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Renovation timeline

At 460,000 square feet, the west end-zone complex is larger than Oklahoma's state Capitol. It is currently under construction. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

By BILL HAISTEN, World sports writer
Published: 9/6/2008 2:09 AM
Last Modified: 9/6/2008 3:00 AM

June 2001: Acknowledging that Oklahoma State's Lewis Field is an inadequate, rusted facility,

Cowboy athletic director Terry Don Phillips said, "Once our football program starts to perform at a consistent basis, we're going to need 50,000-plus seats. We want to take it to whatever the maximum optimum level will be and conceptually we could go as high as 65,000."

August 2001: OSU officials announce a campaign intended to raise $100 million for new stadium skyboxes and additional seating.

March 2003: The stadium campaign gets a $20 million boost from energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, a 1951 OSU graduate.

September 2003: OSU's football venue is given a new name — Boone Pickens Stadium.

August 2004: At a cost of $47 million, the southside renovation is completed. The structure includes 2,030 club seats and 19 suites.

January 2006: Pickens stuns the college sports world by donating an additional $165 million to the OSU athletic department. His gift allows OSU to proceed with a plan to enclose the west end of the stadium.

August 2006: At a cost of $56 million, the stadium's northside renovation is completed. The structure includes 1,900 club seats and 32 suites.

September 2008: With the enclosure of the west end, the Boone Pickens Stadium seating capacity increases from 44,700 to 60,000.

August 2009: OSU's $180 million west end football complex is expected to be finished, thus completing the stadium renovation. By BILL HAISTEN, World sports writer

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