Cohen has mentioned,

[KurtRambis4]

and Sammon has a blurb about it on his twitter (teeddeep***google "Will Sammon twitter") , about facility upgrades.

Two things, specifically, he's talked on are the locker rooms and the south EZ.

Sounds like everyone's hated SEZ trailers will be replaced with a more permanent structure.

 

[MeridianDog]

and Sammon has a blurb about it on his twitter (teeddeep***google "Will Sammon twitter") , about facility upgrades.

Two things, specifically, he's talked on are the locker rooms and the south EZ.

Sounds like everyone's hated SEZ trailers will be replaced with a more permanent structure.

Regardless of whether we can put fans in it or not, it would be nice to see the south end zone closed in. We need the look of a bowl, even if the south end of the bowl has a building right in the middle. All they need to do is to figure out how to take down and rebuild the scoreboard - maybe make it bigger when they do that.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

It’s about time to replace that scoreboard anyway

Regardless of whether we can put fans in it or not, it would be nice to see the south end zone closed in. We need the look of a bowl, even if the south end of the bowl has a building right in the middle. All they need to do is to figure out how to take down and rebuild the scoreboard - maybe make it bigger when they do that.

It’s about reached its max life.

As far as building, need a better locker room and recruiting center for gamedays.

I’ve always thought making the press box area a club area with loges boxes, etc would be best move and move the press to the sides. Wonder if that could be incorporated into new SEZ development? Auburn is doing something similar now. Also, a gridiron club on that end would be cool and could model how Cowboys take the field at AT&T Stadium

 

[KurtRambis4]

I do like

how the cowboys have the glass walls separating the players from the fans, as they enter.

 

[engie]

Compared the proceedings to how much he thinks the NEZ totally reshaped the stadium atmosphere. Which is a statement that seems to me that he's talking about enclosure. Now, obviously this wouldn't come in the form of more general seating.

How about this...
- under stadium club and a couple rows of chairback seating like OM did with their endzone(this is wasted space if we do nothing at all with it). I'm not sold on this idea, just spitballing. Bottom line is there will take special considerations for anyone to want to sit in that space.
- loge boxes similar to the new breed of left field lounges at the lowest height that allows acceptable sightlines...
- Basically an open concourse like OM initially had in that endzone above the loge. Sell "premium" food options here -- where people can still see the game while waiting. Can even put tables here, etc, since it's really not a "connect through" area with the lower level(that connection would be above the club/in front of the loge)
- Lofts up high. However many we need. Take Pre-orders and make them look good but be modular and expandable. Add levels as needed And enclose the stadium this way.

 

[engie]

It’s about reached its max life.

As far as building, need a better locker room and recruiting center for gamedays.

I’ve always thought making the press box area a club area with loges boxes, etc would be best move and move the press to the sides. Wonder if that could be incorporated into new SEZ development? Auburn is doing something similar now. Also, a gridiron club on that end would be cool and could model how Cowboys take the field at AT&T Stadium

The problem with going club on the west side is that we don't have any real additional club demand. We have a ton of skybox demand however. Slight difference, but notable.

 

[EngDawg]

- loge boxes similar to the new breed of left field lounges at the lowest height that allows acceptable sightlines...

I like this idea

 

[treeddeep]

how the cowboys have the glass walls separating the players from the fans, as they enter.

Pic?**

 

[bulldogbaja]

The new section needs a dedicated bandstand.
Can be designed acoustically to project the band so that everyone in the stadium can hear them.
Can allow the band to get on/off the field faster, so that they are actually in their seats during the 2nd and 3rd quarter.
Can have permanent accommodations for band leader stand, instrument stands, etc. Will look better and help the instruments last longer.
Part of the acoustic package would include a cover to project the sound, so this also means no more ponchos and no more shorts necessary.
Could even include lighting for multisensory enhancement (why not?)

To my knowledge MSU would be the leader in implementing something like this...

 

[MittRomney]

Someone had a good idea a few years ago.

Bowl in the SEZ and add chair backs to every seat in the stadium. The overall capacity would stay about the same, but would make for very good fan experience. Would be unique in college. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand most pro stadiums are this way. Obviously would have to keep ticket prices the same to keep the stadium full.

Just make the SEZ mirror the north and add more boxes if demand is there.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

I knew there was demand for more premium seating but not sure what type. Could easily put in more skyboxes. I think the loge boxes in NeZ have been a hit and would be even better on west side.

However, another angle on this is the more new areas you create, takes away from another area. Create more skyboxes create more openings in club which create more openings in stands. I don’t think we are creating new fans, just moving around the current ones we have.

 

[Yellowbob]

Every time we've enlarged the stadium going back to Emery Bellard, even though we weren't at capacity we've then exceeded the previous capacity almost every game after. I have no idea why it works that way but it has. I would like to see the north end zone
wings elevated and the south enclosed with the replacement of the seal building with a new design incorporated into the structure.
Our capacity would be between 70 and 75 thousand and that would be the end of enlargement for good. No reason to ever go bigger.
That's big enough to compete with anybody in size and looks. We've got the most architecturally beautiful stadium i've seen and i've
been in 20.

 

[was21]

You must be a fan of Auburn's stadium since Davis Wade kind of tracks it

 

[philduckworth]

Bowl in the SEZ and add chair backs to every seat in the stadium. The overall capacity would stay about the same, but would make for very good fan experience. Would be unique in college. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand most pro stadiums are this way. Obviously would have to keep ticket prices the same to keep the stadium full.

