In the spring of 1975, the landscape of the Palouse began to change dramatically on the west side of the University of Idaho campus.
The Kibbie Dome began taking shape as giant cranes lifted sections of the barrel arch roof high above the floor of the old football stadium.
Among the interested observers were Ken Schrom, John Yarno and Chris Tormey, who had played in the outdoor stadium and were on the first Vandals football team that played indoors in the newly finished Kibbie Dome in the fall of 1975.
“It was open air my first year there and we were all going, ‘Can they really put a roof on this place?