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This is a shot of someone taking a shot of a stage. This is the park where most Friday and early Saturday festivities will occur.

And from the opposite corner of the park...

These next three are at the stadium. It's a night game, so they have extra lights. You can see one high up in the foreground, and you can see the lit one at the other end if you look closely. I'm guessing the platforms are for cameramen. Also, take note that the hospital is right across the street from the stadium. Back in the day, we'd cut through the hospital en masse to get back to downtown. I don't know if they still allow that.

This is a gate on the south side of the stadium. If you enlarge, you can see the hospital sign right above the seats of the far side, as well as the light above the water tower. And you can't really tell, but the field is sunk into the ground. So you enter about halfway up the stands and walk down to the front seats. If you have front row seats.

And this is the new press box side of the stadium. If you enlarge, you'll see the cornerstone with the year on it (lower right corner). Also, look at the brick columns behind the front gates. That is where the former outside wall of the stadium was located.

I would have taken a picture on the other side looking into the stadium and the south end with the ginormous new scoreboard, but football practice was letting out* and taking pictures of the players made me feel stalkerish. Besides, I doubt any of you care about the new scoreboard anyway. And if you do, I'll get a pic of it later. Or you can just watch the game on Saturday night.

* Their practice facilities are across the street from the north side of the stadium, and some of them were milling around the north gate at the time.

Posted by Jenelle at September 28, 2006 06:41 PM | TrackBack