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Kickoff 5 weeks from today. This morning (Saturday), they laid out the north end zone carpet, with 5 guys and a couple of small machines.

i found the website of the construction company, Barton Malow, who are overseeing the Vandy United project.

they have a very informative page with links that detail the progress of the project thus far.

main page:
https://www.bartonmalow.com/projects/va ... tics-plan/

360 drone cam + overlay of construction drawings. click around! lots of info (latest from 08-22-23):
https://www.bartonmalow.com/wp-content/ ... HBOARD.pdf

video animation of the project:
https://www.bartonmalow.com/wp-content/ ... EBSITE.mp4

enjoy!

AuricGoldfinger wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:07 pm If you squint really hard, it looks like the Colosseum in Rome.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

VU1970 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:30 pm

AuricGoldfinger wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:07 pm If you squint really hard, it looks like the Colosseum in Rome.

And I'm wondering where the lions are.

They arrive October 14.

Quite a bit of steel erected today (Thursday, Aug. 16) in the north end zone. You can now see the outlines of what will be the decks overlooking the field. And the temporary padded fence at the edge of the end zone is nearly complete.

FayetteDore wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:19 pm Quite a bit of steel erected today (Thursday, Aug. 16) in the north end zone. You can now see the outlines of what will be the decks overlooking the field. And the temporary padded fence at the edge of the end zone is nearly complete.

I don't see the padding yet; looks like a standard wooden fence. Reminds me of Bump Bailey (R.I.P.) running through the outfield wall in The Natural. Or minor leaguer Rodney McCray doing the same thing (in real life) a few years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VMiaI ... hannel=MLB

This Wesleyan College pitcher had a softer wall:
https://youtu.be/XBKSavtgOWY

FWIW, AD Lee was on the Doug Mathews radio show this morning, I don’t know if a podcast is available but she had a lot to say about the stadium construction, NIL, transfer portal etc. They will be bringing in a portable video screen for this year and the capacity after the renovations will be in the mid 30,000s. Also, the fundraising has already exceeded the 300 million goal.

MikenNashville wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:04 pm FWIW, AD Lee was on the Doug Mathews radio show this morning, I don’t know if a podcast is available but she had a lot to say about the stadium construction, NIL, transfer portal etc. They will be bringing in a portable video screen for this year and the capacity after the renovations will be in the mid 30,000s. Also, the fundraising has already exceeded the 300 million goal.

All very good things. Onward and upward!

Versus75 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:29 pm

FayetteDore wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:19 pm Quite a bit of steel erected today (Thursday, Aug. 16) in the north end zone. You can now see the outlines of what will be the decks overlooking the field. And the temporary padded fence at the edge of the end zone is nearly complete.

I don't see the padding yet; looks like a standard wooden fence. Reminds me of Bump Bailey (R.I.P.) running through the outfield wall in The Natural. Or minor leaguer Rodney McCray doing the same thing (in real life) a few years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VMiaI ... hannel=MLB

This Wesleyan College pitcher had a softer wall:
https://youtu.be/XBKSavtgOWY

You were right. They're installing the padding over the north wooden fence today (8.22).

72 hours out from kickoff and no scoreboard or video screen...yet. Cutting it close, aren't they?

MikenNashville wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:04 pm FWIW, AD Lee was on the Doug Mathews radio show this morning, I don’t know if a podcast is available but she had a lot to say about the stadium construction, NIL, transfer portal etc. They will be bringing in a portable video screen for this year and the capacity after the renovations will be in the mid 30,000s. Also, the fundraising has already exceeded the 300 million goal.

Still think mid 30s is too small, Nashville is growing rapidly.

AuricGoldfinger wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:13 pm 72 hours out from kickoff and no scoreboard or video screen...yet. Cutting it close, aren't they?

It appears to be going up this morning. BIG GREEN CRANES.

But hey, the advertising logos are being put up on the end zone padded walls!

Trust the process, Auric.

EDITED TO ADD:
Wow, watching them assemble what I THINK will be the scoreboard like a jigsaw puzzle isn't quite as fun as tracking the plane in 2010, but interesting.
Given how close we are to the game and how tedious it is putting the thing together, I sure hope the damn thing works.

Anyone thinking there won't be any construction related "hiccups" in Saturday's game is likely an unredeemable optimist.

What happened to the South camera??? Runs a little then non-stop buffering?

dcdore wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:48 am Anyone thinking there won't be any construction related "hiccups" in Saturday's game is likely an unredeemable optimist.

I drove around the stadium on Sunday after helping a friend's son move into his dorm. It certainly was not ready at that time to host a game. The walkways and the entrances were littered with debris. There was a lot of cleanup to be done in five days. My friend said some drunk idiot will likely get hurt walking through that mess and sue the school.

Sorry, I missed your question Auric. However, I don't think the construction cams will be turned on until after the season.

DonYates wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:41 pm Sorry, I missed your question Auric. However, I don't think the construction cams will be turned on until after the season.

Looks like that may be the case, unfortunately. It's mid-day Monday and they're still dark. Don't see why they can't be turned back on through the week.

FayetteDore wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 11:15 am

DonYates wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 12:41 pm Sorry, I missed your question Auric. However, I don't think the construction cams will be turned on until after the season.

Looks like that may be the case, unfortunately. It's mid-day Monday and they're still dark. Don't see why they can't be turned back on through the week.

Cameras back on with new YouTube links; VandyMania thread updated. They'll probably be turned off again on Friday.

Glad to see them back on as long as they don't have practice footage available to our opponents.