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Posted on 2/16/24 at 8:49 am to Farmer1906
Posted on 2/16/24 at 8:49 am to Farmer1906
quote:Most of the non-Aggie fans who complain about Olsen do so because of the bench back bleachers in the upper deck. The reason we left most those, rather than put in armchairs throughout, was that we didn't want to reduce capacity any more than we were from constructing the boxes (which knocked out probably 500 seats). In my view, the upper deck at Olsen is on a different level from the bleachers down the line at the Box, but some folks feel differently.quote:It was done pre SEC by people who were not visionaries. They exterior, club, seating, etc is all really nice and well done. It was just too small in scope. Schloss is about to get the ballpark he deserves soon. IDK if it'll be Duty Noble good, but I think it'll be close enough. We're kind of boxed in on location. Train tracks in RF and fire line at the rec center in LF. Just means we gotta build upward, not outward.
A&M with its vast resources, in-state talent and relatively recent construction of Blue Bell should be embarrassed that it is in a similar spot to the Box.
The right field bleachers were the like the cheap arse bleachers down the lines at Dudy Noble before its renovation. They needed to go, but replacing them 100% with berms was not a good idea. Hopefully, we will fix that in the next couple of years.
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Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:06 am to twk
Dudy Noble is very nice but it’s a stadium of the have’s and the have not’s.
If you are one of the people fortunate enough to have reserved tickets or know someone with an outfield spot, it’s the best college park in the country.
If you are a casual fan that has to do the general admission thing, it can actually be a pretty miserable experience. There are no GA seats in the park, it’s all standing room only. There are some grass berms but they’re small and they fill up super quick. So for a really big game your view of the game might be standing shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of people and having to look over other people’s shoulders for 3-4 hours in the sun.
I have done the GA experience at Dudy Noble and will never do it again. I’ll either find chairbacks or I won’t go. Which means I usually end up missing a lot of the big games and have to settle for midweeks or Thursday/Friday nights, maybe a rare Sunday afternoon. Saturdays are usually always off the table because of how crowded it gets and what the ticket demand usually is. But so be it.
If you are one of the people fortunate enough to have reserved tickets or know someone with an outfield spot, it’s the best college park in the country.
If you are a casual fan that has to do the general admission thing, it can actually be a pretty miserable experience. There are no GA seats in the park, it’s all standing room only. There are some grass berms but they’re small and they fill up super quick. So for a really big game your view of the game might be standing shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of people and having to look over other people’s shoulders for 3-4 hours in the sun.
I have done the GA experience at Dudy Noble and will never do it again. I’ll either find chairbacks or I won’t go. Which means I usually end up missing a lot of the big games and have to settle for midweeks or Thursday/Friday nights, maybe a rare Sunday afternoon. Saturdays are usually always off the table because of how crowded it gets and what the ticket demand usually is. But so be it.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:29 am to twk
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In my view, the upper deck at Olsen is on a different level from the bleachers down the line at the Box, but some folks feel differently.
Agree. Any time you're behind home / in the INF without being in a big league third/4th deck, you're in a premium to semi-premium seat.
No other major ballpark gives students / general seating in a location that we do. It's part of the reason Olsen has a great atmosphere. I hope that never goes away. It's not too dissimilar from the Students at Kyle who get ridiculously good between eh 40s seating (as well as other areas).
This is the type of seating you'd expect to be temporary or at your location high school field behind home. This is how >50% of the seating is at Alex Box. That is one of the main reasons is a step below Baum and the big boys.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 11:05 am to twk
State has fans that complain about the lack of general admission seating. All of the chairbacks are sold though season tickets. GA can sit on one of the three berms. (record crowd is 16,423--I was there!)
Some have suggested that State put some bleachers in so the GA people have a place to sit. They do make some nice bleachers with color, I believe South Carolina has them. When full, you can't tell people are sitting on bleachers anyway.
There are at least 2,000 on the waiting list for chairback season tickets. State could build a few new upper and lower deck chairback sections and sell them out as season tickets immediately.
That still wouldn't help the GA fans. Plus, I doubt a baseball expansion is due soon since the stadium is new and we have other sports needing facilities and donor $ needing to go to NIL.
We could put some colored bleachers in a couple places in right field or one or two of the berms down the lines and they would probably stay full with GA fans for every SEC game.
Some have suggested that State put some bleachers in so the GA people have a place to sit. They do make some nice bleachers with color, I believe South Carolina has them. When full, you can't tell people are sitting on bleachers anyway.
There are at least 2,000 on the waiting list for chairback season tickets. State could build a few new upper and lower deck chairback sections and sell them out as season tickets immediately.
That still wouldn't help the GA fans. Plus, I doubt a baseball expansion is due soon since the stadium is new and we have other sports needing facilities and donor $ needing to go to NIL.
We could put some colored bleachers in a couple places in right field or one or two of the berms down the lines and they would probably stay full with GA fans for every SEC game.
This post was edited on 2/16/24 at 11:10 am
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