app's statium pics 8/29/09

[BooneNative]

went home to visit the folks this wkend, so i decided to drop by kidd brewer for some pic's. enjoy.

[BooneNative]

and a few more.

[BooneNative]

last round..

[BooneNative]

sorry..meant stadium. app's education at its best

[smallcollegefbfan]

Great pics! The Rock is looking very much improved!

[MarchingMountaineer]

Thanks for some great pictures for those of us who can't get there. xthumbsupx

And nice shots of the area, so people who don't like the track can point out where the flat land is to build one.

[slostang]

Awesome.

[Skjellyfetti]

Can't wait for football season to kick off next weekend....

But, REALLY can't wait to see that stadium on 9/12.

xhypedxxhypedxxhypedx

[KiddBrewer]

awesome pictures, thanks! i hadnt seen a picture from that angle of the new west entrance. looks great. ready to go to ECU next week and for 9/12!!!!!

[art vandelay]

how many people does it hold now?

[DemiGS]

sweet looking improvements. It's tragic though that the stadium has a track around it.

[AppStateold299]

Those are amazing pictures. I can't wait to see it in person again. You have done the stadium justice by showing everything. I am very impressed with how it came out.

[whoanellie]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!

[Saint3333]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!

xnonono2x

I'm sure the recruits will disagree...

[SideLine Shooter]

sweet looking improvements. It's tragic though that the stadium has a track around it.

Sounds like jealousy to me.xlolxxlolxxlolx

[biggie]

how many people does it hold now?
Official seating capacity is 21,650. I hope to see over 31k on the 12th, though economy may hurt that.

[jmu007]

New additions look top notch!

sooooo jealous of the videoboard... hate our mini-tron

[AppMan]

how many people does it hold now?

Approximately 21,500. BTW, how's the import business these days? Or is that export?

[AppMan]

Thanks for some great pictures for those of us who can't get there. xthumbsupx

And nice shots of the area, so people who don't like the track can point out where the flat land is to build one.

There is plenty of flat land if you look for it. Perhaps not right in the middle of campus, but it is around. They found enough to put several soccer fields on and there is plenty more out there to put a track on. But even if there isn't a large enough piece of flat land without some hills there are companies which make these things call bulldozers, excavators, graders, and dumptrucks. These really amazing machines allow you to dig up and move dirt & rock from one place, take it to another, and level it out so you can have flat land anywhere you want it. Its really cool stuff! Perhaps you need to check it out!

http://www.cat.com/equipment/

[Jag4Life]

Looks good.

[AppMan]

sweet looking improvements. It's tragic though that the stadium has a track around it.

I agree. Can't do much with the sidelines except cover them with turf, but I'm waiting of the day we have 5-6,000 seats in each endzone snugged up to the field. The Rock is loud now, can't imagine what it would be like then.

[AppMan]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!

Reminds me of a place your team hasn't won in since 1964.

[ASUG8]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!

Too bad the fighting Christian chickens won't get the full experience this year at the welcome center. The season should be in the bag by then anyway, so we'll see you in Eloan to get our W. xnonox

[art vandelay]

Approximately 21,500. BTW, how's the import business these days? Or is that export?

I'm an importer/ exporter. business is dow with the rest of the economy.

[wcucat85]

Very impressive App fans.Its amazing the changes over 25 years.....I can remember my playing days at Western (82'-85') when each of us had one big side with bleachers flanking the other.I am pleased with our stadium and facilities.Hopefully under Coach Wagner we can get back to respectability soon.Good luck against ECU.

[yosef1969]

I agree. Can't do much with the sidelines except cover them with turf, but I'm waiting of the day we have 5-6,000 seats in each endzone snugged up to the field. The Rock is loud now, can't imagine what it would be like then.

Amen.

[yosef1969]

sweet looking improvements. It's tragic though that the stadium has a track around it.

You're preaching to the choir. Couldn't agree more.

[wcucat85]

By the way I have two younger brothers who attended App so I hear about all this all the time...ALLL THE TIME...............I had a free ride so I went to Western...............

[Aho_Old_Guy]

Thanks for the update. Looks really classy for a bunch of mountain heathens.


There is plenty of flat land if you look for it. Perhaps not right in the middle of campus, but it is around. They found enough to put several soccer fields on and there is plenty more out there to put a track on. But even if there isn't a large enough piece of flat land without some hills there are companies which make these things call bulldozers, excavators, graders, and dumptrucks. These really amazing machines allow you to dig up and move dirt & rock from one place, take it to another, and level it out so you can have flat land anywhere you want it. Its really cool stuff! Perhaps you need to check it out!

http://www.cat.com/equipment/

Boone can't handle the storm water they get now --- not a very good idea to make an existing unmanageable problem into a future financial and economic nightmare.

