It’s now been a full week since construction began to remove the track from around the playing surface at Memorial Stadium and, as you’ll see in the photos below, the crews in charge of doing the work have made significant progress.
The old track was removed quickly last on June 25
and it now appears that they’re prepping the ground beneath where the track was for years for new turf and asphalt.
We’ll continue to track the progress periodically during the process, which is expected to take another five weeks and be completed for the start of KU football’s fall camp, which begins Aug. 8.
Here’s the view from the top of the hill:
Here’s the view from the south end zone toward Memorial Stadium’s north end:
Here’s a look at the area around the scoreboard, behind the south end zone:
Here’s the view down the east sideline:
Here’s the view from the top of the east stands:
Here’s a look from the top of the east stands down at the scoreboard area behind the south end zone:
Here's a view from inside the stadium, looking toward the north end of the field from the south end zone.
Here's a look at the area around the scoreboard, behind the south end zone.
Here's the view down the east sideline, which shows good detail of the drop off between the field and where the track once was along with how much work there still is to be done.
Here's the view from the top of the east stands.
Here's a look from the top of the east stands down at the scoreboard area behind the south end zone.
