sure Reedus - that's an excellent question that I know a lot of us Ags know but don't guess it's anywhere in this thread so it def should be addressed

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• Phase I (November 2013): Demolition of the first deck of the east side of the stadium, re-construction of the first deck, and construction of the south endzone, which will include seating, media interview areas, 12th Man Productions and related gameday support, a commissary and recruiting area.

• Phase II (November 2014): Demolition of the entire west side of the stadium, complete construction of the south endzone, and re-construction of the west side.

• Grand Opening (August 2015)

Minor demolition work is being done now and the building above is our old basketball gym (we moved to Reed Arena in 1998 so it's been a general purpose building since). That picture is of the Northeast corner of Kyle Field. For anyone familiar with our campus, it appears to be taken several stories up in Rudder Tower. I added the rendering from essentially the same angle above.

The old weight room (Netum Steed) which is in the Southwest corner will be demo'd after this season

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On Monday, Nov. 11, demolition around the stadium will consist of the Netum Steed facility and the south end zone video board, as well as the east side ramps and the first deck on the east side. Demolition work on the north end zone façade will also begin at this time, followed by the Monday, Nov. 25 demolition of the playing field.

The playing field will be lowered and moved slightly to improve site lines throughout the stadium.

For 2014, the new South End Zone will be in place. The Press Box will also be moved to the East Side. The 2nd and 3rd decks on the East Side will remain as is (this is our student section). So the the entire East Side reno should be completed as pictured in the OP. The expected capacity for 2014 will be 109,000. The large number of club seats going into the West Side will reduce it back to 102,500 for the 2015 season.

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Posted by reedus23

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Posted on 8/19/13 at 1:27 pm to tmc94

That's truly remarkable. So the demo I saw being discussed was more or less prep work. Actual construction won't begin until after this season if I have that right. Are they re-doing the entire south end zone in one phase, to be ready for the 2014 year then? Really is an impressive feat to get that much work done and not disrupt the season.

Are you aware of any renderings of what the stadium will look like for the 2014 season, with just the Phase 1 renovations? Everything I pull up seems to be the complete renovations. Absolutely love the look of the completed ones though.