Boone needs to build up --- not out.

[james_lawfirm]

You're preaching to the choir. Couldn't agree more.

Now wait a minute. I like the track. Or, more correctly, I like the space between the seats and the field. I don't have any problem filling that space with a track. If the seats were any closer, sideline plays would be obstructed. Other SoCon teams have that problem - Elon comes to mind.

All in all, KBS looks fantastic. Can't wait for Sept. 12!

[gophoenix]

Now wait a minute. I like the track. Or, more correctly, I like the space between the seats and the field. I don't have any problem filling that space with a track. If the seats were any closer, sideline plays would be obstructed. Other SoCon teams have that problem - Elon comes to mind.

All in all, KBS looks fantastic. Can't wait for Sept. 12!

Plus, it keeps a lot of space between the team and the fans, The Citadel and GSU come to mind for this type of issue and why it could be bad sometimes.

[Uncle Buck]

Thanks for some great pictures for those of us who can't get there. xthumbsupx

And nice shots of the area, so people who don't like the track can point out where the flat land is to build one.

Looks great, except for the track :D

[AppStsGr8]

I actually had a free afternoon for once yesterday. Couldn't resist driving up to Boone just to park in my spot in the stadium lot and walk around. Things are really looking great! Can't wait to host McNeese on the 12th.

[DX Man]

The stadium is looking great! It's a shame our team has to travel and play in front of small crowds at the other SoCon schools....except GSUxthumbsupx

[KiddBrewer]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!

Welcome Center = Friendly, welcoming place for visitors

KBS = Makes visitors shart themselves

Theres the differencexthumbsupx

[KiddBrewer]

i think everybody gets too caught up on there being a track there. Its a track, just pretend its green grass and not whatever orange/brown color that is.....maybe we could pay to have some sod put down on game days so people arent so tragically influenced by it being there.

[The Moody1]

State project: kind of reminds me of an interstate Welcome Center. really could have used a stone mason using natural materials. bring on that Molly Hatchett concert!!!


Too funny. But I guess it is better than some of the other SoCon stadiums that kind of remind me of a High School.

[SoCon48]

i think everybody gets too caught up on there being a track there. Its a track, just pretend its green grass and not whatever orange/brown color that is.....maybe we could pay to have some sod put down on game days so people arent so tragically influenced by it being there.

It's a dumb issue. We originally got funding for some of the improvements from the university system based on then Whitmire Stadium being a multi-purpose facility. We have more pressing needs than digging up the track.

[MasonJar]

Track, schmack...

We gotta have some place close by for the thoroughbreds to stretch their legs! ;o)

[EmeryZach]

Looks awesome.

Lucky all those renovations got approved before the economic meltdown.

It will be years before UMass sees any changes at McGuirk Stadium.

I'm very jealous.

[yosef1969]

Now wait a minute. I like the track. Or, more correctly, I like the space between the seats and the field. I don't have any problem filling that space with a track. If the seats were any closer, sideline plays would be obstructed. Other SoCon teams have that problem - Elon comes to mind.

All in all, KBS looks fantastic. Can't wait for Sept. 12!

Just think the track is a terrible eyesore. I've heard that argument before but it's a trade off, some people like being that close to the action, even with obstructed views. The gain you get in crowd noise and atmosphere would be worth it to some but either way you don't necessarily need to move existing seats in closer but rather do what JMU did. Remove the track and enclose the north endzone. With the track it is impossible to add usable endzone seating.xtwocentsx

[Skjellyfetti]

Just think the track is a terrible eyesore. I've heard that argument before but it's a trade off, some people like being that close to the action, even with obstructed views. The gain you get in crowd noise and atmosphere would be worth it to some but either way you don't necessarily need to move existing seats in closer but rather do what JMU did. Remove the track and enclose the north endzone. With the track it is impossible to add usable endzone seating.xtwocentsx

I think something similar to what JMU did would be the next logical step of expansion.

But, there wouldn't be too much difference, imo, aesthetically. Track is still there just a different color.

http://allthingsfootball.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/800px-jmu_bridgeforth_fieldturf.jpg

Only way to really get rid of it would be to lower the level of the field or cover it with field turf.

Maybe next time they redo the surface of the field we can get them to put a big block A at the 50 and put field turf over the track.

