Post your Stadium pics here

[YaleFootballFan]

Get that track out of there.

Yuck.

I agree. Tracks around football fields look terrible. I'm glad Princeton got rid of theirs when they built Princeton Stadium in the late 90s.

[AppMan]

I agree. I hate that thing!! We need to just move and build a new stadium. But we are land locked in Boone......

There is a strong possibility the track will be moved in the near future. This won't mean much to most of you folks, but it is my understanding the university purchased some land beside the Broyhill Inn and plans are being made to build a new track & soccer stadium up there.

http://www.alumni.appstate.edu/photos/06Homecoming/game03.html

[CamelCityYosef]

We need to just move and build a new stadium. But we are land locked in Boone......

I've always thought (and I don't know why) that if (and it's a big if) ASU ever goes I-A and needs to build a I-A stadium, they'd build it out on the State Farm Field property.

[ncguitarplyr]

asu tried to buy the land where watauga high school is now (they're buildling a new high school) and we were gonna put a stadium there...the town made a fuss though so looks like we're just gonna be renovating our current press box and making the stands on smaller side equal to the big side...which will be plenty for now...i like where our stadium is but we definitly gotta get rid of that track

[VT Wildcat Fan53]

http://photos-545.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v48/151/29/22906049/n22906049_32483545_5553.jpg

An artist rendering of the first two stages of new construction at Illinois State University. I hope they start the project soon, and these two sections I guess add 24,000 seats to the Hancock Stadium, as well as new and upgraded pressboxes and a concourse area. I guess we are also getting a new scoreboard in the North endzone (the open side, not pictured) which will feature a new video board. Cool stuff.

Man, do we UNH old timers get sick with jealously looking at ALL these great 1-AA (oops, FCS) stadiums. Anybody want to trade? :smiley_wi You can have Cowell Stadium no questions asked. But, you can't have our football team! :D

[ncguitarplyr]

i think appstate takes the cake for best team/worst stadium ratio

[EKU05]

i think appstate takes the cake for best team/worst stadium ratio

That has to be a joke...App's stadium is pretty decent by I-AA standards. There are plenty of high schools with a better place to play than UNH based on what I've seen of it in pics and on TV. I haven't been there, but I have been to the rock. (That's not intended to be smack at all by the way..UNH has a hell of a football team for sure).

[Mountain Man 2020]

http://photos-545.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v48/151/29/22906049/n22906049_32483545_5553.jpg

An artist rendering of the first two stages of new construction at Illinois State University. I hope they start the project soon, and these two sections I guess add 24,000 seats to the Hancock Stadium, as well as new and upgraded pressboxes and a concourse area. I guess we are also getting a new scoreboard in the North endzone (the open side, not pictured) which will feature a new video board. Cool stuff.


I am from the Chicago area (live in NC now). I lived in Normal one summer and had some good friends go to ISU. I had the opportunity to use the ISU athletic facilities and was very impressed, especially Redbird arena. Each year I am surprised ISU is not a better in men's hoops, especially with Chicago and Peoria close by and a relatively low number of quality in-state D-1 schools (with similar or better facilities) to compete with in recruiting. Nevertheless, Hancock Stadium is not great in it's current form, but the renderings look great. It will be a great facility if built.

[Appstate29]

I've always thought (and I don't know why) that if (and it's a big if) ASU ever goes I-A and needs to build a I-A stadium, they'd build it out on the State Farm Field property.


I would have thought that also, but apparently Administration knows something we don't, because I just don't see them putting 30m into this thing now and then building a new stadium in the future for a possible I-A jump.

[AppStateMan]

Apps new Stadium renovations this coming year will make 2007 a "season of inconvenience" for fans, players, coaches, and media according to University officials. It looks as though the home side bathrooms, concession stands, and press boxes will be out of use next season while they build the new 7 story stadium complex. One of my friends did an interview with the vice-chancellor and he said home games will be limited becasue of this.

[Kill'em]

Apps new Stadium renovations this coming year will make 2007 a "season of inconvenience" for fans, players, coaches, and media according to University officials. It looks as though the home side bathrooms, concession stands, and press boxes will be out of use next season while they build the new 7 story stadium complex. One of my friends did an interview with the vice-chancellor and he said home games will be limited becasue of this.
That sucks but it will be worth the inconvenience.

[Cobblestone]

Meade Stadium. University of R.I.

[SochorField]

Aggie Stadium, from webcam yesterday.

Getting there! And NO TRACK.

[FlyYtown]

One of the few times Stambaugh was this empty.... This sight was rare, but still shows how nice Stambaugh is! GO PENGUINS!
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8903/dscn2103pb8.jpg

And a night shot w/ fireworks in the background from the Illinois St. game.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5215/dscn2147jj9.jpg

[bcrawf]

Look at that little tiny marching band, hehehe

Just messin with ya FlY

[FlyYtown]

Look at that little tiny marching band, hehehe

Just messin with ya FlY
Once near 200, now down to like 80..... I think the new band director needs to begin recruiting the local high school bands, which are 2 and 3 times the size of this one... Still do a great job sound wise, but size wise, we can't even make a damn Y anymore!
xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

[TheBisonator]

Once near 200, now down to like 80..... I think the new band director needs to begin recruiting the local high school bands, which are 2 and 3 times the size of this one... Still do a great job sound wise, but size wise, we can't even make a damn Y anymore!
xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

Your situation is the exact same as ours. The Gold Star Marching Band once had over 200 members (back in the days when they ACTUALLY WERE "The Pride of North Dakota"), now it's down to less than 90 this year.

While I don't really care about bands too much when it comes to the football atmosphere, I still want to see them increase their numbers in the coming years. Problem is that there's only 7 high schools (5 public, 2 private) in the immediate Fargo-Moorhead urban area and only five of them have bands (there are not much more large high schools outside of F-M), and all of them are smaller than the GSMB. North Dakota doesn't have a lot of big high schools. A population of only around 640,000 will do that to you. Only 20 or so high schools in the state have over 500 students, so marching bands are not a big thing in this state.

[bcrawf]

We too are experiencing band trouble at UNI...

Our former and popular director left late in the summer. That led to hiring a former high school director to do one year. He was such a jerk that over a third of the band quit.

They played the fight song at a much much slower tempo all year and I heard them booed once. Its too bad because its not the kids fault its the idiot director....

[Applete]

I would have thought that also, but apparently Administration knows something we don't, because I just don't see them putting 30m into this thing now and then building a new stadium in the future for a possible I-A jump.

Just a note, the property at State Farm is a flood plain. Take it as you wish.

[ncguitarplyr]

something like every 100 years boone gets destroyed by a massive flood...according to my geology class...anything by that river that goes through campus is on the flood plain too and there are actually pumps coming out of the old gym to pump out water

[Blueandwhitefightfight]

I'm not sure if you all have seen the stadium w/ the new fieldhouse and brick walls/fences installed yet:

http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/VisualResources/Buildings/images/PaulsonStadium_jpg.jpg

[Blueandwhitefightfight]

Here it is @ 142.9% Capacity:

http://www.gometter.com/images2/snapspg/crowd.jpg

[bulldog10jw]

A population of only around 640,000 will do that to you.

What's your population in the winter? I see so many ND license plates here in Phoenix this time of the year it almost seems like the whole state leaves for Arizona each December.:D

[lizrdgizrd]

Just a note, the property at State Farm is a flood plain. Take it as you wish.
That didn't stop them building the basketball pala...er Convocation Center. :thumbsup:

[JMU_MRD'03-'07]

And a night shot w/ fireworks in the background from the Illinois St. game.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5215/dscn2147jj9.jpg


PLEASE don't tell me thats a shot from the playoff game vs. Ill. St.

If it is, they need to get some support out to their games!! I mean there is noone in their section!! Goodness!!

