Gies Memorial Stadium

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Yesterday at 7:02 AM

Dan

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Dan

Welcome to the Gies Memorial Stadium thread

 

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Yesterday at 7:18 AM

Dan

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Dan

First time in a long time I see the webcam pointed at the scoreboard this morning, revealing first time I've seen the "Gies Memorial Stadium" signage up top

https://www.wcia.com/memorial-stadium-cam/

 

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Yesterday at 8:09 AM

Illinisam

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Illinisam

Dan said:

First time in a long time I see the webcam pointed at the scoreboard this morning, revealing first time I've seen the "Gies Memorial Stadium" signage up top

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https://www.wcia.com/memorial-stadium-cam/

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About time! I’ve never seen a webcam saying it is showing construction of something and then pointing to another entity like SFC. Don’t know why they did this.

 

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Yesterday at 10:29 AM

Dan

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Dan

(My photo)

 

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Yesterday at 11:02 AM

Ander1345

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Ander1345

Hoping to make a trip down to see it in person at some point but it's hard these days.

 

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Yesterday at 12:08 PM

Fly Illini Fly!

Fly Illini Fly!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2094815854714064944

https://twitter.com/x/status/2094826528668323928

 

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Yesterday at 12:16 PM

Mr. Tibbs

Mr. Tibbs

has it been disclosed exactly what this scoreboard (not including other items in the stadium ) is costing ?

just curious

 

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Yesterday at 12:49 PM

JKR

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JKR

Mr. Tibbs said:

has it been disclosed exactly what this scoreboard (not including other items in the stadium ) is costing ?

just curious

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Scoreboard, alone, ~$20M. All scoreboards, ribbon boards, sound system, etc., ~$40M

 

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Yesterday at 1:13 PM

Fuze

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Fuze

Mr. Tibbs said:

has it been disclosed exactly what this scoreboard (not including other items in the stadium ) is costing ?

just curious

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I remember a vague $25-30mil number given 2-3 years ago by Josh at the June roundtable, but I've never been sure if that was the cost of just the new stuff (scoreboards, lights, sound system, and wifi) or if it also included the other updates and structural work they've also done the last few years (reworking balcony structure, redoing concourses, etc).