Tracking the progress at Memorial Stadium

By Matt Tait     Jul 3, 2014
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Rolls of new turf sit on a truck bed behind the south end zone at Memorial Stadium.

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 the new view of Memorial Stadium, sans track, from Campanile hill.

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.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.