Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BY LOU SOMOGYI I n a different form of a "rebuild- ing project" for the Notre Dame football program, it will take about two more years to finish the university's massive $400 million, 800,000-square-foot Campus Cross- roads construction project that began at the end of the 2014 season. Three major academic and student life building additions to Notre Dame Stadium will leave the home game- day experience for the 2015 and 2016 seasons less pleasing aesthetically until its scheduled completion in the summer of 2017. On the six home game weeks this year, work on the project will stop on Thursday afternoon. Fridays will cen- ter on taking down the barriers that keep out the public, and the fences will be moved up against the walls of the stadium. On the Mondays after home games, the barriers and fences will be put back up to resume con- struction. Stadium gates will be open as usual for the Sept. 5 opener against Texas, and the nearby parking lots on Sat- urday will be the same for tailgating fans. According to Doug Marsh, asso- ciate vice president and university ar- chitect, the areas of open dirt around the stadium by early September will be covered with a layer of asphalt to provide smooth walking for those heading to the game. The interior of the stadium will be unaltered, but steel beams now domi- nate the exterior skyline. • The beams on the stadium's east