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re: It's a little early for the offseason threads, but what the heck...Facilities upgrades
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:44 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 5/29/17 at 7:44 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
SC new football operations building already under construction.
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article151992132.html
Video: https://youtu.be/sj8-qZw8RDo
Video: https://youtu.be/sA2_xglaHZM
https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-football/article151992132.html
Video: https://youtu.be/sj8-qZw8RDo
Video: https://youtu.be/sA2_xglaHZM
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:02 pm to scrooster
It's missing 2012 and 2015 in the pic below, but the University of Alabama is planning on adding 2017 to the ring behind the Nick Saban statue in Champions Plaza:
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:06 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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Universities burn through so much money. It's insane. Most of these upgrades will be unnecessary.
our priorities suck. one day thousands of years from now archeologists will dig up all of these stadiums and athletic complexes and marvel at how stupid we were by wasting resources that could have actually been used for beneficial purposes.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:09 pm to TideSaint
Costs less than expected as they were able to save the 2, 0, and 1 from last year.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:27 pm to texag7
In addition to the nation's best outdoor track and softball stadiums, we are also adding the conference's largest indoor video board.
Only MSU can say they're building something better than anyone else in their respective sport. So cheers to my dawgs.
Only MSU can say they're building something better than anyone else in their respective sport. So cheers to my dawgs.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:36 pm to Farmer1906
Georgia (Football)
Construction began last month on a $63 million project to renovate the west endzone, including the following features:
- Recruiting Room with a balcony that overlooks the Dawg Walk
- Brand new UGA locker rooms, currently in the east endzone
- Endzone seats will connect to the bridge, including a new plaza area and entrances into the stadium from atop the bridge
- Larger scoreboard
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Construction began last month on a $63 million project to renovate the west endzone, including the following features:
- Recruiting Room with a balcony that overlooks the Dawg Walk
- Brand new UGA locker rooms, currently in the east endzone
- Endzone seats will connect to the bridge, including a new plaza area and entrances into the stadium from atop the bridge
- Larger scoreboard
Current/Old
New
This post was edited on 5/29/17 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:48 pm to Tiguar
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Costs less than expected as they were able to save the 2, 0, and 1 from last year.
Yeah.
It sucks being the only SEC team with supplies on hand.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 9:03 pm to LSU GrandDad
Yep. It's not just athletic facilities though. I'm lucky enough that I should be able to get out of college without taking on debt, but a ton of my friends are taking on massive amounts of debt. Then I see all these new buildings popping up both at UA and when I visit other campuses. It's ridiculous.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 9:13 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
It so completely depresses the hell out of me to see MSU and friggin Kentucky build these beautiful baseball stadiums while we are heading into year 5 of Stricklin's 4 year losing streak in a stadium that would look haphazard and unfinished by high school standards.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 10:55 pm to tylerdurden24
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It so completely depresses the hell out of me to see MSU and friggin Kentucky build these beautiful baseball stadiums while we are heading into year 5 of Stricklin's 4 year losing streak in a stadium that would look haphazard and unfinished by high school standards.
I've always thought UGA athletics deserved better facilities than what your AD seems content to settle for.
I have to think that the current arms race being what it is, especially in baseball, UGA will have to respond.
Or else face having the worst park in the conference, save for the Tennessee schools.
GL.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 11:23 pm to Farmer1906
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In addition to the nation's best outdoor track and softball stadiums,
I'm pretty sure SC's new softball stadium was recently voted the finest.
And by the time we finish the new track facilities they'll be up there too.
Now ... I do believe A&M has the finest football facilities, overall, in the country right now. You've surpassed Oregon and Bama in that regard.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 12:02 am to Farmer1906
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In addition to the nation's best outdoor track
We've been over this before but no.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 12:12 pm to TheCheshireHog
So, looks like TennUHsee and UF will be behind again before they even finish their new renos. Where is Missouri?
Posted on 5/30/17 at 12:24 pm to stomp
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What the frick is this supposed to be??
Locker room, club, recruiting space:
Posted on 5/30/17 at 12:40 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
We're also putting a video board the same size above the other end zone.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 12:44 pm to hawgndodge
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We're also putting a video board the same size above the other end zone.
Updated.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:36 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Vanderbilt
Possible new football stadium
Tennessean
Possible new football stadium
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“Even before I took over (as AD in 2003), people were saying, ‘Stadium, stadium, stadium’ because everybody was building stadiums,” Williams said.
Williams said he wants to build a new stadium in the next three or four years, but that depends on the speed of fundraising.
Paying a premium price could get the facility built during one offseason, but the likely scenario would require Vanderbilt to play one season at another home field — probably the Titans’ Nissan Stadium.
A new stadium probably would cost between $60 million and $90 million, or perhaps more depending on amenities and several other factors, Williams said. He wants a new stadium to be better but not necessarily bigger.
Vanderbilt Stadium has a capacity of 40,550, and a new facility would have a similar amount of seating. In the previous five seasons (2011-15), the Commodores averaged 34,526 in attendance at home games.
In 2014, Vanderbilt completed a $31 million multipurpose indoor practice facility, funded by a combination of philanthropy and university investment, according to the school’s athletics website.
Williams said a new stadium would be paid through several sources, including donations, ticket revenue, luxury suite sales and perhaps corporate naming rights.
Tennessean
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 5/30/17 at 1:52 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Or else face having the worst park in the conference, save for the Tennessee schools.
This is what I would expect.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 2:25 pm to texag7
I'm legit a little jelly of TAMU's new outdoor track. Ours is nice, but that looks better than ours.
Posted on 5/30/17 at 2:28 pm to Numberwang
Also I think Oregon's might be the best.
Ours has grandstands on both sides, though.
Ours has grandstands on both sides, though.
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