Just make the SEZ mirror the north and add more boxes if demand is there.

I love this idea. A fully bowled in stadium but keeping capacity no more than 60-65k with a better fan experience.

I wonder the cost of converting lower level to chair backs?

 

[RocketDawg]

Compared the proceedings to how much he thinks the NEZ totally reshaped the stadium atmosphere. Which is a statement that seems to me that he's talking about enclosure. Now, obviously this wouldn't come in the form of more general seating.

How about this...
- under stadium club and a couple rows of chairback seating like OM did with their endzone(this is wasted space if we do nothing at all with it). I'm not sold on this idea, just spitballing. Bottom line is there will take special considerations for anyone to want to sit in that space.
- loge boxes similar to the new breed of left field lounges at the lowest height that allows acceptable sightlines...
- Basically an open concourse like OM initially had in that endzone above the loge. Sell "premium" food options here -- where people can still see the game while waiting. Can even put tables here, etc, since it's really not a "connect through" area with the lower level(that connection would be above the club/in front of the loge)
- Lofts up high. However many we need. Take Pre-orders and make them look good but be modular and expandable. Add levels as needed And enclose the stadium this way.

Isn't that what Arkansas is doing? Not sure how it's going to be when finished but it looks a little odd now.

And yes, we need to get rid of the "trailers" in the south endzone. I think they wound up giving those seats away as promotions. They were way too expensive to be sold ... ground level in the endzone ... you can't see a thing.

 

[MaroonNation]

Regardless of whether we can put fans in it or not, it would be nice to see the south end zone closed in. We need the look of a bowl, even if the south end of the bowl has a building right in the middle. All they need to do is to figure out how to take down and rebuild the scoreboard - maybe make it bigger when they do that.

If they went that route they would brobably opt for two smaller ones in the corners

 

[Seinfeld]

Is there really no demand or is just that people aren’t going to pay $2k/seat for it? Had a lot of family discussions about it over the holidays, and there are a bunch in my group that would love to do it at the right price point, but we’re just not going to go from $480 50-Yard line seats to $2000 for club.

 

[Shamoan]

Chairback seating would be a good upgrade option for a bunch of people and wouldn't shoot capacity up enough to affect seating elsewhere if it's just bleachers.

 

[engie]

Is there really no demand or is just that people aren’t going to pay $2k/seat for it? Had a lot of family discussions about it over the holidays, and there are a bunch in my group that would love to do it at the right price point, but we’re just not going to go from $480 50-Yard line seats to $2000 for club.

There is no demand at the current price point. Obviously if you drop it enough, there's a point there where almost everyone wants to be in the club level.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Are we planning on upgrading the Hump before we add to DWS again? The Hump needs some help. Especially needs some luxury seats to put all the people who buy a ton of season tickets but never come.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

I kind of like Okie state’s design. They have a similar setup as us with their locker room in a building on one end.
They just expanded the building to make it look more closed in and I think it looks pretty cool. West Virginia also has a similar setup.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Honestly, I'm

fine with the Hump. Seating may need to be reconfigured, but the biggest needs there are with the concourse & concessions.

 

[Croom's knee socks]

fine with the Hump. Seating may need to be reconfigured, but the biggest needs there is with the concourse & concessions.

If I remember right they were going to put premium seating where the concessions currently are and put concessions on the outside wall of the concourse. That may have changed though.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

fine with the Hump. Seating may need to be reconfigured, but the biggest needs there is with the concourse & concessions.

The Hump is by far the most outdated venue we have. It needs to be worked on in a big way. If we let it get any worse we will be at a recruiting disadvantage.

The concorse is in pretty bad shape.

 

[MedDawg]

Build the Shrump!**

fine with the Hump. Seating may need to be reconfigured, but the biggest needs there are with the concourse & concessions.

Nm

 

[KurtRambis4]

The biggest

issue regarding potential threats to recruiting is the fan support.

Its not good for recruits or Howland's chances of staying.

 

[archdog]

He needs to hire a firm in town to draw and manage the overall project with a firm out of state as the design architect.

Tired of seeing MSU money leaving the city when there are firms with young architects in town that could easily do it and do it well. [TWEET][/TWEET]

 

[Bulldogg31]

I knew there was demand for more premium seating but not sure what type. Could easily put in more skyboxes. I think the loge boxes in NeZ have been a hit and would be even better on west side.

However, another angle on this is the more new areas you create, takes away from another area. Create more skyboxes create more openings in club which create more openings in stands. I don’t think we are creating new fans, just moving around the current ones we have.

Considering we've had record enrollment and numbers of graduates are going up every year we should be creating new fans.

We're at about 22,000 students now and should go over 25,000 in the next few years, provided we can handle the influx.

That doesn't sound like a lot but if just a percentage of those people graduate and want to attend games we're going to need more (good) seats.

I think DWS has too many upper deck seats and not enough lower bowl seating. I'd be happy with fewer seats at the top if it meant more seats in the lower bowl.

 

[512taylor]

The Hump is by far the most outdated venue we have. It needs to be worked on in a big way. If we let it get any worse we will be at a recruiting disadvantage.

The concorse is in pretty bad shape.

I have only been in Duke's gym once, and I have been in Vilanova's gym once. Neither left me with a "WOW" factor, but they seem to compete pretty well.