Colorado State University Athletics
CSU Athletics and CSU Facilities Management Take On Snow Removal at Canvas Stadium
11/28/2019 3:13:00 PM | Football
Colorado State facilities management staff are working around-the-clock to prepare Canvas Stadium for Friday’s game.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – After 15 inches of snow fell on Fort Collins overnight Monday and into Tuesday, Colorado State Athletics staff and Colorado State University facility management staff undertook the herculean task of removing the snow from the 36,500-seat Canvas Stadium.
Conservatively speaking, CSU facilities management crews will have moved roughly 2 million pounds of snow from Sonny Lubick Field alone to get the playing surface ready. Add to that total hundreds of rows of seating, the concourse within the stadium, and a number of other areas, and you begin to understand just how monumental the task really is.
By Friday, after hours upon hours of back-breaking labor, the Rams will be able host No. 19 Boise State in the 2019 season finale as scheduled.
"The CSU Facilities Management staff has done a remarkable job preparing Canvas Stadium for Friday's football game. Given the significant levels of snow accumulation, their response in a brief amount of time to prepare the stadium for hosting and the field for competition must be commended. We are thankful for their efforts in what seemed in the outset as an insurmountable task. I also want to thank our department's game management team for creating and executing the snow removal plan alongside our campus colleagues," said Director of Athletics Joe Parker. "With their dedication, we will be able to host our Senior Day game and provide a great environment to celebrate the 2019 CSU football senior class. Again, it cannot be overstated how grateful we are for the incredible job they have done this week to get us ready for game day."
In order to safely and adequately host a football game after near-record amounts of snow descended onto Fort Collins and the greater Northern Colorado region, a number of sections within Canvas Stadium will be closed, and fans effected by those closures may relocate to open seats in Sections 130-138 or Sections 106-110. Original ticket holders in those open sections will retain their original seats, and CSU Athletics fully appreciates fan cooperation in this endeavor.
Fans with questions should speak to the CSU Ticket Office on-site at Canvas Stadium on Friday. The ticket office at the stadium opens at 9:30 a.m.
Opened sections will include:
- West upper deck sections 233-234
- Lower bowl sections 106-110, and 130-138.
Loge boxes, outdoor club, and stadium suites are unaffected as well as the New Belgium Porch and ADA areas.