{"id":12237,"date":"2025-09-23T13:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=12237"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:32:24","slug":"memorial-stadium-topping-off-marks-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/09\/23\/memorial-stadium-topping-off-marks-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Stadium topping off marks milestone\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony-2.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Mike Kehoe provides remarks at the topping out ceremony. Also in attendance was First Lady Claudia Kehoe.\" class=\"wp-image-12244\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony-2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Governor Mike Kehoe provides remarks at the topping off ceremony. Also in attendance was First Lady Claudia Kehoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Friday, I had the honor of joining Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, First Lady Claudia Kehoe and so many incredible Mizzou supporters for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mutigers.com\/news\/2025\/9\/19\/general-mizzou-athletics-celebrates-topping-off-ceremony-for-memorial-stadium-centennial-project\">topping off of our Memorial Stadium Centennial Project<\/a>. As part of the ceremony, each attendee had an opportunity to sign the final beam before it was moved into place \u2013 marking a significant construction milestone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizzou Football is off to another historic start. We\u2019re 4-0, ranked No. 20 in the country and we beat kU in a thrilling home game. The nation is taking notice. Our win against South Carolina proved once again that we\u2019re a powerhouse in the SEC. Our enhancements to Memorial Stadium will continue to elevate our university, while still respecting our proud Tiger legacy and traditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi signing the final beam.\" class=\"wp-image-12239\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony.jpg 600w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Memorial-Stadium-Topping-Out-Ceremony-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Choi signing the final beam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re deeply grateful to Governor and First Lady Kehoe for their support of the Mizzou community. We also have strong leadership from Chair Todd Graves and the University of Missouri Board of Curators, who believe in achieving excellence in everything we do. I also want to recognize our outstanding Director of Athletics Laird Veatch, Football Head Coach Eli Drinkwitz and our student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to bringing championships home to Missouri.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s exciting to see so much progress, and I can\u2019t wait for the facility to be completed ahead of our 2026 season!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Friday, I had the honor of joining Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, First Lady Claudia Kehoe and so many incredible Mizzou supporters for the topping out of our Memorial Stadium Centennial Project. As part of the ceremony, each attendee had an opportunity to sign the final beam before it was moved into place \u2013 marking a significant construction milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}