Coastal Carolina has a little more than a month to have Brooks Stadium ready for the 2017 football season opener against Massachusetts on Sept. 2, and director of athletics Matt Hogue is confident a stadium expansion project will be completed in time.
The university was required to expand the stadium for its move this year to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and seating is increasing from 9,214 to approximately 15,500 seats. The construction project began in early March.
“It’s been a race to the finish from the beginning and we know that,” Hogue said. “But we have a contractor that has to meet that deadline, they know it, and so far so good.