North Carolina State University Athletics
Fowler Talks About Renovations
7/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
July 12, 2001
NC State Director of Athletics Lee Fowler met with members of the media Thursday afternoon at the A.E. Finley Fieldhouse to discuss the progress of the renovations to Carter-Finley Stadium.
Associate Athletics Director/Wolfpack Club Executive Director Bobby Purcell was also on hand to answer questions pertaining to fund-raising and other finanical-related issues about the construction.
Carter-Finley Stadium Supervisor/Director Ray Brincefield fielded all inquiries related to the construction's timetable and progress thus far.
Below are some numerical facts about the renovations to Carter-Finley Stadium:
55,000,000 Projected cost of phase 1
2,000,000 Projected cost of scoreboard
100,000 Square feet of football operations building
25,000 Cubic Yards of soil removed for excavation
5,864 New Seats
5,500 Cubic yards of concrete
2,700 Cubic yards of soil brought in for building the fields
2,620 Linear feet of 12-foot high fence around practice fields
2,030 New chairback seats
160 Height in feet of scoreboard
150 Average Number of Workers on Site Daily
124 New handicapped seats in south endzone
100 Width in feet of scoreboard
73 Caissons for new building
72 Average hours in work week for workers on site
60 Depth of tunnel excavation in feet
40 Width in feet of tunnel excavation
32 Width in feet of video board
24 Height in feet of video board
22 Distance in feet from endzone endline to first seat
12 Average hours in work day for workers on site
7 Acres cleared/graded for new practice fields
3 Days of construction missed for weather
1 Number of renovations to Carter-Finley Stadium since 1966
