The sunset was a thing to behold as red light reflected off of distant clouds. As has been the case for nearly day over the last nine months, construction workers were sawing, hammering and welding well into the night.
The lights and two ribbon scoreboards were on at Kornblau Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium as was, for the first time, the huge TowneBank Video Board. An aside here: the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs recently installed the same video board in its stadium.
Then, at 7:59, Old Dominion’s football team was led onto the field by coach Bobby Wilder.