![rendering of potential stadium entryway](/bistadium/images/entry-more-purple_bis-med-bea.jpg)
After more than 50 years of planning, 希望, 和梦想, the Bank Independent Stadium project at the University of North Alabama got a big step closer to fruition as members of the UNA Board of Trustees, 校园管理, and Bank Independent representatives gathered Friday afternoon at the site of the on-campus stadium to break ground.