[brownbear]

Here's some pictures of Brown Stadium from the Brown-Dartmouth game in 2005.
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[MplsBison]

That's a pretty decent stadium.


How do you think Brown would do if they had scholarships? Is the team pretty competitive?

[Kill'em]

Here it is @ 142.9% Capacity:

http://www.gometter.com/images2/snapspg/crowd.jpg
This picture won't show up. :bawling:

[brownbear]

Brown went 9-1 a year ago and won the Ivy League title outright for the first time in school history. However, their star running back graduated last year, and this year they went 3-7 including losing to Dartmouth and Columbia. The other thing I have wondered is how Ivy League teams would do if they got to play in the playoffs. I think Brown's team from a year ago could have played with App State and Northern Iowa.

[Sir William]

I think Brown's team from a year ago could have played with App State and Northern Iowa.


xidiotx

[patssle]

And a night shot w/ fireworks in the background from the Illinois St. game.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5215/dscn2147jj9.jpg

So is that white box the press box? xlolx xlolx ;)

[LeopardFan04]

The steel frame of Lafayette's Varsity House is finished and you can kind of get a feel of how it'll look when done...I think it'll really finish off the stadium, since both ends are not "closed in."

Pictures: http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121906aaa.html

[LeopardFan04]

The steel frame of Lafayette's Varsity House is finished and you can kind of get a feel of how it'll look when done...I think it'll really finish off the stadium, since both ends are now "closed in."

Pictures: http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121906aaa.html

[Kill'em]

That's going to be nice. I hate tracks around football fields but I guess that is just a border. It makes the field look sharp. Nicely done. I can't wait to see the fieldhouse when it is finished.

[LeopardFan04]

Yes, there was a full track, but now all that remains is a jogging track...I think it's the width of one-two lanes...

[Grizo406]

For those that might have missed other pics of "The Mecca"...
http://www.egriz.com/GrizPics2/albums/grizpics/2002/football/sutah/normal_pregame.jpg

[YaleFootballFan]

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3762

Keep the grass surface at Brown Stadium! Yale and Brown are the only two Ivies without the artificial surface.

I was at Brown Stadium last month for the Yale/Brown game. I've always like going to Brown because it's a easy drive up 95 from New Haven.....plus I get to hit the casinos on the way back. ;)

[aggie6thman]

Here is what our new stadium is looking like.

[Kill'em]

Here is what our new stadium is looking like.
Keep 'em coming. :thumbsup:

[GaSouthern]

http://sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/georgiasouthern06sp-1.jpg

one of "our house" aka "everyones house"

[GaSouthern]

http://sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/jamesmadison06sp-1.jpg

JMU DUKES

[Mountaineer]

one of "our house" aka "everyones house"

xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

Can't imagine it'll be like that foooooooooooooooooooorever. :thumbsup:

[Griswold]

Home away from home! :thumbsup:

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Clark/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/2006_08_27/2006_12_16/154-5453-2.jpg

[Griswold]

NC2006.jpg

[JMU_MRD'03-'07]

JMU DUKES

Very nice view! I like!! :thumbsup:

[Griswold]

Home away from home! :thumbsup:

C:\Documents and Settings\Clark\My Documents\154-5441-2.jpg

[Griswold]

154-5441-2.jpg

[th0m]

http://sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/jamesmadison06sp-1.jpg

JMU DUKES

Cool shot! (and recent, has to have been made this year since it's got the new turf in it) Great website too!

[Kill'em]

http://sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/georgiasouthern06sp-1.jpg

one of "our house" aka "everyones house"
It's still OUR HOUSE!

By the way, where did you find the picture?

[lizrdgizrd]

Here is what our new stadium is looking like.
I like the grass on each end, lots of room for folks to put down blankets and relax!

[GaSouthern]

It's still OUR HOUSE!

By the way, where did you find the picture?

http://www.sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/ncaastad.htm

that's it. they've got some good stuff. mostly BS teams but there are a few CS teams.

[SeattleGriz]

Haven't seen a night game photo in about 2 hours, so here it is:

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q76/wastjer/DSC02622WEB.jpg

[FlyYtown]

And a night shot w/ fireworks in the background from the Illinois St. game.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5215/dscn2147jj9.jpg

Relax you all. First off that section on the right that is empty was reserved for Illinois State fans. They were supposed to bring some buses early in the week so they had that entire section for them, but they never came.

Okay we aren't selling out games anymore, that can be blamed on the bandwagon fans who stopped attending games when Tressel left, I can assure you: next year's crowds will be BIG!

Here are some great shots of the FANS OF THE PENGUINS!
from ysusports.com

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4747/thefansqc9.jpg

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7919/thefans2mq7.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5060/thefans3ao8.jpg

http://img280.imageshack.us/img280/6529/thefans4ms5.jpg

[aggie6thman]

I like the grass on each end, lots of room for folks to put down blankets and relax!

As soon as we get the funding, they are going to put permanent seats down, but until then they are going to sell those tickets so folks can do exactly that, relax, but hopefully make a little noise...:rolleyes:

[lizrdgizrd]

As soon as we get the funding, they are going to put permanent seats down, but until then they are going to sell those tickets so folks can do exactly that, relax, but hopefully make a little noise...:rolleyes:
Tell 'em to leave one end grass!!! Bowls are ok, but it's nice to see something natural in all that concrete!

[FlyYtown]

Here I found these ones on facebook---Link (http://ysu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018776&page=2&id=49103089).. Tough to see, but it shows the big side of Stambaugh vs. JMU.

Enjoy
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4600/n49103089304267695582cl4.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/194/n49103089304267747073ri7.jpg

[lizrdgizrd]

Here I found these ones on facebook---Link (http://ysu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2018776&page=2&id=49103089).. Tough to see, but it shows the big side of Stambaugh vs. JMU.

Enjoy
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4600/n49103089304267695582cl4.jpg

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/194/n49103089304267747073ri7.jpg
Those are really bad pictures. :nod:

[FlyYtown]

Well I know you like these from YSU QB Tom Zetts! I never thought these players would get these pics, but they do.

ASU
http://photos-586.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v54/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30444586_4840.jpg

WKU
http://photos-217.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v45/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30422217_117.jpg

ILSU
http://photos-158.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v45/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30422158_4463.jpg

MSU
http://photos-757.ak.facebook.com/ip006/v44/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30347757_5280.jpg

[lizrdgizrd]

Well I know you like these from YSU QB Tom Zetts! I never thought these players would get these pics, but they do.

ASU
http://photos-586.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v54/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30444586_4840.jpg

WKU
http://photos-217.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v45/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30422217_117.jpg

ILSU
http://photos-158.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v45/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30422158_4463.jpg

MSU
http://photos-757.ak.facebook.com/ip006/v44/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30347757_5280.jpg
:hurray: much better pics! :hurray:

I especially like that first one. :smiley_wi

[brownbear]

Here are some pictures of the stadium. Unfortunately, there was no football because it was in the middle of July when I went to Ithaca.

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[FlyYtown]

20,000 PENGUIN FANS
http://photos.pe.facebook.com/v37/152/53/49101616/n49101616_30270419_2076.jpg

0 Penguin Fans
http://photos-960.ak.facebook.com/ip004/v37/152/53/49101616/n49101616_30268960_4895.jpg

[MplsBison]

I doubt highly that there is another FCS school with a larger home side capacity to visitor side capacity ratio than YSU.

Maybe not in the entire nation regardless of division.

[lizrdgizrd]

I doubt highly that there is another FCS school with a larger home side capacity to visitor side capacity ratio than YSU.

Maybe not in the entire nation regardless of division.
I think some stadiums don't even have visitor's side seats.

[MplsBison]

You're right.


