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Completing Commonwealth Stadium

By Joshua Huff

Months have turned to weeks as the Sep. 5 deadline for the expected completion of the partially renovated Commonwealth Stadium fast approaches.

The stadium sat a hollowed out shell on Wednesday as UK provided the media with a tour of the $120 million project. Unfinished concourses, press box and mezzanine areas hardly speak of a stadium nearing completion

u200bSeats within Commonwealth stadium are blasted with water to clean on July 22, 2015. Photo by Marcus Dorsey | Staff
Seats within Commonwealth stadium are blasted with water to clean on July 22, 2015. Photo by Marcus Dorsey | Staff

But Russ Pear, UK’s senior associate athletics director for capital projects said not to worry, the stadium will be structurally ready and a sight to behold come game day against Louisiana-Lafayette.