A four-year project to renovate the original bowl of Notre Dame Stadium will begin in the spring.
The stadium had a face lift in 1997 that added a new brick bowl to increase the capacity from 59,075 to 80,795.
But now the stadium is getting set for repair work on the original bowl. A study of the facility’s condition found that “freeze/thaw damage over three-quarters of a century has led to deterioration of the seating bowl concrete,” according to the university.
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The problems are similar to those faced in recent years at Michigan Stadium and Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium.
Work will begin on the east and northeast sections of the original stadium and continue incrementally through the 2009 off-season. …
Starting defensive end Chris Frome, who seemed to favor his left leg walking off the field after going down late in the second quarter against USC, may be out for the year.
“We’ll be fortunate if we get him back,” coach Charlie Weis said. He declined to give details until the prognosis was confirmed.