NEWS

After the FAU Athletic Department secured a deal in fall 2010 to build a 30,000 seat on-campus stadium, many eyeballs looked on with curiosity to track the progress of construction.

Months later, as stadium construction continues, the athletic department has secured something else: a web camera that follows the creation of the new stadium.

The camera’s pictures can be viewed online at www.fau.edu/stadium/earthcam.html. The site shows images dating back to the beginning of construction on Nov. 23, 2010.

The camera provides screenshots every 15 minutes. In an email sent to students, the athletic department announced,

“Viewers can enlarge the view, zoom in and share with others.”

“Basically, we just said ‘Hey, it would be great to have a camera and to keep track of the short period of time we’re building the stadium,'” said senior Associate Athletic Director Terry Mohajir, who oversaw the project.

Since the new camera is an additional technological feature, many people were worried about where the money for such a project came from.

“I think it was like $5,000 and it came from the stadium project,” said Mohajir.

Although the camera has been up for a short period of time, the athletic department has reported positive feedback thus far.

“When (the website showing the camera) was first launched, over a month’s period, supposedly it had 2,000 hits on it,” said Mohajir. “So it’s been very well received.

“It’s not just a camera. It takes a picture every 15 minutes and at the end when the stadium’s all done, it will have a time lapse photography of everything over the 14 month period we built it.”