Memorial Stadium: True Illini Spirit premieres tonight on WILL-TV, 7pm
September 9, 2008 8:51 AM
Premiering to coincide with the completion of the Memorial Stadium renovation, the new WILL-TV documentary looks at how Memorial Stadium was built by steam engines, horses and painstaking labor, and how spirited fundraising by Illini students, alumni and other fans contributed $2 million to the effort. Designed by the same architects who planned Soldier Field, the structure on a swampy southwest campus site was a great human and engineering achievement.
- Official site.
- Not in the CU area? Pledge and receive the program.
- John Paul of WILL-TV visits with Gary O'Brien on WDWS about the new program.
- Jack Richmond's Early Memories of Memorial Stadium
- WILL-TV's Roots in Memorial Stadium.
- Photo slideshow.
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