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Over 100 Kansas Football program members stopped signed the final steel beam for David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Thursday. Photo credit: KU Athletics.
Posted September 20, 2024
The University of Kansas celebrated a milestone this week as the final steel beam for the new David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium was set.
On Thursday, over 100 members of the Kansas Football program visited the stadium to sign the final steel beam put in place, according to a KU Athletics release. Joining them were more than 300 workers from Turner Construction who also signed the beam.
The placement of the final beam marks an important milestone for the project, allowing the construction team to focus more work on the inside of the stadium, Jason Brown, a project executive with Turner Construction, said in the release.
Construction for the historic David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium officially began in December. Turner Construction, the primary contractor for the $300 million Gateway District project, anticipates the first phase of the project to be complete by August 2025.
Since construction efforts started, KU Football has hosted its home games at Sporting KC’s Children’s Mercy Park and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium.
