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ISU to Tear Down Stadium
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois State University officials say the seats in the south end zone of the school's football stadium are unsafe and will be torn down.

Interim Athletics Director Larry Lyons said Tuesday that engineers recently found that section of Hancock Stadium to be structurally unsound.

Lyons said the school plans to erect temporary bleachers for the marching band. The student section will be moved to the east side of the stadium.

He said the $350,000 project should be finished in time for the 2011 football season.

School officials are considering possible renovations on the 50-year-old stadium.

Hancock Stadium seats about 10,000 people. It wasn't immediately clear how the seating capacity would be affected.

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04 26 11 by Newsroom
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