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Show University Stadium I Nears Completion Building operations on the new University of Utah stadium are rap-; rap-; idly neai inj, the stage when the seals 1 -"My be laid on the new structure. ; The huge dirt hanks, which form tne ! general foundation of the stadium, have been leveled and evened, ae-j ae-j cording to advices just received here, j and the workmen arc preparing to 1 construct the concrete strips which ! will support the under foundation. AA'hen this process is completed, the I board scats will be laid, and the sta- clium will be roughly ready for the huge crowds expected this fall. ; ' Grass on the stadium gridiron,'-' which was planted a short time ago, is now nearly an inch high, ami the. university officials expect a plcntl- I ful growth by the time of the opening open-ing game of the season, against the Colorado . School of Mines, on Octo- iber 1. The athletic council of the Lr.i-j Lr.i-j versity of Utah will open sale on priority pri-ority tickets for the 1927 football i fames about August 1, according to i Cal Boberg, graduate athletic mn-! mn-! ager of the institution. These tick-i tick-i cts, any number of which may be purchased for each game, insure the holder of a seat at the game for , which they arc sold, and should do much to relieve the congested condition condi-tion at the ticket windows before the games. A limited number of stadium sta-dium books are still on sale by the university, and may be secured upon application to Mr. Bobcrg. Cal recently returned from a tour ! of the coast universities, where ho . became acquainted with many of the details of the management of a stadium. sta-dium. Mr. Boberg visited the struc-'.u"es struc-'.u"es at Los Angeles, Berkeley, and others while on his trip.- |