Husky Stadium to Be Ready Sept. 5
The University of Washington Husky Stadium will be ready for the school’s 1987 football opener against Stanford Sept. 5, despite a major construction accident on Feb. 25, says UW Athletic Director Mike Lude.
“The contractors have told us they’ll be finished by Aug. 23 and that’s soon enough,” he said. “Our plans are to open the season there against Stanford and I see no reason at this point to think we’ll do otherwise.”
Husky Stadium is having 13,500 seats added to its north grandstand. The addition will bring the stadium’s capacity to 72,500.
The grandstand addition collapsed after two of the eight sections were put in place.
The addition is part of a $29 million improvement of UW athletic department facilities. The grandstand expansion was expected to cost $13 million.
Despite Lude’s optimism, tickets for Washington’s early games will include seat numbers for Husky Stadium and the Kingdome, the school’s alternate site.
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