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The renovation of Sun Devil Stadium has begun. The first thing on the to-do list was to tear down sections of the upper deck seating area above the north end zone. Here is a look at the progress so far as told through tweets from the media and people in and around the stadium.
The sections that are currently being removed are sections 220-228. It will reduce the capacity of the stadium to 66,000.There are 348 season ticket holders in these sections that the ASU athletics program has promised to move to new locations at a discounted price for next season.
Rendering of N. End Zone after its completion in July. ICYMI NEZ FAQs: http://t.co/wIUfrMULfb pic.twitter.com/nK2EqqXL7g
— Maggie Emmons (@MaggieEmmons) April 16, 2014
The cranes have arrived to the north end of Sun Devil Stadium #Momentum @TheSunDevils @FootballASU pic.twitter.com/s8PvvXUBY0
— Sun Devil Tickets (@SunDevilTix) April 11, 2014
It has begun... The New Sun Devil Stadium... Coming soon... #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/rbRx8cONfN
— Todd Graham (@CoachGrahamASU) April 14, 2014
Sun Devil Stadium still getting a little taken off the top. pic.twitter.com/UrpgII2Mlg
— Doug Haller (@DougHaller) April 16, 2014
Opening up #ASU Sun Devil Stadium for reconstruction pic.twitter.com/0W8VCoiK4i
— jeffmetcalfe (@jeffmetcalfe) April 19, 2014
Wow, our construction crew ain't messin' around. #Momentum @TheSunDevils @FootballASU pic.twitter.com/a3jDw7WUGf
— Sun Devil Tickets (@SunDevilTix) April 17, 2014
Construction view from inside Sun Devil Stadium: pic.twitter.com/TTfUK7LokV
— Joe Healey (@JoeHealey42) April 26, 2014
Need. More. #Momentum pic.twitter.com/E8i5jFEPI1
— Sun Devil Football (@FootballASU) April 23, 2014
SDS from the butte. pic.twitter.com/KdvwPmWPCI
— Ross Dunham (@RDunham22) April 24, 2014
Open air seating in the north endzone loge sections now. #Momentum pic.twitter.com/uiP2Y0sgHd
— Sun Devil Tickets (@SunDevilTix) April 23, 2014
Sun Devil Stadium is being deconstructed ridiculously fast pic.twitter.com/1nZ9wajLcC
— Rocky Harris (@SunDevilRocky) April 28, 2014
1st column down. In case you're wondering it's 27 ft long and 37500lbs #asusundevils @SunDevilEquip pic.twitter.com/GKlFsG22m5
— nate morris (@natemorris75) May 1, 2014
They are cutting down the beams at Sun Devil Stadium as we speak. @thesundevils pic.twitter.com/NQSgsq113p
— Rocky Harris (@SunDevilRocky) May 2, 2014
Arizona State will put a total of $210 million into the full renovation project and the football team plans to continue to play its games inside Sun Devil Stadium throughout the renovation. For more information and photos of the final renderings, the ASU athletics website is a good source.