Quick-hit blog today, but it has a pretty picture, which might actually be worth more than 1,000 words, an opinion and a promised update.
The picture is of the press box/alumni side of the new Baylor Stadium. The athletic media relations office offered a media tour of the stadium and I jumped on board. Word from the project managers was that everything is on schedule. Lots of phrases like "structural steel erection" and "dried in" which I didn't quite understand, but managed not to giggle at while TV cameras were pointed in my general direction. I think "dried in" means that pretty soon the work will reach the point that it could not be delayed by rainy weather.
The opinion, while I'm writing about football stadiums, is that this whole Baylor-Texas Tech shootout deal in Arlington needs to wrap up and return to campus. Waco and the new stadium need the crowds and revenue from the game being in Waco every other year and the same goes for Lubbock.
People will spend money in Arlington on lots of weekends for lots of reasons, but Waco and Lubbock need those home games as attractions to those towns.
One more bite: I've made contact with Torchy's and hope to have more information on them next week.
