The University of Texas (UT) at Austin opened its 2021 Texas Longhorns football season Sept. 4 by debuting its new approximately $175-million 240,000 square-foot south end zone expansion that not only fully encloses the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for the first time in the 97-year history of the previously horseshoe-shaped sports arena but includes an industry-first team logo carved into the new seating bowl.
The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum had done its duty. Opened in 1972 in Uniondale, N.Y., the Coliseum not only had honored the military sacrifice of local veterans in Long Island’s Nassau County but had served as home to the one-time American Basketball Association’s New York Nets and the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders as well as hosted major events and concerts, including performances by Elvis Presley, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen.
| Project Name: | University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium |
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| Project Location: | Denton, Texas |
| ALUCOBOND® Materials: | 48,320 sq. ft. 4mm Sunrise Silver Metallic 1,334 sq. ft. 4mm Custom Mean Green |
| Year of Installation: | 2011 |
| Architect: | HKS, Inc. – Dallas |
| Fabricator/Installer: | NOW Specialties Carrollton, Texas |
| General Contractor: | Manhattan Construction Co., Dallas |
| Images: | Daryl Shields – HKS |
The University of North Texas’ (UNT) Apogee Stadium – the first newly constructed collegiate football stadium in the nation to earn LEED Platinum certification – opened in Denton, Texas, in September 2011 as the new home of Mean Green football.
