Members of the Garff, Rice and Eccles families of longtime University of Utah donors joined school administrators Saturday afternoon for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Ken Garff Performance Zone, the centerpiece of the Rice-Eccles Stadium expansion.
The facility for premium seating in the south end zone, part of the expansion to 51,444 seats, is scheduled to be ready for the 2021 football season.
Construction will begin in January, without affecting seating for the 2020 season, the school said. The 2002 Olympic Cauldron will be relocated from behind the scoreboard to the southwest corner of the stadium grounds.