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PUBLISHED
in LubbockOnline: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - © 2000 - The Lubbock
A-J
Jones
SBC Stadium: A field of memories and dreams
It was the last game of the 1947 regular
season, but the first game the Texas Tech
Red Raiders football team played in the
brand new Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium.
Polk Robison, assistant coach for the Red
Raiders from 1943 to 1948, witnessed that
inaugural contest.
Read
the story by Michael Gaffney Also
Read: Clifford
Bartlett Jones: A brief history | Three
views of Jones Stadium | Ex-Red
Raiders remember | Tech
employee watched Jones Stadium evolve
| Drama preceded
Jones Stadium opening |
Photo
essays: |Stage
I Stadium Renovations tour|
Video
coming soon!
Maps
to Jones SBC Stadium -- This section
contains maps to the stadium from the Lubbock
International Airport and various Lubbock
hotels and inns. See more of our Visitor
Resources.
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PUBLISHED:
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - © 2000 - The Lubbock A-J
Tech
to showcase facilities upgrade On the
eve of the team's first wholesale football
changes since 1986, the operative buzzword
at Texas Tech this spring is "upgrade."
Major upgrade. From the locker room to the
practice field, Tech has committed more
than $1 million toward across-the-board
improvements for team facilities under new
head coach Mike Leach.
Read the story by BRENT SCHROTENBOER
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PUBLISHED:
Tuesday, July 12, 2000 - © 2000 - The Lubbock
A-J
New
Tech plan answers demand for stadium suites
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech's recently reconfigured football stadium plan will
provide $230,000 less toward construction costs than the old
plan but will help answer the heavy demand for more stadium
suites at Jones SBC Stadium, according to Tech officials.
Read
the story by BRENT SCHROTENBOER .
PUBLISHED
in LubbockOnline: Friday, August, 18, 2000 - © 2000 - The
Lubbock A-J
Jones
Stadium Renovations
From Nov.
1947 to present, Jones SBC Stadium has been renovated several
times, usually seating expansions and facilities improvements.
From an engineering point-of-view, the largest and most complex
renovation occurred before the 1960 season, when a $2 million
expansion project added 14,500 seats to the stadium, raising
the total from 27,000 to 41,500. During that project, contractors
used railroad tracks and long steel rollers to move the the
east-side seven seating sections, an estimated 10 million
pounds of concrete and steel.
PUBLISHED:
November 11, 1999 - © 2000 - The Lubbock A-J
Tech
announces major gift from SBC
$20 million contribution for stadium renovation
Lubbock, Texas
The Texas
Tech University System today announced plans to begin renovation
of the 52-year-old Jones Stadium thanks to a $20 million boost
from SBC Communications Inc., parent company of Southwestern
Bell. The renovation effort, which begins following Saturday's
home finale against Oklahoma, positions Texas Tech athletics,
the university and the entire Lubbock community for a strong,
competitive future among the top tier of Division I athletics.
Also, it will transform historic Jones Stadium into one of
the finest football facilities in the country.
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