Freaking boondoggle.

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Originally Posted by Choudawg86

my son is just a tad bit upset about losing the hill that he likes to roll down after the games, told him to "man up" :)

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Damn, now that is funny.