[GoGSU]

Impressive upgrades...can't wait to see them in person 10/24! Good luck against ECU!

[JSU02]

It looks nice, but the track is a shame. I'm so glad we never went that route.

[KiddBrewer]

i think its funny that all kinds of people talk about the track being an eyesore....but nearly no one mentions the soccer field markings as "ugly"

[yosef1969]

i think its funny that all kinds of people talk about the track being an eyesore....but nearly no one mentions the soccer field markings as "ugly"

Not in this discussion but that decision has been much maligned over the years as well. Hopefully the next generation of the field will rectify that as well.

[yosef1969]

I think something similar to what JMU did would be the next logical step of expansion.

But, there wouldn't be too much difference, imo, aesthetically. Track is still there just a different color.

http://allthingsfootball.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/800px-jmu_bridgeforth_fieldturf.jpg

Only way to really get rid of it would be to lower the level of the field or cover it with field turf.
Maybe next time they redo the surface of the field we can get them to put a big block A at the 50 and put field turf over the track.

I think that would fine with most folks. It's highly unlikely they will ever sink the field but that would be best aesthetically, bring fans closer to the action and add seating. The bigger issue is that the next area to expand would be the North endzone and if the track is there it can't happen. If that were to ever happen (north endzone expansion), covering the track in field turf would appease many.

[KiddBrewer]

Not in this discussion but that decision has been much maligned over the years as well. Hopefully the next generation of the field will rectify that as well.

ha yea, ive been in on a few of those other discussions! id rather see that go than the track, for sure.

[ncguitarplyr]

if there were some sort of "get rid of the track" fund to build a new track and get rid of this one (and the soccer lines) I'd be donating

[parr90]

Approximately 21,500. BTW, how's the import business these days? Or is that export?

Man it looks bigger than that. Georgia Southerms holds 18,000 seats. I would have thought it was bigger. Looks great though. Top notch. I wish GSU would get on the boat and start some expansion.

[Skjellyfetti]

Man it looks bigger than that. Georgia Southerms holds 18,000 seats. I would have thought it was bigger. Looks great though. Top notch. I wish GSU would get on the boat and start some expansion.

That's its listed capacity... we pack them in in the student section and on the hill. Attendance record set last year was just short of 31,000... hopefully it will be broken again this year.

[kirkblitz]

i think its funny that all kinds of people talk about the track being an eyesore....but nearly no one mentions the soccer field markings as "ugly"

dude a track is 1000000000000 times uglier then a few markings on the field, people are use to multi purpose fields from the pro's and highschool etc. your track is fugly xrotatehx

[Maroon&White]

It will be years before UMass sees any changes at McGuirk Stadium.


Such as the turf and lights? xeyebrowx

[APP66]

awesome pictures, thanks! i hadnt seen a picture from that angle of the new west entrance. looks great. ready to go to ECU next week and for 9/12!!!!!
Official seating capacity is now 21,650.

[lizrdgizrd]

i think everybody gets too caught up on there being a track there. Its a track, just pretend its green grass and not whatever orange/brown color that is.....maybe we could pay to have some sod put down on game days so people arent so tragically influenced by it being there.

Let's just paint it green. xlolx

[EmeryZach]

Such as the turf and lights? xeyebrowx

I meant to the structure. And those were done before the economic meltdown.

[AppMan]

Thanks for the update. Looks really classy for a bunch of mountain heathens.



Boone can't handle the storm water they get now --- not a very good idea to make an existing unmanageable problem into a future financial and economic nightmare.

Boone needs to build up --- not out.

I don't think there would be a storm water problem with the land adjacent to the new soccer stadium.

[wafflehouse48]

i think its funny that all kinds of people talk about the track being an eyesore....but nearly no one mentions the soccer field markings as "ugly"

I thought that was just a given?

[KiddBrewer]

dude a track is 1000000000000 times uglier then a few markings on the field, people are use to multi purpose fields from the pro's and highschool etc. your track is fugly xrotatehx

ha so youre telling me a track is uglier than a football field with a baseball field on it? hhahahahahahahahaha

and.............people are used to high school fields with markings for multi-use, but not used to seeing highschool fields with tracks around them? uh huh

[KiddBrewer]

Let's just paint it green. xlolx

ha thats what i say, maybe everybody wouldnt cry when they got to the game and saw that god awful track!xeekx

[SideLine Shooter]

All this talk about the track is CRAP. If ASU got rid of the track there would be no place for the GSU band.xlolxxlolxxlolx

[Maroon&White]

I meant to the structure. And those were done before the economic meltdown.

