Complex sentence: The privately financed $29.5 million stadium was built in eight and a half months, but extended periods of bad weather forced the River Cats on a season opening one month-long road trip, as completion was delayed 45 days.
Split into simpler sentences: The privately financed $29.5 million stadium was built in eight and a half months. But extended periods of bad weather forced the River Cats on a season opening one month-long road trip, as completion was delayed 45 days.