After nearly three years without Murdock Stadium, graduating students can expect to walk the stage on the brand new stadium this year.

The Director of Facilities, Tom Brown, is confident that the stadium will be done in time for graduation.

“We hope to have it completed before then, but we are making plans to have graduation in it,” Brown said.

However, Elio Lastorta, senior superintendent of the Sinanian Construction Company, said that the stadium is expected to be completed by the end of March.

“In two more months we’ll be finished. The play field is completed, (and) the bleachers are completed,” he added. “At the end of this month we will have the track coating which are all the lines. It will be finished.”

Some students think graduating on the new stadium would be an “incredible” experience.

Roxzana Banks, 32, deaf studies major, said that she is hoping that they do use the new stadium.

“I think that will be really cool because I’m excited to graduate this year,” Banks said.

Brown said that there is a lot of work to be done, but “[he’s] sure there will be a grand opening.”

Other students share similar thoughts with Banks and think of the new stadium being the reward for their studies at EC.

“I think (this) is a great idea,” Fatima Maldona, 25, psychology major said. “Students should be rewarded. It’s kind of a motivation for them to walk (the stage), and the pictures will come out great.”

On the other hand, Rafael Salazar, 22, administration of justice major, thinks that the school could plan differently.

“Personally I’m not excited to graduate at the new stadium because that’s a waste of money,” Salazar said. “Instead of building a science center, they are building stuff for football players.”