Well, there are no 63 or higher scholarship teams with larger ratios.

[Kill'em]

Western (soon to be BCS) Kentucky comes to mind.

[FlyYtown]

I doubt highly that there is another FCS school with a larger home side capacity to visitor side capacity ratio than YSU.

Maybe not in the entire nation regardless of division.

The East stands aren't for visitors in the first place.. They have maybe 2 sections over there that add up to 400 seats, the remaining 3600 seats are for YSU Students/Band/Season Tix Holders/etc.

16,500--Big Side
4,000-Small Side
----------
20,500 Seats in the nicest college stadium in NE Ohio!

PS---If the need comes about, the foundation is set for an additional 4500 seats on the East stands---Which will happen ONLY if we are a member of the MAC!

GO PENGUINS

[crunifan]

Here is the UNI-Dome in a picture taken from 11th Floor Bender Hall (a dorm at UNI)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/Dome.jpg

[mistersykes]

Here is the UNI-Dome in a picture taken from 11th Floor Bender Hall (a dorm at UNI)

11 floors for a dorm?! Daaaang. ASU doesn't have one that tall. Nice name of the dorm though.:thumbsup:

[EKU05]

I doubt highly that there is another FCS school with a larger home side capacity to visitor side capacity ratio than YSU.

Maybe not in the entire nation regardless of division.

You would be incorrect. Just here in Kentucky...

WKU-no visitors side during their I-AA days (and it's still true at the moment)
EKU-16,000 to 4,000 ratio (basically the same as YSU)
Murray State-no visitors side

All of these are 63 scholarship teams.

I think EIU from this year's playoffs also has a one-sided facility. It's fairly common across the FCS in general.

[EKU05]

11 floors for a dorm?! Daaaang. ASU doesn't have one that tall. Nice name of the dorm though.:thumbsup:

EKU's Commonwealth Hall is 20 floors of all male students. There are a few others at or above 11 floors as well.

[grayghost06]

I don't know if VMI is still giving 63 scholarships, but their 10,000 seat stadium is about 8500-9000 on one side and 1000-1500 on the other.

[crunifan]

Yeah, Bender and Dancer Hall are both 13 story, co-ed dorms. They are known as "The Towers."

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/bender.jpg

[FlyYtown]

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1103/stamaerialsx3.jpg

I sent that picture to WorldStadiums.com and they LOVED it... They put it as their new photo.

[MplsBison]

Western (soon to be BCS) Kentucky comes to mind.

Nope, they're building a new visitor side.

[FlyYtown]

Nope, they're building a new visitor side.

MplsBison-----These are not VISITOR Sides.. They aren't going to have 6-7000 visitors...... It is just an East stands.... This isn't High School ball.

[brownbear]

Brown's stadium probably has a similar ratio to YSU's stadium.

http://publish.netitor.com/photos/schools/brow/genrel/facilities/brow-faclitilies-stadium.jpg

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3760&d=1166566686

[FlyYtown]

It's YSU week in this thread!

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4917/youngstown3001aa7.jpg

[PantherRob82]

YSU's stadium was a great place to visit. :nod:

[FlyYtown]

YSU's stadium was a great place to visit. :nod:
Always nice to hear! Thanks

[SpreadtheRed]

11 floors for a dorm?! Daaaang. ASU doesn't have one that tall. Nice name of the dorm though.:thumbsup:

Illinois State University's Watterson Towers, 28 stories of dorm madness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/IMG_0599.JPG/330px-IMG_0599.JPG

The tallest Dormitory in the world (I should say, Single use building dormitory, since there are dorms at schools like the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul, etc, etc, in Chicago that have dorms in giant skyscrapers, but not all of it is used as dorms.)

[mistersykes]

Illinois State University's Watterson Towers, 28 stories of dorm madness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/IMG_0599.JPG/330px-IMG_0599.JPG

The tallest Dormitory in the world (I should say, Single use building dormitory, since there are dorms at schools like the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul, etc, etc, in Chicago that have dorms in giant skyscrapers, but not all of it is used as dorms.)

That is impressive. But it must be annoying to live there. Those elevators better be in tip-top shape. During fire alarms at my dorm at App last year, the elevators shut off until 30 minutes after the fire department comes, so you have to go down the stairs back up them. 8 flights both ways! A little exercise won't hurt anybody!:thumbsup: My current dorm is only 4 stories.

[SpreadtheRed]

Yeah I never lived there. The elevator system is pretty crazy in it, and there are like 9 or 10 I think. I try to avoid going in there at all costs, its pretty much like one giant maze, the first time I was in there, I got totally lost, and that was sober. Just think if I was drunk...I might still be lost in there to this day...

[Mountain Panther]

Illinois State University's Watterson Towers, 28 stories of dorm madness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/IMG_0599.JPG/330px-IMG_0599.JPG

The tallest Dormitory in the world (I should say, Single use building dormitory, since there are dorms at schools like the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul, etc, etc, in Chicago that have dorms in giant skyscrapers, but not all of it is used as dorms.)

That is tall. Even if you doubled up "The Towers" at UNI (12 stories each, the other one is just out of site) that bad boy would still be taller.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c342/BrandoJac/bender-1.jpg

Is that the tallest building in Normal?

[igo4uni]

Illinois State University's Watterson Towers, 28 stories of dorm madness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/IMG_0599.JPG/330px-IMG_0599.JPG

The tallest Dormitory in the world (I should say, Single use building dormitory, since there are dorms at schools like the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul, etc, etc, in Chicago that have dorms in giant skyscrapers, but not all of it is used as dorms.)

I bet there are/were some serious parties in that place!!:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: xprost2x xprost2x xprost2x xsmileyclapx xsmileyclapx xsmileyclapx :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: xazzx xazzx xazzx :beerchug: :beerchug: :beerchug:

[HENJOHN]

It's YSU week in this thread!

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4917/youngstown3001aa7.jpg


I went out to a UD-YSU game in Youngstown back in 1998 and I loved the stadium. Great atmosphere. It helped that UD won, but the YSU fans were great and they should be proud of their stadium.
It was much nicer than the field the Hens and Penguins played on in 1979 when I went there for the 51-45 Shootout. I think it was a High school field called Falcon stadium.

[PantherRob82]

Illinois State University's Watterson Towers, 28 stories of dorm madness.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d5/IMG_0599.JPG/330px-IMG_0599.JPG

The tallest Dormitory in the world (I should say, Single use building dormitory, since there are dorms at schools like the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul, etc, etc, in Chicago that have dorms in giant skyscrapers, but not all of it is used as dorms.)

That's a sweet looking building.

[GaSouthern]

more stadiums less buildings!

[GaSouthern]

I'm not sure if you all have seen the stadium w/ the new fieldhouse and brick walls/fences installed yet:

http://news.georgiasouthern.edu/VisualResources/Buildings/images/PaulsonStadium_jpg.jpg

I sent that picture to world stadiums and it's now the main image :hurray:
It's also my new desktop background! :D

[GaSouthern]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/josephs2k/bishop11.jpg

I can't get enough!

[Kill'em]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96/josephs2k/bishop11.jpg

I can't get enough!
The Prettiest Little Stadium in America. :nod:

[PantherRob82]

it is pretty beautiful.

[aggie6thman]

The Prettiest Little Stadium in America. :nod:

Any chance the endzone opposite the field house will be filled in with permanent seating?

[PantherRob82]

Any chance the endzone opposite the field house will be filled in with permanent seating?

not with people jumping ship like they did this year.

[AZGrizFan]

Hey Ronbo!!!!

Got any pictures of Wa/Griz?????

[NDSUFREAK]

Hey Ronbo!!!!

Got any pictures of Wa/Griz?????

:hurray: :hurray: :pumpuke:

[appsfan]

I love the stadium pics- keep them coming!

