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Renaissance I - Archived Photos from before late April
The Stadium Project
Adrian College is building a multisport
performance stadium,
in addition to a separate track and field facility.
Here are archived photos of the project. Also, see recent
photos or the more
recent archives.

(5/22/06)

Ticket booths and steps to the
main approach to the stadium (5/22/06)

Visitor bleachers (5/22/06)
(5/22/06)

(5/22/06)

(5/11/06)

The ceiling for the lower level
of the concourse (between the Merillat and the stadium).
(5/11/06)

(5/8/06)

Plumbing goes in for the locker
rooms. The Merillat is the brick wall at right. (5/4/06)

Workers build the wide steps
off the parking lot that will lead to the new stadium
site. The square in front of the pickup is the foundation
for one of the ticket booths. (5/4/06) |

The footers going in on the
US-223 side of the stadium (west) will soon match
those on the east, which already serve as a foundation
for more construction. (5/4/06) |

(5/4/06)

(5/4/06)

Future home of officials locker
room, training room, and classroom. (5/4/06)

Bleachers are going in. Others
will be installed next week. (5/4/06)

Site of the new weight room, which
will have an improved configuration. (5/4/06)
The former weight room has been
emptied out, and will now be used for other purposes.
(5/4/06)

The weight room is temporarily
located at the east end of the indoor track. (5/4/06)

Aerial photo of the stadium site.
(4/15/06, courtesy of Robert Wissolik)

Footers for the bleachers. (4/4/06)

This hydraulic scaffolding will
soon be moved to the stadium site, and walls will go
up. (4/4/06)

New offices in the Merillat Sport
& Fitness Center. (4/4/06)

People driving down US-223
get a full view of all the activity behind the Merillat
Sport & Fitness Center, shown here. The stadium
is being built directly off the back of the building.
(3/24/06) |

The acres of atheltic fields
behind the Merillat are crawling with big machines
that claw and reshape the earth. (3-24-06) |

On the "Back 40,"
the land is prepared for the new track, which will
be located near the current softball and soccer
fields. There are plans to build a baseball field
nearby, and to dramatically update the softball
field. (3/24/06) |

Projects are underway all around
the Merillat, including here on the north side. (3/24/06)

Laying footers on the extension
between the Merillat and the stadium (3/3/05)

Digging lines across the Merillat
parking lot (3/3/05)

Stadium site (3/1/06)

Stadium site (3/3/05)

Site of new track and field (3/3/05)

Charles Street is closed to bring
in lines for the new facilities. (3/1/06)

Earth removed near the stadium
site is being used to raise the altheltic fields on
the "Back 40."
(2/21/06)

(2/21/06)

An earthmover works at the stadium
site.(2/21/06)

Behind the Merillat (2/21/06)

The "bowl" for the stadium
is now two feet deep.
(2/7/06)

The site of the former track,
where the stadium now will be. (2/7/06)

Working near US-223. (2/7/06)
(1/27/06)

In the foreground is the former
track, excavated. The stadium will be located here.
The Merillat Sport & Fitness Center is the building
in the background. (1/27/06)
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Parts of the Merillat are being
reconfigured as new offices. (1/27/06)
A "bowl" for the stadium
will be excavated soon. (1/27/06)
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