Workers flip Kenan Stadium from game day to graduation

Posted Oct 23, 2021
How do you clear a stadium filled with 51,000 college football fans, clean it out and then set up the field with a stage and 3,000 folding chairs in less than 15 hours, before your special guests arrive? Hundreds of people, University staff as well as outside employees, worked around the clock to make Commencement for the UNC Class of 2020 extra special. (UNC.edu)

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