Stadium expansion plan brings nostalgic regret
When the board of regents approved the $370 million Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium expansion last wek — something that was a foregone conclusion after stories about it circulated Norman two months ago — I couldn’t help but have some nostalgic regret.
I have lived through a half dozen stadium expansions since my first game — an Oklahoma vs. Kansas game in 1967. I have seen the old wooden bleachers in the south end zone replaced with a poorly designed concrete monstrosity (although one that I like becauses of its 83 rows of exercise when I muster the energy to do it).