Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder takes a detour every morning on his way to work. He steers down Hampton Boulevard and turns onto 49th Street to see what progress has been made in the last 24 hours on ODU’s $67.5 million overhaul of its football stadium.
The new S.B. Ballard Stadium, he said, “will be a dream come true.”
Wilder was hired in 2007 to help ODU build a football team from scratch. He did so successfully, and the team largely prospered at Foreman Field.
Now, after 10 seasons, both the stadium and the team are undergoing a major overhaul.