CK's Obsession
I think about it at least once every 15 minutes. It's the first thing I check in the morning, and I take a last look at 11pm, before the lights go out. I keep a browser tab open all day, dedicated to the live webcams that provide me with a continuous fix. My obsession has made me the target of my coworkers' ridicule.
But I just can't get enough of the new stadium construction.
Only half a year into the project, and here's where we stand:
Our seats are in! We haven't received official word yet on our exact location (notices are being sent out over the next week), but we know what section we're in, as indicated by the arrow. It is reserved for alumni, and the view will be fantastic.
In the lower bowl, one section has already been poured with concrete, and two others have the wooden forms in place for concrete (the big blue crane is doing the pouring). That work should be done around the entire lower bowl within a couple of weeks, at which point they will start to install seats. In the upper bowl, there are still about 10 rows that need to be installed at the top of the sideline sections, so the steel work isn't entirely done yet.
The gap in the bowl has been enclosed with steel, and the entrance to the field is now just a tunnel. It would be cool to sit in those seats right above the tunnel and scream at the players as they run in and out. Maybe I'll sneak down there one time just for the experience, since it's a student section, so no assigned seating.
Not as much going on here, but you can see that the dirt fill is up to the top level in the foreground, which means they'll soon pour concrete and set the grass for the family fun zone. They still need to complete the fill in other parts of the stadium, primarily in the opposite end, and the dirt is coming from the excavation site for the underground parking lot they're building beneath Wilbur Field(!).
The skybox frame is completed, so now they are putting up the exterior walls (the front of which will be entirely glass). The rooftop will be accessible to fans (they should put a restaurant up there), and apparently, if you take the elevator up to the top viewing platform (that tower jutting out of the skybox), you can see the city on a clear day. Someday, when we're rich old fuddy duddies, we'll have a suite in that thing. :)
My obsessive viewing of the cameras paid off, as I caught the placement of the top of the S on the back of the skybox! Actually, my coworker Steve (the voice of Stanford Stadium and Maples Pavilion) IM'd me to let me know it was about to happen. He's way more obsessed than I am. He has also offered to let me be his backup booth spotter (the guy who feeds him info while he announces), so when his wife isn't available for duty, I'll be watching games with him from the skybox! :)
Four months to the day until opening night against Navy...can't wait! In the meantime, I'll be monitoring the progress. Join the club: Stadium Site
I shoulda been an architect.
But I just can't get enough of the new stadium construction.
Only half a year into the project, and here's where we stand:
Our seats are in! We haven't received official word yet on our exact location (notices are being sent out over the next week), but we know what section we're in, as indicated by the arrow. It is reserved for alumni, and the view will be fantastic.
In the lower bowl, one section has already been poured with concrete, and two others have the wooden forms in place for concrete (the big blue crane is doing the pouring). That work should be done around the entire lower bowl within a couple of weeks, at which point they will start to install seats. In the upper bowl, there are still about 10 rows that need to be installed at the top of the sideline sections, so the steel work isn't entirely done yet.
The gap in the bowl has been enclosed with steel, and the entrance to the field is now just a tunnel. It would be cool to sit in those seats right above the tunnel and scream at the players as they run in and out. Maybe I'll sneak down there one time just for the experience, since it's a student section, so no assigned seating.
Not as much going on here, but you can see that the dirt fill is up to the top level in the foreground, which means they'll soon pour concrete and set the grass for the family fun zone. They still need to complete the fill in other parts of the stadium, primarily in the opposite end, and the dirt is coming from the excavation site for the underground parking lot they're building beneath Wilbur Field(!).
The skybox frame is completed, so now they are putting up the exterior walls (the front of which will be entirely glass). The rooftop will be accessible to fans (they should put a restaurant up there), and apparently, if you take the elevator up to the top viewing platform (that tower jutting out of the skybox), you can see the city on a clear day. Someday, when we're rich old fuddy duddies, we'll have a suite in that thing. :)
My obsessive viewing of the cameras paid off, as I caught the placement of the top of the S on the back of the skybox! Actually, my coworker Steve (the voice of Stanford Stadium and Maples Pavilion) IM'd me to let me know it was about to happen. He's way more obsessed than I am. He has also offered to let me be his backup booth spotter (the guy who feeds him info while he announces), so when his wife isn't available for duty, I'll be watching games with him from the skybox! :)
Four months to the day until opening night against Navy...can't wait! In the meantime, I'll be monitoring the progress. Join the club: Stadium Site
I shoulda been an architect.
posted by Chang Kim at Tuesday, May 16, 2006
10 Comments:
I should have been an architect
You and George Costanza, mon frere.
I'm glad that you have kept your obsession to yourself (maybe not from your coworkers, but away from the blog). I would have hated to get weekly updates of the stadium's progression. I can only imagine: "Look! They moved that bag of cement!"
But, it looks nice though.
Save me a seat when they play UCLA...if we're good next year. :)
dude, i'll totally be up there for some games next year if you can score me some tickets.
greys anatomy...making infidelity look cool and doctors look bad. no need to wait hubert, i can tell you exactly whats going to happen
Russ, I will save you a seat for UCLA. Jeremy, I will save you a seat for whenever. Otherwise, Gerald is my football buddy.
Whenever they see me looking at the site, my coworkers ask, "Did they put in another bolt yet?" So yeah, I restrained myself from frequent blog updates. :)
I've been watching this thing everyday, sometimes multiple times a day (okay, every day multiple times). Camer 4 is my favorite ever since the press box obstructed the view.
But we need cams on the concourse, the pictures aren't good enough. Maybe we can have Cam 2 moved down there....
I've been exchanging emails with the webmaster, and the plan is to move cameras 1, 2, and 5 to the skybox roof once it is complete. Should be happening very soon.
Camera 4 is definitely the best, but 3 is about to get good now that they are prepping the lower bowl for concrete.
maybe once this stupid thing is finished you'll start paying attention to me again
You and Steve must be very busy at work... :)
Ooh - I'll keep my eyes out for any notices from Stanford Athletics. I might not be in town for the home opener, so there may be two tickets to the highest bidders. =)
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