BERKELEY, Calif. -- In 2012, California's Memorial Stadium saw the end of an extensive renovation. It was an ambitious project, done over the course of 21 months and at a cost of $321 million, with the main purpose of making the structure safe in the event of the earthquake. The stadium sits directly atop the Hayward Fault Zone, one of California's most menacing, and was in need of seismological upgrades.
This story is not about earthquakes, however, but about a byproduct of that construction project: Memorial Stadium's old wooden bleachers. Specifically, what became of them.
The stadium was designed by architect John Galen Howard and constructed in 1923.