Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas

MORE TO BE DONE

The official program for the dedication game between Texas and Texas A&M included articles detailing what fans could expect in the finished version of the stadium: the stadium will cover thirteen acres with a seating capacity of 50,000 (this seating capacity was not achieved in the first iterations of Texas Memorial Stadium); four towers on the corners of the stadium will be over seventy feet high and will be ornamented with emblems symbolic of Texas and Texans; fourteen entrances and exits to the stadium; a press box with tables and room for fifty correspondents. To this date, construction had already used 6,000 barrels of cement, 2,000 cubic yards of sand, 4,000 cubic yards of gravel, 300 tons of steel, and 500,000 board feet—or thirty carloads—of lumber (all from the Starks in Orange, Texas, naturally). A crew of 200 men was used throughout the construction of the stadium. Companies that had been hired or contributed to the construction of Texas Memorial Stadium proudly advertised their services and roles in the project, none larger than this full-spread ad from Walsh & Burney General Contractors.