Boone Pickens Stadium, named after the oil and natural gas businessman, was completed this year despite a metal workers’ strike in late Junae. Hall of Fame Avenue, directly north of the stadium, reopened after being closed for about four years.
Boone Pickens Stadium was completed on time with no extra costs to OSU after workers went on strike June 30.
The Sheet Metal Contractors Association Oklahoma Chapter working on the stadium went on strike after a misunderstanding. The workers were ahead of schedule for the addition to the stadium but lost a little time due to the strike.
Hall of Fame Avenue re-opened in early August after closing in March 2005 for the stadium’s renovation.
Texas oil and gas executive T. Boone Pickens donated $100 million to OSU, the largest academic gift ever made to an Oklahoma university or college.
OSU went tobacco-free on July 1. The act requires OSU to adopt regulations for smoking in facilities owned, leased or under the control of the university. OSU decided to make the policy it created in regard to all other use of tobacco on campus.
A general city fund is supporting $1 million in street repairs throughout Stillwater. Federal Emergency Management Agency also contributed $9,140 toward the project.
The Edmon Low Library received its largest donation ever from a Tulsa businessman John Clerico, chairman of Chartmark Investments. Clerico gave $1 million to create an endowed library dean’s chair. The chair will be one of the largest such positions in the country. The state will match dollar for dollar.
The new head coach for the Cowboys basketball team, Travis Ford, indefinitely suspended Terrel Harris for breaking team rules and has released Martavius Adams to transfer.
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