[FlyYtown]

I went out to a UD-YSU game in Youngstown back in 1998 and I loved the stadium. Great atmosphere. It helped that UD won, but the YSU fans were great and they should be proud of their stadium.
It was much nicer than the field the Hens and Penguins played on in 1979 when I went there for the 51-45 Shootout. I think it was a High school field called Falcon stadium.
Glad you loved it, Hopefully our two schools can get a series going, because it would be a dandy!

Falcon Stadium btw is the HS Stadium of Austintown-Fitch High School, a suburb of Youngstown. It seats 10,000, but its a lot nicer nowadays. They just put in brand new turf this past month, and plan on adding additional press areas and possibly new seats.

It's about 5 minutes from where I live.

[Kill'em]

Any chance the endzone opposite the field house will be filled in with permanent seating?
I thought one plan called for that.

[Kill'em]

not with people jumping ship like they did this year.
There are still plenty of us "True Blue" Eagle fans here.

[PantherRob82]

There are still plenty of us "True Blue" Eagle fans here.

Enough for expansion? I saw a lot of empty seats in pics this year. Not trying to smack or anything.

[Kill'em]

Enough for expansion? I saw a lot of empty seats in pics this year. Not trying to smack or anything.
It didn't start out that way. As the season went on, and the losing actually got worse, the fans left. Last year the stands were full. I we win many of the "bandwagon" fans will be back. It's their fault and those who are appathetic that keeps us from expansion.

[PantherRob82]

It didn't start out that way. As the season went on, and the losing actually got worse, the fans left. Last year the stands were full. I we win many of the "bandwagon" fans will be back. It's their fault and those who are appathetic that keeps us from expansion.

I understand that. I'm just saying that the way things are going (losing and all), that expansion seems silly.

[Kill'em]

Why is it that folks think that losing will become the norm at Georgia Southern? We've had one losing season and people think this is the way it will be here. This season has been an aberration and we will start winning again, soon. (Besides, this will be necessary for our eventual move to the BS.: smh : )

[PantherRob82]

Why is it that folks think that losing will become the norm at Georgia Southern? We've had one losing season and people think this is the way it will be here. This season has been an aberration and we will start winning again, soon. (Besides, this will be necessary for our eventual move to the BS.: smh : )

Because your coach was stupid enough to dismantle the whole freaking thing, rather than a little at a time. Not the thread for this though, so I'm done. :D

[Kill'em]

Because your coach was stupid enough to dismantle the whole freaking thing, rather than a little at a time. Not the thread for this though, so I'm done. :D
Agreed. The transition will take longer than it should have but we will be back. Paulson Stadium is an awesome sight when it is full and rocking. When we win, it is a testament to the engineers who designed it because the energy created by the fans could crumble it. ;)

[PantherRob82]

I'm excited to see you guys back where you should be. I've wanted to attend a game in Staesboro since I was 10. I just knocked of my first "since I was 10" this year in Youngstown.

[Kill'em]

You would love it. If we get back to playing the kind of football folks are used to seeing us play then that would make the game better, hence, more enjoyable for everyone.

[MSUBear42]

http://photos-757.ak.facebook.com/ip006/v44/27/73/49100712/n49100712_30347757_5280.jpg

Thats a good pic of MSU's plaster.

[LarryBoy]

There hasn't been much good representation of Paladin Stadium, so I'll throw some old pictures in (If I can link everything correctly):

2004-Vs. Georgia Southern, immediately after go-ahead TD (doesn't show much, but it's a good picture)
http://photos-872.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029872_7638.jpg

Same game, "Visitor's" side
http://photos-873.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029873_8124.jpg

And, same game again...
http://photos-869.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029869_4565.jpg

2004 Quarterfinals, vs. James Madison
http://photos-868.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029868_4143.jpg

Running out of the helmet, this year vs. Western Carolina
http://photos.pe.facebook.com/v44/251/73/28302135/n28302135_30341191_7900.jpg

[McNeese72]

I don't know if this picture got posted but here is a newer aerial photo (at least newer than that old 1995 aerial photo from the Marshall playoff game). This photo was taken before the 2002 Grambling game right as they started letting the SRO people to start sitting on th hills behind the endzones. It has the newer pressbox in it but not the new scoreboard.

Also, below that picture is a sunset shot of the West Stands taken by Cbuck's son, Scott, during a game last season.

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/cowboystadium2001.jpg

http://www.geauxcowboys-eastside.org/images/suu06gsunset.jpg

Doc

[MplsBison]

Cowboy stadium would look good with some fieldturf.

[lizrdgizrd]

Cowboy stadium would look good with some fieldturf.
Why? You got some you'll sell at a reasonable rate? xlolx

[KJ Eagle]

I sent that picture to world stadiums and it's now the main image :hurray:
It's also my new desktop background! :D

Was that one taken from the on the watertower? It's a great shot!!!:hurray:

[KJ Eagle]

Any chance the endzone opposite the field house will be filled in with permanent seating?

The original plan showed us double decking the Home side 1st, then the away side, then closing one endzone, then the other for the expansion plans.

I would personally like to see the either of the endzones be done before double decking it. IMO Why go up, when you have plenty of space on the first level?

[UAalum72]

IMO Why go up, when you have plenty of space on the first level?
because it's a much better view, and you can charge more for upper-deck, 50-yard-line seats and luxury boxes than for end zone bleachers?

[McNeese72]

Cowboy stadium would look good with some fieldturf.

And a new Field House on the North End.

http://www.mcneesefieldhouse.com/images/fieldhouse01.jpg

http://www.mcneesefieldhouse.com/images/fieldhouse02.jpg

Doc

[Blueandwhitefightfight]

[QUOTE=LarryBoy]There hasn't been much good representation of Paladin Stadium, so I'll throw some old pictures in (If I can link everything correctly):

2004-Vs. Georgia Southern, immediately after go-ahead TD (doesn't show much, but it's a good picture)
http://photos-872.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029872_7638.jpg


Hrmm... the words "jean shorts", "Furman", and "2004" are interesting when put together. lol

It's almost backwards. A lot of GSU Fans (including myself when I am not working at the game) dressed up in blazers and ties and the girls wear dresses. Not all but a good bit do. It looks like at Furman they wear what GSU people wear (MINUS JEAN SHORTS!!!) every day to class to the game.

[LarryBoy]

[QUOTE=LarryBoy]There hasn't been much good representation of Paladin Stadium, so I'll throw some old pictures in (If I can link everything correctly):

2004-Vs. Georgia Southern, immediately after go-ahead TD (doesn't show much, but it's a good picture)
http://photos-872.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v15/199/0/28300435/n28300435_30029872_7638.jpg


Hrmm... the words "jean shorts", "Furman", and "2004" are interesting when put together. lol

It's almost backwards. A lot of GSU Fans (including myself when I am not working at the game) dressed up in blazers and ties and the girls wear dresses. Not all but a good bit do. It looks like at Furman they wear what GSU people wear (MINUS JEAN SHORTS!!!) every day to class to the game.

This is a proud part of the student section that I am priveledged to be a part of. The first ten or so rows are the truest fans--you will find very few ties and dresses here (except on Homecoming). "Jean shorts" is actually my roommate. I think my ear is in this picture...

[Griswold]

Home away from home!

[th0m]

because it's a much better view, and you can charge more for upper-deck, 50-yard-line seats and luxury boxes than for end zone bleachers?

It also costs a lot more to construct.

[MSUBear42]

Just looking around facebook and saw it? Who does he play for?

[BearsCountry]

Just looking around facebook and saw it? Who does he play for?

He is Youngstown State's QB.

