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Old field house at NC State to be torn down

One of the last symbols of the early days of N.C. State University football is coming down in the name of progress.
    
The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Riddick Field house will be torn down early next month. Kevin MacNaughton, associate vice chancellor for facilities, said the demolition will help create a safer path for pedestrians between the north and central sections of campus.
    
A university study determined that the old field house creates a safety hazard by obscuring sight lines into the pedestrian tunnel leading under the railroad tracks to Reynolds Coliseum and other locations.
    
Some students have begun a social media drive to try and save the field house, which was built in 1936.
    
The football team moved off campus to Carter-Finley Stadium in 1966.