Cal’s new football field features the fault line its stadium sits upon
Aug 8, 2017, 7:50 AM
The Cal Golden Bears’ stadium was built in 1923, and unfortunately, it was done so on top of an active fault line.
Protecting it from any damage is a $321 million renovation project to prevent that scene from “The Dark Knight Rises” from happening and taking Pac-12 after dark to the extreme.
Anyway, Cal is owning this long-ago oversight.
The Golden Bears have put down a new turf field for the upcoming 2017 season, and it’s complete with a jagged line in the north end zone that marks where the Hayward Fault runs.
The fault line at Memorial Stadium, north end zone pic.twitter.com/nqKA8yIQHh
— Ryan Gorcey (@RGBearTerritory) August 6, 2017
The 74-mile long Hayward Fault runs almost directly from end zone to end zone at California Memorial Stadium and parallel to the more well-known San Andrea Fault.
Here’s a stadium-wide perspective of the new Cal field, complete with fault lines and all.
You know it, you tell the story … #GoBears 🐻 #BearTerritory #DoItB18 #FALLIsComing pic.twitter.com/DCrq6YosEQ
— Cal FB Recruiting (@CalRecruiting) July 18, 2017