And what is wrong with the structure that needs work?

[Jaguar05]

The Rock looks great!!! Real nice looking place and I don't have a problem with the track..maybe its because I'm use to ours at Mumford..

[ASU_MBA]

dude a track is 1000000000000 times uglier then a few markings on the field, people are use to multi purpose fields from the pro's and highschool etc. your track is fugly xrotatehx

Rather have a 'fugly track' than a horrible team in a horrible conference...

Didn't you guys play in our stadium with that fugly track when the committee gave you a token playoff berth?

Yeah the only thing fuglier than the track was the score... xsmiley_wix

[JMU DUUUKES]

sorry..meant stadium. app's education at its best

See thats the kind of post I can appreciate, making fun of your own stereotypes. We all know we go to good schools. Too much hate on this board, ha.

[MasonJar]

Let's just paint it green. xlolx

I see a red track and I want to paint it black!

-Sorry Stones...:o

[andy7171]

OK, I'll politely ask, why is it called the rock?

[Black_Saturday]

'Cause it's built into the side of a mountain.

[Saint3333]

There is a large rock bed under the stadium, which proved difficult during construction. Not sure the date when ASU started calling it the Rock, probably late 90's. Today there's a large boulder out front by the ticket plaza and the last piece of ASU's intro is Sean Connery (as well as most of the stadium) saying Welcome to the Rock. One of the best venues to watch an FCS game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lqczjzmj_M

[biggie]

There is a large rock bed under the stadium, which proved difficult during construction. Not sure the date when ASU started calling it the Rock, probably late 90's. Today there's a large boulder out front by the ticket plaza and the last piece of ASU's intro is Sean Connery (as well as most of the stadium) saying Welcome to the Rock. One of the best venues to watch an FCS game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lqczjzmj_M
If you are going to do that one, have to have this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK0DUU_Hvlg&NR=1

[89Hen]

If you are going to do that one, have to have this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK0DUU_Hvlg&NR=1
Full body paint and then you put on a parka? xeyebrowx xconfusedx xeyebrowx :p

[biggie]

Full body paint and then you put on a parka? xeyebrowx xconfusedx xeyebrowx :p
He was too skinny, not enough 'padding'. Probalby was below freezing though.

[89Hen]

He was too skinny, not enough 'padding'. Probalby was below freezing though.
I can empathize. But then again, that's why I don't body paint. :p

[biggie]

I can empathize. But then again, that's why I don't body paint. :p
Nobody wants to see me with my shirt off, with or without paint.

[parr90]

That's its listed capacity... we pack them in in the student section and on the hill. Attendance record set last year was just short of 31,000... hopefully it will be broken again this year.

I was speaking of seating. We could seat thousands on our hilsides as well. Your picture looks like there are more than 21,000 in stadium seating. I guess thats a good thing. Troys only seats about 26,000 but looks much bigger. I walked around their new stadium and you would think its about 35,000.

[MarchingMountaineer]

There is plenty of flat land if you look for it. Perhaps not right in the middle of campus, but it is around. They found enough to put several soccer fields on and there is plenty more out there to put a track on. But even if there isn't a large enough piece of flat land without some hills there are companies which make these things call bulldozers, excavators, graders, and dumptrucks. These really amazing machines allow you to dig up and move dirt & rock from one place, take it to another, and level it out so you can have flat land anywhere you want it. Its really cool stuff! Perhaps you need to check it out!

http://www.cat.com/equipment/

Surprisingly, I already knew about bulldozers and can usually recognize them by the noises they make. I happened to like the natural look of the valley.

Incidentally, when I attended, the soccer games had bigger turn outs than the football games (and made the cover of SI), and ASU track was has won more conference championships than the football program.

[proasu89]

[QUOTE=wcucat85;1392253]By the way I have two younger brothers who attended App so I hear about all this all the time...ALLL THE TIME...............I had a free ride so I went to Western...............[/QUOTE

xeyebrowx My roommates older brother played at WCU and had a younger brother come to App as well. Hmmm.

[Aho_Old_Guy]

Surprisingly, I already knew about bulldozers and can usually recognize them by the noises they make. I happened to like the natural look of the valley.

Incidentally, when I attended, the soccer games had bigger turn outs than the football games (and made the cover of SI), and ASU track was has won more conference championships than the football program.

xsmiley_wix

When your soccer team consists of the core of the Nigerian Olympic soccer team (even 30+ years ago) they would draw quite a crowd.

