University of Minnesota Athletics
Ground Broken for TCF Bank Stadium
10/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The ceremonial groundbreaking for the new on-campus football stadium, set to open in the fall of 2009, was held this afternoon at the stadium site on the corner of Oak and Fourth Streets S.E., Minneapolis. The program included remarks by U of M President Robert Bruininks, Athletics Director Joel Maturi, head football coach Glen Mason and Back to Campus campaign co-chairs Nancy and John Lindahll. Thousands of Gopher fans turned out to enjoy the sunshine and the festivities.
The groundbreaking was preceded by another special event designed to symbolize the return of football to campus. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., hundreds of university supporters and celebrities took part in the Gopher Football Relay which transported a football from the Metrodome, through the U campus, and all the way to the site of the new stadium.
Former Gopher football coach Murray Warmath kicked off the relay outside of the Metrodome’s Gate C on 11th Street, Minneapolis, and other official ball carriers walked the ball a short distance before handing it off to the next carrier. In the final leg of the relay, Bruininks accepted the football at the future site of TCF Bank Stadium from a pair of children who represented the future generations of Gopher football fans.
The groundbreaking was preceded by another special event designed to symbolize the return of football to campus. Beginning at 12:30 p.m., hundreds of university supporters and celebrities took part in the Gopher Football Relay which transported a football from the Metrodome, through the U campus, and all the way to the site of the new stadium.
Former Gopher football coach Murray Warmath kicked off the relay outside of the Metrodome’s Gate C on 11th Street, Minneapolis, and other official ball carriers walked the ball a short distance before handing it off to the next carrier. In the final leg of the relay, Bruininks accepted the football at the future site of TCF Bank Stadium from a pair of children who represented the future generations of Gopher football fans.
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