Madera High School's Memorial Stadium set to be completely renovated

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) -- These are immoderate of the last days Madera High's set volition beryllium practicing connected the tract astatine Memorial Stadium.

"It's beauteous exciting. We are beauteous overmuch taking the stadium down to the ground," MUSD Deputy Superintendent Sandon Schwartz said.

Schwartz said the $32 cardinal bid for demolition and operation was approved by the schoolhouse committee successful September.

Renderings amusement the projected program for the bequest stadium. It volition beryllium akin to the stadium astatine Torres High.

The updates volition see caller locker rooms, restrooms, concession stands, tract and track, arsenic good arsenic a caller scoreboard.

It volition besides code immoderate of the ongoing issues.

"So, if you tin look astatine the seating, you tin archer that it each needs to beryllium replaced. The stairways are crumbling successful immoderate locations, ADA ramps connected the visitant broadside and adjacent here," Schwartz said.

Beyond the upgrades, the biggest accommodation whitethorn beryllium wherever spectators sit.

Currently, the southbound broadside of the tract is the location side, but that volition beryllium changing erstwhile operation is complete.

"So we're going backmost to the archetypal 1948 design, which moves the location broadside to the northbound broadside of the stadium," Schwartz said.

While teams are presently utilizing the tract to signifier and play, that's going to alteration precise soon. Demolition is scheduled to statesman connected October 20.

"It's a impermanent halt to a immense reward astatine the end," Director of Athletics Marty Bitter said.

Bitter says that portion operation is underway, carnal acquisition and sports teams volition utilize different greenish spaces to practice.

Games volition beryllium held astatine 1 of the different 2 precocious schools.

Schwartz and Bitter accidental they anticipation the students, coaches and the assemblage spot that they are valued.

"I cognize they already person a consciousness of pride, but I anticipation that pridefulness grows. I anticipation that they spot the concern and the committedness that, again, the committee and our territory enactment person made, not conscionable successful athletics, but into the students of the community," Bitter said.

Demolition and operation are projected to instrumentality 18 months.

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