Live streaming Coverage of the Dig on KOTV June 15

[AMP]

www.kotv.com will have live streaming coverage of THE DIG online.

[Conan71]

It will also be on their television feed according to their web site.

[BKDotCom]

I believe that translates to "it's going to be `televised`"

[TulsaWhat7745]

I thought the dig was happening at Noon on Friday??

[sgrizzle]

Dig starts at noon but the whole excavation will take hours. The car will not be seen by the public until 7 when it is rolled into the convention center.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by AMP



www.kotv.com will have live streaming coverage of THE DIG online.

Got it on the DVR schedule, thanks for the reminder!

[AngieB]

The actual digging starts/started today. They are giving themselves plenty of time to do it right. I heard on the radio this morning that once they get the dirt removed then they have to carefully start chipping on the gunite off the concrete and pray that chunks of concrete don't fall into the vault.

[AngieB]

Are there any watch parties around town for this? I think it would be fun to watch from someplace that had the big screens and adult beverages.

[sauerkraut]

Are they going to lift out the whole vault with the car and all inside? I always thought they were going to remove the lid and then on Wednesday do test lifting of the car up & down. They make the final preps. on Thursday, then on Friday they will dig it out for real and load the car on a truck in it's wrap and haul it off to be unwraped at 6pm

[AMP]

http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=129281

Crews Prepare For The Unearthing Of The Buried Belvedere

KOTV - 6/12/2007 4:30 PM - Updated 6/12/2007 6:18 PM

The countdown has begun, just a few more days until Tulsa digs up a piece of the past. Friday at noon, crews will unearth the buried Belvedere. Workers got a jump start getting the 5th and Denver site ready. The News On 6's Heather Lewin reports crews started moving dirt Tuesday morning, the goal is to clear away enough to expose the vault, and then they'll work on the seal to get ready to see what's inside.

Only one car will be allowed on the south side of Denver until the weekend, one that hasn't seen the light of day for 50 years. Crews closed off half of the street Tuesday morning and began to dig.

"We are opening up the site completely. We've had to remove some sidewalk," said Tulsarama chairwoman Sharon King Davis. "It's kind of exciting."

For project organizers and onlookers, this is the first glimpse of real action in the highly anticipated unearthing of the 1957 time capsule.

While the general public can catch a glimpse of these early preparations, seating is limited to a select few when the car is actually unearthed, but organizers say that doesn't mean you won't be able to share in that moment.

Friday at noon, they'll pull the car up, an event which will be simulcast on screen in the Tulsa Convention Center and broadcast live during the News On 6 at Noon.

"The seating here at the site is for our elected officials and for those alumni of 1957, those that were particularly involved when it went in in '57," said King Davis.

Sharon King Davis was there, a 10-year-old girl, her grandfather was on the Belvedere committee.

"To be a part of that and then to get so passionately involved for so many months, I find myself getting emotional over a time capsule. Now how weird is that?" said King Davis.

She's not alone.

When the car comes up, you won't actually be able to see it. The Belvedere will still be wrapped in a special car bag and unveiled Friday night at the convention center. We're told as of Tuesday afternoon tickets are sold out, but you can still watch this event on Channel 6.

News On 6 anchor Terry Hood will be hosting our special program, The Buried Car and What's Inside, live Friday at 7 p.m.