STATESBORO, Ga. –  Each day brings the Paulson Stadium expansion project closer and closer to completion. The closing punch list is still long, but the most critical tasks include the addition of permanent safety railings on the mid-deck, installation of fans for the club level and site cleanup. Georgia Southern's 2014 Commencement ceremony on May 10th is scheduled to be the first event in the newly expanded Paulson Stadium.

21 – Number of rows on the mid-deck with the uppermost bleacher seat measuring 34 feet above the concourse level. The highest point of the mid-deck rises 38 feet above the main concourse level and 70 feet above field level.

26 – More than doubling its current number of concession windows and registers, Concession Services at Eagle Football games will now have 13 fixed concessions windows and 26 registers to efficiently handle orders and transactions. Additional kiosks with soft drinks, frozen items and specialty snacks will be located on both the main north and south concourses.

74 – Number of inches of rain that fell from the June groundbreaking date to the first week in March. Nearly half of that amount was recorded from June 1st to August 31st when the lower level expansion was underway.

82 – New, dedicated wheelchair accessible spaces with a matching 82 companion seats located in the north stands with sections at midfield and sections that extend on both sides from the 10-yard-line to the goal line.

102 – Architect Rosser International provided 102 pages of blueprints to the contractor Brasfield & Gorrie for mid-deck and concourse buildings construction.

104 – A total of 72 new stalls will be installed for the women's restroom facilities to bring the total to 104 stalls for the north stands. Thirty-six new urinals and 10 new stalls were added for the men's restroom facilities for a total of 62 urinals and 18 stalls on that side.

228 – The mid-deck is comprised of 228 total pieces, a number which includes 70 base pieces, 58 riser sections and 28 walls. The pieces required three months of fabrication at the plant and seven weeks to erect. Pieces were lifted into place by a 275-ton crawler crane.

2,150 – Cubic yards of concrete placed for the support structures and concourse of the north stands which equates to a four-inch slab that would cover four football fields.

2,968 – Number of pieces of aluminum, both planks and brackets used for the new bleacher seats for the north stands. In addition to the bleacher seats, 822 new chair back seats have been installed on the north stands club level.

87,000 – Each base "staircase" section weighed in at 87,000 pounds and each riser section was 45,000 pounds. Each section was transported nearly 200 miles and sections were staged on trailers in the Paulson Stadium parking lot until ready for placement.

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Season tickets for the Eagles' first campaign in the FBS go on sale online at GSEagles.com/tickets at 12:01 a.m. May 1st. The Athletics Ticket Office will begin taking calls for new season ticket purchases at 1-800-GSU-WINS beginning at 8:30 a.m. that day. Tickets may also be purchased at all Coaches' Caravan events.