ATLANTA — Dozens of workers are converting Turner Field into a football stadium.
Channel 2's Dave Huddleston was the only reporter to go inside and show viewers how the project is coming together.
About 60 workers a day are already working inside Turner Field to meet an Aug. 15 deadline to have the stadium ready for Georgia State University’s 2017 Panthers football season.
Many of the baseball stadium seats had been removed by Wednesday, the dugouts were gone and second base was no longer there, because that's the location of the football field's 50-yard line.
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Crews are working from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week to make the Aug. 15 deadline.
The construction supervisor said the deadline is a challenge, but to work on such a project is an honor.
"It’s a staple of Atlanta. It’s a large sporting arena, which is something I haven't been a part of before. It's unique in terms of the site and the pace of the schedule," Brian Stephens said.
Project manager Brian Carroll said the $22 million project is on time and on budget by using a lot of the things the Braves left behind.
"The seats that are being removed and the seats that were removed from the area behind us, they will be in the new seating section," he said.
The 22,000 seat stadium will host everything from concerts to NCAA soccer to convocation for graduating seniors.
Georgia State University will play its first game Aug. 31 in the new stadium.
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