Construction crews have made significant progress on Texas Christian University's stadium just four months after a partial demolition.
The university is renovating Amon G. Carter Stadium's westerns seats and the north end zone, the facility's first redevelopment since 1956.
"I mean, it's starting to look like a stadium at that end, which has got everybody excited," said Ross Bailey, associate athletic director.
On Dec. 5, 2010, the western seats at the 80-year-old stadium came crumbling down to make way for new and improved seating.
The north end zone's upper deck has taken shape and gone up without any problems, Bailey said. Work on the 54-foot video board above the section continues.
Work on the western bleachers is also progressing. Two of the four concrete pours for the superstructure are complete, and a third is planned for next week.
The progress on the $105 million improvement will be a surprise for those attending Saturday's annual spring football game.
"If they (fans) haven't been on campus, it will definitely be a surprise for them from the demolition seeing what you can do with 800 pounds of dynamite versus today," Bailey said.
And fans will also find a unique aspect to the spring game because of the ongoing construction.
"There's no video or sound system for the spring game," Bailey said. "But I think that suits Coach (Gary) Patterson just fine. The rest of us will just adjust."
Construction will be completed by early summer 2012.
In the upcoming football season, fans will have to adjust to having just 32,000 seats, instead of last year's 44,000, because of the construction.
"We've had a lot of fans who've understood and have had to relocate seats for the 2011 season," Bailey said. "And everybody understands that progress doesn't come without a little bit of dust."
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The only available seating and parking for Saturday's spring game will be on the east side of the stadium.
