(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadiumÕs expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spence Eccles, Chairman and CEO of George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation poses for photographs in front of University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium, in honor of his father George Eccles. Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic Cauldron located on the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium complex, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. As part of the stadium's expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of Rice-Eccles Stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
Workers with Layton Construction and Mountain Crane began dismantling the 2002 Winter Olympic cauldron located at the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium grounds on Thursday.
Crews had to quit for the day after workers discovered that the estimated weight of the cauldron was off by about 2,400 pounds and a bigger crane would be needed to safely move it.
“Obviously, this is a treasure for this area and we want to keep it that way,” said Joshua Haines, the vice president of Layton Construction. As part of the stadium’s expansion project, the 19-year old cauldron will be restored to its former brilliance and re-installed on the grounds of the stadium, north of the ticket office, in 2021.
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