Thompson Usiyan (with all respect to AE) was simply the most incredible athlete I've ever seen at Appalachian.

I used to hang with 'Mike Sumnazu' (I know I butchered that). We kinda corrupted him---LOL. He couldn't play b-ball worth a dang; was a master bricklayer BUT if you lobbed the ball to him he was money hitting a header off the backboard through the rim!

They weren't real big on the school song or the national anthem but when you guys played the "Bugler's Dream" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwqE1QeyxM8) they were into it xthumbsupx

[AppMan]

Surprisingly, I already knew about bulldozers and can usually recognize them by the noises they make. I happened to like the natural look of the valley.

Incidentally, when I attended, the soccer games had bigger turn outs than the football games (and made the cover of SI), and ASU track was has won more conference championships than the football program.

Glad you are familiar with those new fangled machines. I was in school during the Vaughn Christian era as well. The soccer team was featured in a story in SI, but did not make the cover. I know because I still have it. I went to a lot of soccer games (even traveled to Clemson for the NCAA tournament game) and they were attended well, but ASU never drew anywhere close 10,000 people (which was then Conrad Stadium's seating capacity back then) for a soccer match. There is a whole lot of natural beauty surrounding Boone and putting a track facility out by the soccer stadium won't devastate the landscape.

[AppMan]

OK, I'll politely ask, why is it called the rock?

Because former ASU play by play announcer Mike Waddell (then Director of ASU's Media Relations) made a reference to KBS being like Alcatraz because it was such a difficult place for opposing teams to play. He used the term "The Rock" during a game broadcast and it stuck. On the next year's media guide he began showing the team standing on huge boulders and on the back used the phrase Welcome to the Rock.

[KiddBrewer]

Surprisingly, I already knew about bulldozers and can usually recognize them by the noises they make. I happened to like the natural look of the valley.

Incidentally, when I attended, the soccer games had bigger turn outs than the football games (and made the cover of SI), and ASU track was has won more conference championships than the football program.

that made me chuckle a little to myselfxthumbsupxxlolx

[Skjellyfetti]

http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2009/09/08/23/asustadium0909.ART0_G06OVGH6.1+MBB_0161.JPG.embedd ed.prod_affiliate.138.jpg


Appalachian State football arrives at a new place this week in Boone.

After years of dreaming, an extensive fund-raising campaign and two years of construction, the new Kidd Brewer Stadium complex will come to life this week, making its public debut Saturday when the No.2-ranked Mountaineers (0-1) host No.16 McNeese State (1-0) at 3:30 p.m.

Towering over the stadium's west side, the new 120,000-square-foot complex has transformed the Mountaineers' football home. While the stadium – nicknamed The Rock – still sits 3,333 feet above sea level, it has an entirely new look.


“I was talking to a Dallas Cowboys scout recently and I told him we were going to have one of the better facilities in (the Football Championship Subdivision),” said Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore, whose school's enrollment is 16,600. “The guy said it's one of the top 40 facilities in the United States.

“Every day I see it, I believe it.”


The new building will include the football locker room, team meeting areas, the coaches' offices, a 9,000-square-foot weight room for all students, a 9,000-square-foot training/hydrotherapy room for students, study hall space, 18 luxury suites, a 600-seat Yosef Club suite and a new press box.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/423/story/935281.html

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

Cannot freakin' wait for October 24th xthumbsupx

[CamelCityAppFan]

All this talk about the track in the stadium bores me. Why can't people understand that we need the track...it provides a smooth stable surface for us to wheel out the National Championship trophies and display them to the 28,000+ fans in attendance.

[parr90]

All this talk about the track in the stadium bores me. Why can't people understand that we need the track...it provides a smooth stable surface for us to wheel out the National Championship trophies and display them to the 28,000+ fans in attendance.

Yeah I know what you mean but it would take to long for us to get all of our trophies out on the field so we just have flags.

[proasu89]

Yeah I know what you mean but it would take to long for us to get all of our trophies out on the field so we just have flags.

Plus, somebody might drop one and mess it up.xthumbsupx

[AppIAA]

Yeah I know what you mean but it would take to long for us to get all of our trophies out on the field so we just have flags.

They had trophies back then? It was such a long time ago playoffs were even a thought in the stink, let alone trophies ;)

Anyways, I CANT WAIT FOR THIS SATURDAY!

[The Moody1]

Yeah I know what you mean but it would take to long for us to get all of our trophies out on the field so we just have flags.

True. You have to be very careful with antiques. :D

[Skjellyfetti]

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