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This year the Handicapped Parking Area will be in the South End Zone Area. This is the area in recent years that has been used for the visiting team buses. To gain access, enter off Highway 31 on to Philip Rivers Drive. Signs and a Booster Club member will be there to assist in parking.
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Till Season Opener with Hartselle!
Athens adds pre-season jamboree at Braley Stadium in Florence on August 20, 2010. More details coming soon.
AHS getting new scoreboard, speaker system and JumboTron
On Thursday night, the Athens Board of Education approved the purchase of a new outdoor football scoring system from Daktronics, Inc.
The cost of equipment and installation will be paid from local school funds, according to Bridges. The local funds include gate ticket sales, parking fees as well as other sources.
According to Head Football Coach Allen Creasy “The Booster Club is donating money from the Legends Banquet,”. “Playoff money is also set aside and money from the sponsors that we have.”
“There will be a combination of a jumbotron, a new scoreboard and a new sound system,” said Creasy.
Eight sponsors will advertise on the scoreboard for a period of five years, according to Bridges, at which time they will be resubmitted for sponsorships.
Creasy said the scoreboard will be a source of revenue from the end of the five-year period on. “It will also be a source of revenue because of the potential things we will be able to do,” he said. “We will be able to show movies to elementary aged kids and things like that. There are a lot of community services that we will have the capabilities of doing along with it.”
“It is basically the same system used at Bryant Denny Stadium,” Creasy said.
The system can be used for other events taken place at Athens Stadium, including graduation.
This past year Larry McCoy Field experienced a drainage problem with water collecting on the sideline near the numbers. Measures to correct the problem are in place, including re-aligning the surface, which you can see in the photos below. The surface should be ready and in great shape for the 2010 season opener.
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