[NDSUFREAK]

[QUOTE=Blueandwhitefightfight]

This is a proud part of the student section that I am priveledged to be a part of. The first ten or so rows are the truest fans--you will find very few ties and dresses here (except on Homecoming). "Jean shorts" is actually my roommate. I think my ear is in this picture...

It's called "jorts"

[ucdtim17]

A month-old picture from Davis:

http://daviswiki.org/Multi-Use_Stadium?sendfile=true&file=Stadium_2007_01_04.jpg

The scoreboard is up now:

http://athletics.ucdavis.edu/development/images/scoreboard2.gif

[ucdtim17]

Notice the cows across the street. I don't think there are immediate plans to move them. With the wind right on gameday it might get a little unpleasant

[th0m]

Loving the logo at midfield. What do you have in the endzones?

And the cows kind of add to the Agg Pride, don'cha think? ;)

[BigApp]

y'know, it's been a coupla pages since we've seen a pic of WaGriz...you Monties are slacking off these days!

[NDSUFREAK]

y'know, it's been a coupla pages since we've seen a pic of WaGriz...you Monties are slacking off these days!

I was coming to think that wa griz was just a ficture of my imagination...

[Kill'em]

A month-old picture from Davis:

http://daviswiki.org/Multi-Use_Stadium?sendfile=true&file=Stadium_2007_01_04.jpg

The scoreboard is up now:

http://athletics.ucdavis.edu/development/images/scoreboard2.gif
Man, that is sweet!

[therealbigredrules]

OK, this one is for all the fans who ever had to watch a game at Smith Stadium with a light blocking their view.

http://bgdailynews.com/content/articles/2007/02/22/local_news/news/news7.jpg

http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2007/02/22/local_news/news/news7.txt

[galen]

Anybody have any good pics of Stewart Stadium at Murray State?

[UAalum72]

http://cache.nmn.speedera.net/pics7/400/PW/PWXEDSOILVIRSPB.20051220204421.jpg
Stewart Stadium, Murray State
http://cache.nmn.speedera.net/pics8/400/SB/SBAITEXNLBVGOWU.20051213221618.jpg

[MplsBison]

One sided stadiums are an abomination to football.

[Kill'em]

So are tracks.

[rufus]

The whole one sided stadium concept (or drastically disproportionate sides) seems to be really big in Kentucky. Is there a reason for that?

[MplsBison]

I'm sure it's cheaper.

[EKU05]

The whole one sided stadium concept (or drastically disproportionate sides) seems to be really big in Kentucky. Is there a reason for that?


I actually can give you an answer to that in EKU's case...although ours isn't one sided, but just drastically disproportionate as you said. It's about the same proportion as YSU's Stambaugh with 16,000 plus on one side and 4,000 on the other. Granted the "visitors" side is pretty plain. With WKU building their second side as well it will pretty much just be Murray State now.

Anyway....

In the late 1960's EKU's "signature" President Dr. Robert R. Martin decided the school needed a new football stadium to replace old Hanger Stadium which had two equal sides but only held around 8,000.

He asked the state for funding for a new football stadium and they quickly denied it. So instead, Martin asked them if they would fun a new physical education building at EKU. This they went for.

So Martin commisioned a Physical education building with a slanted "roof" on the back of it where bleachers and seats could be installed...and this became the new football stadium at EKU.

It was then known as Hanger field, and now as Roy Kid Stadium with the field still bearing the original name. The actual academic building is known as the Robert Begley building.

[NoCoDanny]

I think it's a money issue and also allows for easier future expansion. You build one side and then if expansion is needed in the future you build the other. Much easier to build a seond side then to add a second deck. The only example that comes to mind of adding a second deck later is what they did at Wyoming many decades ago.

[galen]

Just found a real good picture of McGuirk Stadium at UMass here:
http://www.clarkcompanies.com/Site%20Revision/images/Large%20Project%20Photos/Umass-Mcguirk-Stadium.jpg

[danefan]

I hate that distance between the sideline and the stadium. Might as well have a track around it.

[89Hen]

http://cache.nmn.speedera.net/pics8/400/SB/SBAITEXNLBVGOWU.20051213221618.jpg
A drive-in stadium? :eyebrow:

[SunCoastBlueHen]

A drive-in stadium? :eyebrow:

That would certainly make tail-gating more convenient. :p

[appfan2008]

i love that picture at umass

[Kill'em]

Just found a real good picture of McGuirk Stadium at UMass here:
http://www.clarkcompanies.com/Site%20Revision/images/Large%20Project%20Photos/Umass-Mcguirk-Stadium.jpg
It looks as if there are cut-outs beneath the grandstands. I wonder what purpose(s) they serve.

[appfan2008]

it looks to me just to be shadows but hell i have never been to the state of massachusettes

[GaSouthern]

Just found a real good picture of McGuirk Stadium at UMass here:
http://www.clarkcompanies.com/Site%20Revision/images/Large%20Project%20Photos/Umass-Mcguirk-Stadium.jpg

They should add to the stands downward adding sub #1 seats. There are a few stadiums that have done this in the past and there is plenty of room to make the addition.

[Kill'em]

How about some help from the U-Mass folks.

[TheBisonator]

Those openings at the bottom of UMass' stadium are where the fans enter and exit. Weird setup for sure. It's like an upper deck section of seating without the lower deck. Like in a lot of stadiums where the decks are seperated (upper deck stacked higher), but the main concourse in between provides easy access to either level, but in this case, there's no lower deck.

[saint0917]

It looks as if there are cut-outs beneath the grandstands. I wonder what purpose(s) they serve.

It's where you walk into the Stadium.

[Kill'em]

That's unique.

[saint0917]

This picture has a little better view. You go under the Stadium to enter or exit.

http://www.brianrondeau.com/GalAlbum/UMass-Commencement-2003/149_4988_IMG.sized.jpg

[appfan2008]

i dont think i have ever seen or heard of anything like that although it is similar to every high school football stadium in the country

[appfan2008]

is that a graduation picture?

[ncguitarplyr]

this is a stadium update on app's kidd brewer stadium "the rock"

the lights have been moved to the side of the stands to make way for the new press box and the old press box is starting to be torn apart

http://goasu.com/autoimage/th400_pmokWMn.jpg

http://goasu.com/autoimage/th400_pLCVe90.jpg

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZHCTqz.jpg

[appfan2008]

this is a stadium update on app's kidd brewer stadium "the rock"

the lights have been moved to the side of the stands to make way for the new press box and the old press box is starting to be torn apart

http://goasu.com/autoimage/th400_pmokWMn.jpg

http://goasu.com/autoimage/th400_pLCVe90.jpg

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZHCTqz.jpg

more windows have been taken out of the upper level of the press box as of wednesday

[Kill'em]

I like what is taking place at App St..

[97Torero]

Here are a couple of mightly USD Torero Stadium. Seats just over 7000 in the current partial horseshoe setup. I personally would like to see the remaining sections filled in to add a couple thousand more seats.

Picture from the air:
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Picture from East End Zone with main campus to the west and the ocean beyond.
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[saint0917]

is that a graduation picture?

Yes

[appfan2008]

Here are a couple of mightly USD Torero Stadium. Seats just over 7000 in the current partial horseshoe setup. I personally would like to see the remaining sections filled in to add a couple thousand more seats.

Picture from the air:
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Picture from East End Zone with main campus to the west and the ocean beyond.
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how many fans could usd hold if it expanded?
i mean what would market demand

[MplsBison]

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZHCTqz.jpg

What is plan for App State?

Looking at this picture it seems that all that is being done is building a new larger pressbox/suites.


From the picture it looks like the track is still around the field.


Oh and the lights are still on the press box in that picture too. Are they going to move them back?

