Indiana's new LED video board at Memorial Stadium is 65% larger than its predecessorINDIANA UNIV.
Indiana's Memorial Stadium appears to be a "facility transformed" with a list of changes, updates and new initiatives for the '18 football season, beginning with the "new south end zone facility," according to Mike Miller of the Bloomington HERALD TIMES. While the inside of the facility is "geared toward the athletes -- not the public -- the outside of the building itself will change" the fan experience. Knothole Park, which most recently "occupied a space beyond the end zone where children could frolic on a miniature field, has been moved atop the terrace that overlooks the south end zone." It will feature "mini games, a painting station and concessions." There will also be a "new LED videoboard" that is 65% "larger than its predecessor." Overlooking the field "will be 12-foot-high block letters spelling out 'INDIANA.'" Additionally, new construction "will soon begin on the Terry Tallen Indiana Football Complex, which will enhance the football locker room as well as create a new team lounge and recruiting area" (Bloomington HERALD TIMES, 8/29). In Indianapolis, Jordan Guskey noted construction on Memorial Stadium "dropped the capacity from 52,929 to 52,656." The football complex is a "multimillion-dollar, 25,000-square-foot football-only facility." IU AD Fred Glass said, "We have everything we need to be successful. We won’t take a back seat to anybody in terms of facilities. I stack up our facilities against anybody’s." Meanwhile, Glass "didn’t say whether IU will sell alcohol to the public in the stadium, other than to those in the club level in the Henke Hall of Champions" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 8/29).
