{"id":206945,"date":"2026-06-15T20:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206945"},"modified":"2026-06-15T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:31:51","slug":"eggerss-stadium-work-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/06\/15\/eggerss-stadium-work-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eggerss Stadium work&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eggerss-college-6-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eggerss-college-6-2026.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eggerss-college-6-2026-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Work continues on the fourth and final phase of improvements to Eggerss Stadium. It includes construction of a new main entrance, new ticket booth, a new concession stand\/restrooms and band bleachers. Work is expected to be complete in time for the start of the 2026 football season. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday, September 18, before the game vs. Defiance. <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Eggerss-Stadium-6-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206947\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work continues on the fourth and final phase of improvements to Eggerss Stadium. It includes construction of a new main entrance, new ticket booth, a new concession stand\/restrooms and band bleachers. Work is expected to be complete in time for the start of the 2026 football season. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday, September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 02:55:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206948,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206945\/revisions\/206948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}