[ncguitarplyr]

yeah i noticed that too...i guess they will move the lights back after they finish the new press box

and yeah i haven't heard any plans of removing the track unfortunately

but this is app's entire facility upgrading plan

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/piPHO2y.jpg

Kidd Brewer Stadium Complex
• Strength and Conditioning room for all student-athletes
• Training/Hydrotherapy room for all student-athletes
• Student-athlete study hall and tutorial space
• Locker rooms
• New stadium entrance plaza — “Welcome to The Rock”
• Athletics offices
• 20 stadium suites
• New Chancellor’s suite
• VIP Club seating
• New press box for media and game operations
• Restroom, concessions and merchandise areas
• Greenwood Parking Lot access trail
• West side entrance bridge

Baseball Stadium
• Located at Broyhill Inn and Conference Center
• 2,000 seating capacity
• Locker room
• Indoor batting cage

Indoor Athletics Facility
• Located in right field of current baseball venue
• 80 X 60 yard artificial field
• Taping and changing rooms
• Stairway connecting to Kidd Brewer Stadium west gate

Softball Stadium
• Located at current baseball venue
• 1,000 seating capacity
• Locker room
• Indoor batting cage

Soccer Stadium
• Located at Broyhill Inn and Conference Center
• 1,000 seating capacity
• Locker room
• Restrooms
• Natural grass surface

Tennis Complex
• Cover 3-6 existing courts behind west side of Kidd Brewer Stadium
• 250 seating capacity
• Locker rooms
• Restrooms

Field Hockey Stadium
• Identify location
• 1,000 seating capacity
• Locker room
• Restrooms
• AstroTurf playing surface

Varsity Gym Renovation
• New hardwood surface for men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling
• 1,000 seating capacity for competitions

Kidd Brewer Stadium expansion
(No timetable — based on demand

[MplsBison]

Ah, so they aren't moving the track.

Also, why build the indoor facility to only 80 yards long?

Does building a 120 yard facility really cost that much more?

[lizrdgizrd]

Ah, so they aren't moving the track.

Also, why build the indoor facility to only 80 yards long?

Does building a 120 yard facility really cost that much more?
I think it's a question of having the space. This is all on the side of a mountain.

[MplsBison]

Does blowing up 40x60 yards of mountain really cost that much more?

[lizrdgizrd]

Does blowing up 40x60 yards of mountain really cost that much more?
It's not only that but what's above that area on the mountain. There are more structures farther uphill from there. I'm sure there's some point at which you're endangering their stability. I'm sure that if the cost had been reasonable they'd have built it that way.

[GeauxColonels]

yeah i noticed that too...i guess they will move the lights back after they finish the new press box
Either that or they will actually mount lights on top of the press box structure. :twocents:

[Mountaineer#96]

Ah, so they aren't moving the track.

Also, why build the indoor facility to only 80 yards long?

Does building a 120 yard facility really cost that much more?

The indoor practice facility will be located further back where the right field of the former baseball field is, which is being switched to softball as we speak. Why build it to 80 yards? Well the softball field will be there and it only allows for so much room. That and unless you are playing a game in there do you really need 100. Just enough room to hold a good practice and do what you came to do. Field turf isn't the cheapest stuff.

[jbuggASU]

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pxcLpuX.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZyd4Tg.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pH8YpOH.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pk7Sa9l.jpg

[Peems]

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pxcLpuX.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZyd4Tg.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pH8YpOH.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pk7Sa9l.jpg

those all look very nice:thumbsup:

[MplsBison]

That club seating looks damn nice!

Where is it located? Bottom row of the new press box?

[galen]

This picture has a little better view. You go under the Stadium to enter or exit.

http://www.brianrondeau.com/GalAlbum/UMass-Commencement-2003/149_4988_IMG.sized.jpg

Indiana State's Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute has a similar setup; their concession areas are also underneath/behind their main bleachers.

[lizrdgizrd]

http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pxcLpuX.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pZyd4Tg.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pH8YpOH.jpg
http://www.goasu.com/autoimage/pk7Sa9l.jpg
Too bad most of us won't get to sit in those nice new seats! :bawling:

[jbuggASU]

I will be in there!!!!! :hurray:

[catbob]

That is a first-class facility there Mountaineers. Now just get rid of that track. ;)

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I will be in there!!!!! :hurray:

You couldn't pay me to sit inside to watch a football game. Deffinatey too much of a wine and cheese crowd. I want to be outside in the elements with the diehards but to each is their own .

[Peems]

You couldn't pay me to sit inside to watch a football game. Deffinatey too much of a wine and cheese crowd. I want to be outside in the elements with the diehards but to each is their own .

I'm with ya there. One time i was lucky enough to win a package to go to a 49ers game and visit San Fran. however the seats were in the club seats and i would much rather have been sitting in the stands with the fans. Hell I don't know why Griz fans sit in the box seats, it seems to ruin the atmosphere.

[poly51]

http://members.aol.com/jsimas1/p3110037.jpg
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[NDSUFREAK]

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great stadium! +++++
Apparently the turf still has to go in? (the turf that will be played on during the season)

[slostang]

great stadium! +++++
Apparently the turf still has to go in? (the turf that will be played on during the season)
It will be a grass field next year with plans to put in SprinTurf when the funds are raised.

[NDSUFREAK]

It will be a grass field next year with plans to put in SprinTurf when the funds are raised.

Oh, ok. Thanks for the info.

[GeauxColonels]

http://members.aol.com/jsimas1/p3110037.jpg
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Beautiful stadium in a gorgeous setting! That stadium will have a TON of character once it's complete!

KUDOS to the people at Poly.xbowx xbowx xbowx

[Sir William]

Nice and beautiful stadium at Cal Poly. How many will it seat, once complete?

[slostang]

Nice and beautiful stadium at Cal Poly. How many will it seat, once complete?
This next season it will hold 11,750 with temporary bleacher seating behind the endzones. Total build out will be 22,000 and will be done in phases. Timeline is dependant on demand and fund raising.

[Shockerman]

are there any renderings of what the full build out will look like? Thanks for the pics, I am very impressed with your facility. Character goes a long way in regards to a stadium, and Spanos has plenty of that.

[poly51]

I have not seen any drawings, plans or anything on what the rest will look like.

[LarryBoy]

Finally, the Furman sports information website has some good pictures of Paladin stadium, and an interactive stadium map to boot!

Ok, so I'm having a problem properly linking these. So, just use the link. Click on a section to see the view from that section.

Interactive Map:
http://www.furman.edu/wip/stadiummap/

[appfan2008]

cal poly has one kick a stadium in one wonderful setting
when they finish it, it could be a top 5 fcs venue

[slostang]

I have not seen any drawings, plans or anything on what the rest will look like.
They have some drawings that were for a seating cap. of around 17k, but are currently having prelim drawings done for 22,000. I am looking forward to seeing them. I bet they will have the drawings at the stampede club bar-b-que for first home game next year. The Cal Poly master plan also calls for a parking structure just south the memorial plaza.

[Peems]

They have some drawings that were for a seating cap. of around 17k, but are currently having prelim drawings done for 22,000. I am looking forward to seeing them. I bet they will have the drawings at the stampede club bar-b-que for first home game next year. The Cal Poly master plan also calls for a parking structure just south the memorial plaza.


Would you expect sell-outs?

[slostang]

Would you expect sell-outs?
Now no, but it will be done in phases as demand increases. I think if Cal Poly continues to win, the demand will be there.

