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Alabama to build new stadium
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 7/3/14 at 6:09 pm
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TUSCALOOSA _ University of Alabama baseball fans had their wish come true Thursday afternoon when the Board of Trustees voted to go forward with the construction of a new stadium. The Alabama baseball team will have a new $30 million home for the 2015 season. Although the project has been tabbed a renovation of Sewell-Thomas Stadium, every part of the existing structure will be replaced minus the ongoing construction of the adjoining Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza along the right-field wall. At a proposed cost of $30 million, the next stage is for the plans and architectural designs to be completed and brought back for board approval in a few months. Construction is slated to begin at the end of the 2013-14 season and be completed by August 2015.
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:15 pm to JCinBAMA
$30 million. What a waste of money 
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:36 pm to JCinBAMA
I thought the was already supposed to happen. I've been to a few baseball games and the way they were talking, it already sounded like a done deal.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 7:48 pm to JCinBAMA
Too bad I probably won't see a game in it in the next 20 years
Posted on 7/3/14 at 9:13 pm to JCinBAMA
Are there talks of building a new basketball arena?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 9:47 pm to Butkus51
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Are there talks of building a new basketball arena?
Needs to be. Coleman is almost 50 years old.
Posted on 7/4/14 at 7:19 am to Carolina Tide
That article is from last September so I would hope it is a done deal at this point.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 10:05 am to Butkus51
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Are there talks of building a new basketball arena?
I hope so. Coleman is a terrible arena. The renovation a few years ago was a huge waste of money.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 10:16 am to JCinBAMA
About freakin time.
And there won't be a new basketball arena any time soon. They just renovated Coleman a few years ago when they should have just built a new one.
And there won't be a new basketball arena any time soon. They just renovated Coleman a few years ago when they should have just built a new one.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 10:17 am to FairhopeTider
Coleman's had several renovations and updates in the past years. Unless oil is discovered on University property, the Coliseum is here for another 30 years or so.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 10:32 am to JCinBAMA
This article is almost a year old.......
Posted on 7/7/14 at 11:23 am to TroyTider
No it isn't.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 2:55 pm to FairhopeTider
Wat?
there is nothing wrong with Coleman. It's not the newest on the block but it doesn't need a complete overhaul and a new building either.
there is nothing wrong with Coleman. It's not the newest on the block but it doesn't need a complete overhaul and a new building either.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 3:01 pm to JordonfortheJ
coleman should have been rebuilt. It needed to have capacity decreased and or set up is such a way that there are upper decks in the arena. not a great place to watch a game if your more than 25 rows up.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:18 pm to cjared036
I have a love/hate relationship with Coleman, but most of my love is just nostalgia from having season tickets in the 80's when Wimp was coach. I agree it's a great arena if you're in the good seats, but is terrible the higher up you get, or if you're in the corners.
But I do think they should have rebuilt it a few years ago when they renovated it. But then, Shula was still the coach at the time and they had just expanded BDS so funds were probably limited.
But I do think they should have rebuilt it a few years ago when they renovated it. But then, Shula was still the coach at the time and they had just expanded BDS so funds were probably limited.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:31 pm to The Spleen
I concur, should have built a new basketball arena. Soon it will be sandwiched (somewhat) between newer football facility and baseball complex. It will basically be an even worse eyesore. I feel like I'm in an aircraft hanger the few times I've attended games at Coleman.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 4:52 pm to partsman103
Coleman is odd too in I think it's the only arena in the SEC besides Auburn which implements a square box design. Everyone other arena is circular which makes for a wider space, but Coleman is smaller space but has one of the top capacities in the SEC thanks to it's design.
Posted on 7/7/14 at 5:15 pm to Lordofwrath88
Coleman needs to be replaced with a more modern arena. It's too old. However, it's not going to happen anytime soon. Alabama just had a $30 million renovation done on it fairly recently.
This post was edited on 7/7/14 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 7/7/14 at 6:33 pm to Bamaman54
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Alabama just had a $30 million renovation done on it not too recently.
Not too recently? Then you're saying it's overdue?
Posted on 7/7/14 at 7:32 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Sorry. Typo on my part. I meant to say fairly recently.
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