Fresh stadium construction photos

The pic that stuck out the most was the scoreboard one, are they putting up some new speakers to get that boom boom pow

Picture number 7 is pretty interesting. The speakers are not going to be on the north endzone's scoreboard hidden behind the Michigan Stadium writing. Pretty creative way to get those in.

I had no idea they were placing a brick facade on the tunnel. That will truly be an epic sight once completed.

A lot of people get sick of these update threads. Those people suck. (Just wait 'til the Spring Game; malcontents subconsciously blind to our football-fan-wound-indolence will be quick to employ a subterfuge of ruin-the-optimists'-days. I'll set the over/under on "Guys, SRSLY stop posting about the renovations and which players you think are going to 'blow up'" daily thread count at 3.5. It isn't that those guys' perspectives are completely wrong, of course. It's just that they are too sad to read or respond to.)

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I'm disappointed to see them putting any investment whatsoever into those old scoreboards, but I guess you gotta put the speakers somewhere.

I thought the scoreboards were being replaced. Is that not the case? I have thought for a while that compared to a place like Camp Randall, our scoreboards were kind of puny.

But not yet. My meaningless-because-I-know-nothing-nor-noone-important-about-it prediction: We'll get them 5 years out. I can't see it coming much sooner or later than that.

...suites. Hopefully Brandon thinks he's too new not to bring his credentials with him to every game.

Anyone know if that simple signage is going to go up again at the 50? I sure hope they reuse it. It looks great and blends the old/new so well.

I think it's been all but discussed with us. The A.D. has gone on the record saying they saved the art deco "Michigan Stadium" signs (there were two, one looking over the east, another the west, walls of the old pressbox). If I remember correctly, then they've even vaguely hinted at putting one/both at (a) stadium entrance(s). I'm pretty sure we're just going to have to wait for them to reveal the specifics of that goodie for us. The good news is that this whole thing is almost done now. It's sort of incredible, isn't it?