[appfan2008]

Now no, but it will be done in phases as demand increases. I think if Cal Poly continues to win, the demand will be there.
IMO that is wishful thinking... many schools think like that but then it never comes and then the plans never happen...
but I will be rooting for the attendance to grow

[slostang]

IMO that is wishful thinking... many schools think like that but then it never comes and then the plans never happen...
but I will be rooting for the attendance to grow
I sure that more than a few Griz fans will let me know if I am wrong, but I think when the Griz first opened Wash/Griz stadium, it was quite a bit smaller (I am guessing it held around 10,000 to 12,000 back then) than the present 23,000 than it holds today and I am not sure that it was not sold out every game back in 1986. Now not only are they selling out every game, but they are expanding again. I think that they are adding an additional 4,000 seats that will also include club seating. 14 straight years in the playoffs and two national championships will do that for a program.

Sucess breads interest in a program. Interest in Cal Poly is growing. It is better to have a plan and not need it than to have no plan and wish that you did. If you do not, that is how you end up with a patch work stadium that has no logical flow to it.

[slostang]

I just talked to someone in the athletic dept. and the preliminary plans are back for expansion of Alex G. Spanos Stadium to 22,000 seats. I am hoping they will show them at "Mustang Madness" (scholarship fundraising dinner, silent auction and live auction) June 2nd. If they do and I can get a picture, I'll post it on here.

[GeauxColonels]

I just talked to someone in the athletic dept. and the preliminary plans are back for expansion of Alex G. Spanos Stadium to 22,000 seats. I am hoping they will show them at "Mustang Madness" (scholarship fundraising dinner, silent auction and live auction) June 2nd. If they do and I can get a picture, I'll post it on here.
Definitely keep us posted!!! I'd love to see more! xthumbsupx

[MplsBison]

I think basically they would turn the huge visitor side (the old home side) into the same type of spanish facade (or whatever style you call that) that the new home side is.

Then add seating in one endzone and a videoboard in the other.


Sound about right?

[slostang]

I think basically they would turn the huge visitor side (the old home side) into the same type of spanish facade (or whatever style you call that) that the new home side is.

Then add seating in one endzone and a videoboard in the other.


Sound about right?
They will have seating in both endzones. I would assume they would put the videoboard in the south endzone.

[Zoo]

Cal Poly's stadium looks really nice. If only all FCS teams has stadiums that big..... <cough> Iona.... <cough>

[LegacyDuke08]

http://www.jmusports.com/Images/ForArticles/2_4224.jpg

this is with the new field turf......expansion to come.....we find out May 9th

[jmuroller]

Here is an updated picture of JMU's Bridgeforth Stadium. The track has been painted over.




http://www.jmu.edu/photography/athletics/facilities/hFBField.jpg

[89Hen]

The track has been painted over.
Brilliant! xthumbsupx xnodx

[DunkandDukin]

Roller, I've lurked here for years but finally signed after seeing you pic. Nice! do you know if it is available
for purchase? I've already set it as my background and it's pretty funny to look down on the roof of my car!

Can't wait til May 9, can't make it to NoVa so there better be plently of good "reporting"!

[MplsBison]

Here is an updated picture of JMU's Bridgeforth Stadium. The track has been painted over.


Damn nice pic!


Looks like the move should be to build 2 new sides to the stadium starting where the track starts. One side should have a new pressbox with club seating and suites.

That seems to be about the standard of the top tier FCS teams.

[th0m]

Damn nice pic!


Looks like the move should be to build 2 new sides to the stadium starting where the track starts. One side should have a new pressbox with club seating and suites.

Exactly. The way the turf was put in hints that the pressbox/suite side will be opposite the current pressbox side. This is also in line with the apparent fact that the parking deck was built so that it could support a tier/pressbox in the future.

[DunkandDukin]

Thom, if I recall you're an architect or something, what would be your estimation on how the press boxes would "attach" to the garage? would it add another ceiling to the top of the garage and thus close it in, or would it sort of balance between the stadium top and the tops of the elevator shafts? I'd hate to lose my parking in the sunshine spot on the top deck...:)

[th0m]

Actually, I'm merely an architecture student, so any theories I may have are purely speculative :) Especially since I haven't been taught on stadium design in particular.

In the long run (and maybe never), I would think that the force of a pressbox tier should be distributed evenly across the structure. This means from front to back. Sideways shouldnt be a problem as the parkingdeck isn't as wide as the length of a football field. For a first stage, I see them only utilizing the front columns of the parking deck. Assuming the entire stand is knocked down and moved closer, it would have to be a huge deck if it were to reach from the field all the way to the back of the deck. If that's the case, I'd rather see 2 tiers, so that the first tier stops right around where the parking deck begins, self-supported. Then have the press/luxury where the gap between the stadium and the deck is, and an eventual upper tier completely covering the parking deck, from front to back distributing the load evenly across. This will also help aesthetically (not that that is a top priority for college stadiums, but it doesn't hurt either).

I think that losing some sun is definitely not out of the question, but I don't think they'd put an entire ceiling on top of the top-deck if they wouldn't utilize it. In the future they might use such a ceiling as a concourse of sorts, but I don't think we're quite there yet ;)

Also, if (more when than if I hope) they knock down Godwin, it would seem more than logical to put a parking deck on that side as well. Not only for gameday purposes, but in general (I think there are a couple of decks still in the pipeline anyway). Maybe a Godwin alternative is also among the annoucements?

[TheBisonator]

Bridgeforth Stadium looks just like a renovated Dacotah Field, IMO. If we decided to stay in Dacotah and renovate it, I think it would look just like Bridgeforth.

[MplsBison]

But we never could've done that and seen the growth we have.

Just too damn cold.

[DunkandDukin]

This ovciously isn't my forte, i'm having trouble getting my brain around this. So are you saying the upper deck would probably over hang the existing seats moreso that the deck, IYO?
I guess having them anchored at the top of the existing stands and continue back and up would take them waaaaay off the field and probaly wouldn't work. i guess that makes sense and then the upper-upper deck, if it ever gets to that, would extend from the top supports of the parking deck up and back. eh?

[th0m]

I think so yeah. I think a full deck should either be supported by a large area of the parking garage, or not at all. With the pressbox, it probably is not as big a deal since it is a smaller area. But then again, engineering nowadays pretty much knows no limits. Neither do the pricetags though. It's all about the bang for the buck.

[ButlerGSU]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/gsuab/PaulsonStadium_jpg.jpg

[FlyYtown]

http://www.jmusports.com/Images/ForArticles/2_4224.jpg

this is with the new field turf......expansion to come.....we find out May 9th

Please tell me the word MADISON is not going to stay between the Goalline and the 10 yard line; because i must say, that is just dumb.

xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx

[Kill'em]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h265/gsuab/PaulsonStadium_jpg.jpg
The only thing that would make that picture prettier is seeing it full, like the Furman game.

[rufus]

Please tell me the word MADISON is not going to stay between the Goalline and the 10 yard line; because i must say, that is just dumb.

xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx
That was a picture from the turn installation project. The "MADISON" is fully within the endzone at this point. :D

[GeauxColonels]

Please tell me the word MADISON is not going to stay between the Goalline and the 10 yard line; because i must say, that is just dumb.

xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx
See post #941 for the finished product.

[Mountaineer]

Paulson looks great! Love the field house. I'm gonna have to make it down to Statesboro some day! xbowx xnodx But I'm scared of some of you GSU guys. :p

[aggie6thman]

I really like Georgia Southern's field!

[slostang]

I really like Georgia Southern's field!
Aggie Stadium looks a lot like it.

[MplsBison]

GSU has a damn nice set up.


Just replace that grass with turf and you're set.

[andy7171]

GSU has a damn nice set up.


Just replace that grass with turf and you're set.
xrolleyesx

[jmuroller]

Please tell me the word MADISON is not going to stay between the Goalline and the 10 yard line; because i must say, that is just dumb.

xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx xconfusedx


We like to do things differently here at JMU.

[MplsBison]

We like to do things differently here at JMU.

"This is amazing! They've got the guards to the right ... the center's in the backfield ... and the quarterback isn't even there!"

