By Michael Casagrande
sports@timesfreepress.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The quiet of spring break on the University of Alabama campus was broken only by the sound of a few swinging cranes and the movement of construction workers Friday afternoon.
Nearly a year after construction hit full stride, progress on the south end-zone expansion at Bryant-Denny Stadium is ahead of schedule as the frame for the upper seating bowl takes shape. Heavy construction should be complete by July, giving crews several weeks to work on cosmetics before the final deadline in mid-August. That’s well ahead of the Crimson Tide’s Sept. 4 home opener with San Jose State.
Thad Turnipseed, director of athletic facilities, called the expansion “one of the smoothest projects we’ve ever had.”