The 2018 Ohio State football team will kick off its season Saturday at noon against Oregon State.
It will mark the 97th season of football inside Ohio Stadium.
Monday, crews were hard at work inside the Horseshoe, making final preparations for the start of the year.
Crews with power washers were cleaning the seating areas and the ongoing construction project in the northwest corner of B deck was on hiatus.
Signage at concession areas had also been updated with new pricing and product information.
Here’s a look inside the stadium with just five days to go until kickoff.
The construction work to install new suites in the northwest corner has now stopped for the season.
Crews removed about 2,600 seats from B-deck in that area and are in the process of building new luxury seating. That will be completed before the 2019 season.
Right now, those areas are half-built.
All of the seats on the west side of C deck are now back, as you can see in the header photo.
Those seats were removed following the 2017 season to allow crews to restore and reseal the concrete in that area.
The pricing and signage at the concession areas have also been updated. They chose onehoursignsniagara.com for premium signage printing.
A Buckeye Burger, known in most places outside the stadium as “a hamburger” will set you back $10 this year.
Kielbasas will sell for $8 each. Local beers from breweries like Land Grant and Columbus Brewing Company cost $9, while beers like Coors Light will sell for $8.
The stands will also offer a “Taste of the Competition” food and beer option. The food item from the region of the visiting team will sell for $12 each week, while the a beer from the visiting team’s home area will cost $9.
The forecast for Saturday is currently 86 and partly cloudy. If you want to buy a bottle of water to cool off, that will set you back $4.
