No changes to the scoreboard.
New sound system for the stadium, however.
New sound system for the stadium, however.
*****Olsen Field Construction Photos Thread*****
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The letters are being removed. The O is gone and the F is being worked on. Pictures soon.
+1 on the dino turd, wtf?
Pictures taken 7-13-11
The workers here were grinding down the bolts that use to connect to the bleachers is my guess. I could see sparks flying like a grinder on metal.
[This message has been edited by mason12 (edited 7/13/2011 4:48p).]
The workers here were grinding down the bolts that use to connect to the bleachers is my guess. I could see sparks flying like a grinder on metal.
[This message has been edited by mason12 (edited 7/13/2011 4:48p).]
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+1 on the dino turd, wtf?
It's a bundle of hay, used to control runoff that is caused by heavy rains.
What are heavy rains?
So weird seeing through the stadium.
thanks for the updates/pictures mason
More specifically, those bundles of hay collect debris that otherwise would be carried offsite by water, be it rain or just water from a hose.
The first time I saw those bundles was on road construction sites in Colorado. They had stakes holding them in and looked like giant dead bugs with their legs sticking up.
Nooooo, the letters!
In other news, nice move on the maroon port-a-potties.
In other news, nice move on the maroon port-a-potties.
What are they doing with the letters? I'd like to buy a vowel!!!
Is this supposed to be complete by Feb? Lot of work to complete in 7 months.
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What are they doing with the letters?
I'll tell you what they OUGHT to do. PUT 'EM RIGHT BACK UP THERE WHEN IT'S FINISHED.
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Is this supposed to be complete by Feb? Lot of work to complete in 7 months.
Good thing they're building this in Texas. If this was in the Midwest, they'd have to stop for winter and start up again in the spring. It'll be done in 7 months.
Based on current weather patterns, they should get moving along pretty well. The first part of construction always seems to take the longest and before you know it everything looks finished.
On a similar note, the original Olsen construction was delayed a month or more because of heavy rains. Since the Kyle Field baseball stadium had already been scrapped, the baseball team spent several games during the early part of the 1978 season at Travis Field over in Bryan.
On a similar note, the original Olsen construction was delayed a month or more because of heavy rains. Since the Kyle Field baseball stadium had already been scrapped, the baseball team spent several games during the early part of the 1978 season at Travis Field over in Bryan.
Thanks Mason! good updates
Kyle Field Baseball Stadium...?!? Please elaborate!!
the baseball stadium use to be where the indoor track stadium is more on the parking lot side. If you look at the old photos thread you will see that.
Right field wall in the old stadium was actually the west side bleachers at Kyle.
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Kyle Field Baseball Stadium...?!? Please elaborate!!
http://texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1855306&page=1&forum_id=8
@StatBoy203
Was Mount Aggie in play?
WOW I had no idea...that is so cool! You can kinda see what $B talks about when he refers to the Kyle Field issues...the proto second deck on the west side...you can see how that old structure must be under a cake of many layers that make up what we see today...
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting!
I see tea sips in those photos...nice to see they were as annoying then as they are now! Probably a less condescending relative of that alexnguyen fella that trolls around these parts!
I'm up at the Rec on the top floor and just took a field shot. They have a baseball camp going on. Construction wise they are digging out underneath the stadium. I guess that is why they had to take out the first couple of rows so a bulldozer could fit.
taken 7-15-11
I couldn't take that many pictures because there was a lot of construction going on kicking up dust.
I couldn't take that many pictures because there was a lot of construction going on kicking up dust.
Thanks mason. I probably check on this thread more than the actual construction cam.
Great pictures, keep it up!
Anybody having any luck w/ the construction cam outside of the TAMU network?
Works fine for me.
I'm glad they are replacing the sound system, the old one was terrible
I wished they built a new scoreboard in right field and added outfield bleachers next to it or just added the bleachers out there either way
I wished they built a new scoreboard in right field and added outfield bleachers next to it or just added the bleachers out there either way
Unless the train gets rerouted (which is a possibility) around town, very little, if anything, will be constructed past the right field fence.
They had the scoreboard in right for several seasons. It was a failure; it was often hard to read during certain times of the day and was constantly breaking down due to the vibrations from train traffic.
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