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Florida, what renovations are being done to your arena?
Posted on 3/15/16 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 3/15/16 at 7:47 pm
Just saw y'all aren't playing at home because of it. Is it big changes or what?
Posted on 3/15/16 at 7:50 pm to CNB
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Posted on 3/15/16 at 7:53 pm to CNB
Adding some brickwork on the outside, gutting the inside. Some architecture firm out of Birmingham got the contract after a local firm underbid themselves and then tried to get another $50M or something like that from UAA.
It's gonna look pretty sweet when finished.
It's gonna look pretty sweet when finished.
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Posted on 3/15/16 at 7:53 pm to Rebel Land Shark
That looks awesome
Thanks for the pics
Thanks for the pics
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:02 pm to Sid E Walker
Looks sweet, I always hated how the court looked so small and blocked off. Looks like breathing room now.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:03 pm to Rebel Land Shark
Finally.
Florida's gym is really trashy looking on the inside. Needed the upgrade.
Florida's gym is really trashy looking on the inside. Needed the upgrade.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:07 pm to Rebel Land Shark
I'm going to miss that metal platform-esque deal with the aluminum railing all the way around.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:08 pm to Rebel Land Shark
Here's some more pictures: LINK
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:10 pm to CNB
The current O'Dome is a multipurpose arena and is great home environment since the fans are so close to the action but it's really outdated.
It seems like the proposed renovations don't look like $65mil of work but we'll see. Hopefully our baseball stadium gets a renovation soon too.
It seems like the proposed renovations don't look like $65mil of work but we'll see. Hopefully our baseball stadium gets a renovation soon too.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 8:24 pm to cornhat
Back when it was first built, it had that cool inflatable roof which was 'high tech' for that time. They had the roof up on it about halfway through the original construction and little security around it. Myself and few others would go out there at night on a few occasions and jump on it after the bars closed, kinda like a little bouncy house. Pretty stupid thing to do, thinking back on it now. Could've easily bounced off and down about 60 feet.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 9:04 pm to Rebel Land Shark
So ... fewer seats when all is said and done?
Posted on 3/15/16 at 9:17 pm to cornhat
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It seems like the proposed renovations don't look like $65mil of work but we'll see.
Looks like UF is adding premium seating, and subtracting general seating. Following the current trend in SEC basketball set by new construction in Auburn and Ole Miss and renovations at UGA and now UF, total capacity will go under the 10,000 mark.
No hating, just observing. LSU will be addressing the question of upgrades to the PMAC at some point, and I'm genuinely curious to see what approach the LSU athletic department takes.
On the one hand, current basketball attendance would justify taking the same approach UGA and UF both took. Namely reducing total capacity by adding in premium seating at the expense of general seating.
On the other hand, LSU gymnastics sells out the PMAC's current total capacity of 13,215. LSU could easily set new attendance records in gymnastics with a higher capacity.
I'd actually be in favor of an entirely new arena along the lines of Mizzou's...17K total capacity, 26 suites.
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Hopefully our baseball stadium gets a renovation soon too.
Your baseball stadium needs to be torn down completely, and have the field flipped. The new stadium would need to face to the NE or NW, and have a full roof over the stands.
Your current baseball stadium faces to the SW. On a hot day sitting in the stands becomes unbearable. I speak from experience. I've seen games where there are more people hanging out behind the stands than sitting in them.
Nothing can be done to rectify the current situation. Building a roof over the current facility would be an exercise in futility. The sun would just shine right under it.
Edit: added pic, corrected direction of Alfred A. McKethan Stadium.
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Posted on 3/15/16 at 9:34 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Your current baseball stadium faces to the SE IIRC
Yes, its absolutely terrible.. Never got worse sunburns in my life than when I was watching our baseball games.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 10:07 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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total capacity will go under the 10,000 mark.
We are losing just under 1,000 seats, capacity will probably be slightly higher than 10,500. We are adding seating in the corners, which makes up for some losses.
$65 million is a decent sized price tag for a renovation of this sized arena, a lot of new amenities coming.
As for baseball, it is a part of the master plan. Foley has said rotating the field probably won't happen. We don't need the support facilities, they were built during the last renovation. This time we can focus entirely on the stadium.
This post was edited on 3/15/16 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 3/15/16 at 10:28 pm to bgator85
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capacity will probably be slightly higher than 10,500.
Still low for a program of UF's caliber, for a university of UF's size, and for the conference as a whole. Just my two cents, but UF should not be settling for a basketball arena that would be in the bottom half of capacity in the SEC.
As it stands now, UK, UT, USCe, Mizzou, and Vandy all have larger arenas in the SEC East. Arkansas, Alabama, LSU, and TAMU all have larger arenas as well, in the SEC West.
UF's O Dome would only be larger than the arenas at Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and UGA.
That's unacceptable, IMO.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 10:32 pm to bgator85
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Foley has said rotating the field probably won't happen.
Nothing except rotating the stadium will make the stands bearable on a hot day. Nothing. That's not hyperbole.
Sorry to hear that.
Posted on 3/15/16 at 10:38 pm to Aggie Dynasty
I remember that picture now, and I remember making the stormtrooper comparison too
(Not implying I was first to point it out or anything)
(Not implying I was first to point it out or anything)
Posted on 3/15/16 at 10:40 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Still low for a program of UF's caliber, for a university of UF's size, and for the conference as a whole. Just my two cents, but UF should not be settling for a basketball arena that would be in the bottom half of capacity in the SEC.
I agree with you to an extent, I believe we should have an arena in the 13-14K seat range but a new arena wasn't really under consideration. I don't think we are settling, I think we are addressing an immediate need for a program of UF's caliber. There are a lot of costly facility issues that will be addressed soon, including a football operations building. Building a whole new arena in conjunction with everything else would cost too much right now.
This post was edited on 3/15/16 at 10:53 pm
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