Renovations are half finished, aren’t half bad
August 1, 2016 by Mike Casazza
Players report today and practice begins tomorrow at West Virginia. This is Mountaineer Field, which as you can see no longer has a crown. That’s a big deal. But a lot of things are happening outside the stadium, and it looks liek the east side of the stadium, as planned, will be ready to go for the opener. Won’t you have a look?
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- The southeast corner of Milan Puskar Stadium.
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- The new gate in the southeast corner with a banner paying tribute to the 2012 Orange Bowl team and its stars, Darwin Cook, Tavon Austin and Geno Smith.
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- New stadium banners on the east side of the stadium.
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- The northeast gate with a banner paying tribute to the 2005 Sugar Bowl and its stars, Steve Slaton and Pat White.
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- Here are the reimagined boxes on the west side of the stadium. From field level, they don’t look like much, but they have heaters and TVs and, if you look closely, partitions to keep the wind out.
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- No artwork on the west side of the stadium … yet.
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- The north end zone of the practice field has a new storage building and a much more secure tower for filming practice.