Cal’s Memorial Stadium has a a capacity of over 60,000 and regularly draws large crowds to the area. Photo: John Morgan Cal’s Memorial Stadium has a a capacity of over 60,000 and regularly draws large crowds to the area. Photo: John Morgan Representatives from the city of Berkeley and Cal invited residents near Memorial Stadium […]
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Real Madrid to play Inter Milan on grass (!) at UC Berkeley
Real Madrid star player Cristiano Ronaldo likes pointing to himself. Photo: RealMadrid.com Real Madrid and Inter Milan will meet in the first-ever international soccer match at Cal Memorial Stadium on July 26. For fans of what the rest of the world calls football, the chance to see two of the most storied teams in the game on […]
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UC Berkeley building set for Northside comes under fire
Rendering, dated October 2013, of the planned UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation building, as it will look from Ridge Road in Berkeley. Image. Berkeley Engineering UPDATE, APRIL 23, 2014: Several trees were cut down early today, Wednesday April 23, on the site of the proposed new building. Reports suggest crews were working on […]
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Nine Berkeley buildings win ‘design excellence’ awards
Comal restaurant in downtown Berkeley, whose interior was designed by Berkeley’s Abueg Morris Architects, was awarded separately for its interior and for its exterior architecture. Full credits in the BDA 2013 Awards brochure. Photo: BDA Nine buildings have been singled out as representing the best new design work in Berkeley for 2010-2012. Berkeley Design Advocates, […]
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Cal football coach Jeff Tedford sacked after 3-9 season
Head football coach Jeff Tedford, who was fired today. Photo: Joe Parks Jeff Tedford, head coach of the Cal Golden Bears football team since 2002, was fired today after a 3-9 season and a combined 15-22 record over the last three seasons. Tedford was the highest paid state employee in California, with a salary of […]
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Cal Memorial Stadium unveiled after 21-month renovation
All but the outer wall and eastern seating bowl were rebuilt during the $321m renovation of Cal Memorial Stadium. Photo: Tracey Taylor On Friday, the great and the good of UC Berkeley unveiled the newly renovated Memorial Stadium, the result of more than 30 years of planning, $321 million in pledged funding, many feats of […]
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With stadium reopening near, Cal revamps ticket sales
See update at bottom of article Three weeks before the refurbished Cal Memorial Stadium is set to open, university officials are taking a new, more aggressive, approach to selling the premium seats that are the backbone of the stadium’s financing plan. Instead of relying on Cal’s sports development office to reach out to loyal alums, […]
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Old Cal Memorial Stadium for sale, one bleacher at a time
Wooden Duck’s Eric Gellerman points out paint remnants and a numeral engraved in a section of wooden seating removed from Cal Memorial Stadium before its renovation. Photo: Tracey Taylor Wooden Duck’s Eric Gellerman points out paint remnants and a numeral engraved in a section of wooden seating removed from Cal Memorial Stadium before its renovation. […]
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Piedmont Avenue reopened: New road, sidewalk, bike path
All the power lines have been under-grounded at the newly reopened northbound lane of Piedmont Avenue. Photo: Tracey Taylor Those of you who take Berkeley’s Piedmont Avenue regularly to get from A to B will be delighted to have seen that the northbound lane has reopened — and it’s much enhanced since it was closed […]
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Final section of press box is installed at Memorial Stadium
The 355,000 pound final section of the press box is lifted into place at Cal Memorial Stadium. Christine Shaff/UC Berkeley Capital Projects On Tuesday, a giant mobile crane lifted the final section of the 300-foot long press-box frame into place at the Cal Memorial Stadium — a significant step in the $321 million renovation project […]
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UC Berkeley’s best work on renovating Memorial Stadium
Some of UC Berkeley’s best brains are at work rebuilding the university’s Memorial Stadium from the ground up. Watch the video above to see how it’s being done — and read the story over at UC Berkeley News Center, which includes another video showing a simulation of how the stadium would move during a strong […]
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Inside Berkeley’s newest, most discreet, building
The new Student Athlete High-Performance Center hugs the contour of the Memorial Stadium and is largely underground. Photos: Tracey Taylor In a few weeks, a brand new, 145,000 sq. ft. building will open its doors in Berkeley. Architects, engineers and construction crews have been working on it for almost three years, and the scale of […]