[bobbythekidd]

Paulson looks great! Love the field house. I'm gonna have to make it down to Statesboro some day! xbowx xnodx But I'm scared of some of you GSU guys. :p
Come on down in October.

[DunkandDukin]

That GSU set up looks alot like what the UR is proposing. I like the bowled effect and the hillside grass seating. JMU had similar back when but the problem was the grass "hillside" was just outside the stadium, so most people didn't make it in. Just hang out on hillside with a cooler and beverages and watch. Probably good they got rid of that option...xtwocentsx

[Kill'em]

Paulson looks great! Love the field house. I'm gonna have to make it down to Statesboro some day! xbowx xnodx But I'm scared of some of you GSU guys. :p
Wait 'till you see the renovations to the concessions, restrooms, and the pavers in the concourse areas.

[ButlerGSU]

GSU has a damn nice set up.


Just replace that grass with turf and you're set.

With the weather in Statesboro, there is no need for turf.

[ndsubison]

E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field!
GO CATS!
http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wcar/galleries/Athletic-Facilities/g-WatersField-lg.jpg

New West Side with seat backs!
http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wcar/galleries/Athletic-Facilities/g-WhitmireStadium-lg.jpg

What a beautiful setting. How's your tailgating?

NDSU BISON
2006 Great West Champions
*not playoff eligible until 2008

[ndsubison]

Thanks for the info guys.


or our homecoming game last year, we had 9,500 students in attendance. We had 22,500 or so total.

Student tickets are free during the regular season, during the playoffs it's $6.

What was the (overall) attendance for GSU's game against NDSU last year? I wasn't there in person but I do have a kick-ass video of the game. Your atmosphere was 2nd to none (ok, except for Montana but we all know that blah blah). As a Bison fan, I have always modeled our program after Ga Southern. We have beaucoups respect for you guys and to come down there and play you was an honor. I cannot wait until you return the favor in Fargo in '08. Bring your crawfish to the tailgate because this is one Norwegian who cannot get enough Cajun. I'll trade you for some pickled herring, ha haxbowx xbowx xthumbsupx xeekx

GO BISON!!
We Are North Dakota State And We Came Here Today To Kick Your Ass

[ndsubison]

I really like Georgia Southern's field!

It's beautiful. There are a LOT of teams who have had their asses kicked in that beautiful stadium. Did I mention beautiful? I digress......xbowx

[MplsBison]

With the weather in Statesboro, there is no need for turf.

No school ever needs anything.


Having turf is a luxury. It's nice for the fans, players, coaches, administrators and maintenance crew to never have to worry about safe footing, surface performance affecting the outcome, maintenance costs or the field looking good.

[Zoo]

Am I the only one besides JSU fans that really like Paul Snow alot?

[Kill'em]

No school ever needs anything.


Having turf is a luxury. It's nice for the fans, players, coaches, administrators and maintenance crew to never have to worry about safe footing, surface performance affecting the outcome, maintenance costs or the field looking good.
It's rare when the field doesn't look good.

[MplsBison]

I suppose when you have lost of money to waste on grass upkeeping...

[eaglewraith]

I suppose when you have lost of money to waste on grass upkeeping...

With the uproar that went up when we got rid of the option, if we put in turf and put Roger out of a job, I think there'd be some people tearing down the stadium. The man has a ring for each of our championships cause of the work he does. That means he has SIX. Not many people can lay claim to that. Also, he's the only one that's ever worked with that grass if I remember correctly, since he's been around since the stadium was built.

Also, I've heard from people that have played on golf courses that Majors are played on, and they've said the Paulson grass is some of the best they've seen or walked on. The drainage on the field is incredible, I think it can handle up to 6 inches an hour or something. See the Hugo Bowl, when a football game was played in the middle of a hurricane.

With all that, who needs turf? :)

[MplsBison]

As I said, no school needs anything.

It's a luxury.

[ButlerGSU]

As I said, no school needs anything.

It's a luxury.

It is nice but it removes something natural about football. It's a luxury that Eagle fans don't want - after each football game kids and their parents are still allowed to go down on the field, many play quick pick up games or just toss a ball around. I hope turf is never put it - I doubt it could match Rodgers drainage anyway ;-) Seriously, check out some video of the 'Hugo Bowl.' There should be some out there since it was on ESPN.

[MplsBison]

It is nice but it removes something natural about football.

Football is natural?

Yeah, I often see deer in the woods playing football.


It's a luxury that Eagle fans don't want - after each football game kids and their parents are still allowed to go down on the field, many play quick pick up games or just toss a ball around.

So your theory is that fieldturf prohibits families, esp. young children, from going down to the field, playing pick up games and tossing a ball around?


*blank stare*.................



I doubt it could match Rodgers drainage anyway

I'm sure Rodgers is a great guy.

Nothing against him.


Technology simply allows us to do super human things.

[lizrdgizrd]

Football is natural?

Yeah, I often see deer in the woods playing football.



So your theory is that fieldturf prohibits families, esp. young children, from going down to the field, playing pick up games and tossing a ball around?


*blank stare*.................




I'm sure Rodgers is a great guy.

Nothing against him.


Technology simply allows us to do super human things.
Mpls, do you sell turf?

[MplsBison]

It sells itself.

[MplsBison]

Do you guys realize that all running tracks in the world used to be dirt?

Now all of them are artificial surface, yet you have no problem with that.

[andy7171]

Mpls, do you sell turf?
Not only does he sell it, he's the president of the company! :D

[lizrdgizrd]

It sells itself.
Apparently not in Statesboro, GA. xcoffeex

[lizrdgizrd]

Do you guys realize that all running tracks in the world used to be dirt?

Now all of them are artificial surface, yet you have no problem with that.
Talk to me again when all golf courses in the world are artificial turf. xpeacex

[MplsBison]

Apparently not in Statesboro, GA.

Give it time, my friend.


When NFL teams are switching to it, even with the vast resources they have available to put into grass, you know the fall won't be long in coming.

[ButlerGSU]

I'm sure turf is great stuff, in fact I believe we are building a 50 yard field of it over at the football practice complex as part of the upgrades but we just don't want it at Paulson and I've never heard anyone say we need it.

I'm glad App has it because of the weather in Boone late in the season and while I've never been to ND I'm sure it comes in handy there as well but Statesboro is basically a tropical climate. Look at the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jacksonville Municipal Stadium where they play is a little under 90 minutes from Statesboro. It has natural grass and they seem to think it is just super as well.

[MplsBison]

we just don't want it at Paulson and I've never heard anyone say we need it.


You don't want it.


You don't speak for everyone, so don't do it.



Why you don't want it, I don't know. Must be an anti change thing.


Some people are scared of change.

[FargoBison]

Give it a rest MPLS, Paulson has one of the best playing surfaces in the country according one of NDSU's coaches. He thought it was even better than the Rose Bowl. Field turf is a great thing for areas where growing grass is difficult or costly to maintain but it seems like neither of those are a problem at GSU.

[andy7171]

You don't want it.
You don't speak for everyone, so don't do it.
Why you don't want it, I don't know. Must be an anti change thing.
Some people are scared of change.
Dude your arguments get old. xmadx
Maybe you are afraid of getting dirty and this quest for everyone to have turf has just completely consumed you.

[lizrdgizrd]

Dude your arguments get old. xmadx
Maybe you are afraid of getting dirty and this quest for everyone to have turf has just completely consumed you.
MPLS = the ghost of Howard Hughes!!! xeekx xlolx

[MplsBison]

it seems like neither of those are a problem at GSU.

How much does it cost GSU. I'd like to know, actually.

[WUTNDITWAA]

If Appalachian could get away with having a grass field, KBS would have one. Georgia Southern can get away with having a grass field, hence Paulson has one.


Nothing like the real stuff.