Article on new stadium and schedule

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First Look Inside Northwestern's $862 Million New Ryan Field

FOS took an exclusive tour of the new Ryan Field at Northwestern alongside Pat Ryan Jr., CEO of Ryan Sports Development.

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This is the most salient part to me:

A delay will mean more games at the lakefront stadium
The school aims to be ready for the 2026 NCAA season, but any unexpected delays could derail their plans as they are pushing up against the target date. They expect to be working all throughout the Midwest winter season.



Should there be any delays, the school’s temporary lakefront field remains just a few blocks east. “Northwestern has every intention of playing the majority of our games at new Ryan Field for the 2026 season. If unforeseen circumstances occur, we will have Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium available,” Mark Jackson, Northwestern’s VP of athletics and recreation, tells FOS.

 

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The B1G is working with NU to rearrange the schedule (if need be) to give them an extra couple weeks at the beginning of the season to make sure there are no major conference games held at the lakefront stadium.