Iowa State's stadium expansion almost complete

The Cyclones will be able to squeeze more fans into their stadium for opening night against Northern Iowa on Sept. 5.

Construction to expand Iowa State's Jack Trice Stadium is 80 percent complete, according to KTIV's Brad Pautsch.

Over 6,000 seats will be added to the stadium to reach a capacity of 61,000, making it the third largest in the Big 12 conference, behind Texas and Oklahoma.

"This was really in the conceptual phase less than a year ago," said associate athletic director Chris Jorgensen.

"Now we're sitting here less than 100 days away from the first game and the fact that we're going to be able to get this opened up on time is going to be great. It's kind of been 25 years in the making so the fact that this one's come to reality in less than a year is pretty cool."