Husky Stadium makeover: What $250 million will buy

Husky Stadium is one of the most beautiful settings to watch a college-football game in the country. And it's certainly one of the loudest.

So when the University of Washington decided to rebuild two-thirds of Husky Stadium, the goal was to keep it the same, but make it better.

Amplify the noise. Preserve the view. Hang onto the stadium's two grandstand roofs, which punctuate the landscape like a set of airborne quotation marks. But rip out and redo the 90-year-old concrete lower bowl, dismantle and rebuild the 60-year-old south stadium, remove the track, bring fans closer to the action, and turn the cold, utilitarian underbelly into an inviting new concourse.