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Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:09 am to im4LSU
The bats will roost right above the visitors locker room
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:10 am to PetroAg
Good thing size matters because that is one of the most disjointed looking stadiums I have ever seen. It even kept the tackle box illusion.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:10 am to OBReb6
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Erector set
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:11 am to Dr RC
I've heard of wanting to fit in the SEC but building a plantation house right next to the stadium is a little drastic don't you think?
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:12 am to PetroAg
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GRAVY ENCRUSTED BRISKET WRAP:An Aggie original - a quarter pound of lean brisket wrapped in a flour tortilla, dipped in our signature cream gravy, a fried to a golden brown.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:13 am to PetroAg
What exactly are we looking at here? I don;t see much of a difference besides adding the bit shite protector roof at the top
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:13 am to CBandits82
It is an improvement and looks like a real SEC stadium. 
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:14 am to aubiecat
That house has been there since 1965.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:15 am to BigPapi21
Serious question. For the amount of money A&M just spend how big of a stadium could they have built from scratch??
Currently, it looks like lipstick on a pig. Just looks terrible.
Currently, it looks like lipstick on a pig. Just looks terrible.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:16 am to PetroAg
For the amount of money you guys poured into renovating and expanding the stadium, I'm unimpressed.
Considering the amount of money you raised, I think you could have just torn it down and started over and you would have ended up with a better stadium to show for it (even if it wasn't quite as big).
Considering the amount of money you raised, I think you could have just torn it down and started over and you would have ended up with a better stadium to show for it (even if it wasn't quite as big).
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:17 am to EKG
So this is what the stadium will eventually look like?
If so I like the rendition version.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:17 am to BreakawayZou83
It's half done FYI to all those judging it already
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:19 am to ctiger69
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Serious question.
Nothing you've ever posted about A&M has been "serious."
Razing the stadium was one of many options considered--thoroughly.
Construction would've "shut-down" the stadium for at least a year, moving our home games to Houston.
Many College Station businesses do the bulk of their business during football season and would've been put out to pasture.
Ultimately, the decision to expand the current building was made with the community in mind.
This post was edited on 9/5/14 at 9:22 am
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:20 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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So this is what the stadium will eventually look like?
Yep.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:21 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
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So this is what the stadium will eventually look like?
yeah basically. the real eyesore is their southside. you cant see it in that pic.
but once it's complete it will look pretty good no doubt.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:21 am to BreakawayZou83
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Considering the amount of money you raised, I think you could have just torn it down and started over and you would have ended up with a better stadium to show for it (even if it wasn't quite as big).
That was one of the plans considered, but it would have involved doing a season in Reliant, which they decided against.
Phase two will be to make the other side of the stadium 'match' the newly renovated side.
Basically, the end goal is to make the stadium match the campus: completely random designs pushed together with no cohesive theme.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:21 am to BreakawayZou83
First off, this is phase I, it's not completed yet.
Secondly, we kept the student section intact to preserve stadium capacity. If we rebuilt it, we would have to decrease the seating capacity due to newer building codes.
I wish we would've rebuilt the stadium from scratch, but the hotels, restaurants and other retailers came together and protested. A&M home games made up 50% of their yearly revenue and they couldn't survive one season out of CS.
Secondly, we kept the student section intact to preserve stadium capacity. If we rebuilt it, we would have to decrease the seating capacity due to newer building codes.
I wish we would've rebuilt the stadium from scratch, but the hotels, restaurants and other retailers came together and protested. A&M home games made up 50% of their yearly revenue and they couldn't survive one season out of CS.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:22 am to EKG
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Many College Station businesses do the bulk of their business during football season and would've been put out to pasture.
Ultimately, the decision to expand the current building was made with the community in mind.
Which is cool. I think the finished product will be worth the wait if those photos you pasted are what the end result will be.
Posted on 9/5/14 at 9:23 am to bbap
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yeah basically. the real eyesore is their southside. you cant see it in that pic.
I'm disappointed we aren't putting a facade on the Southside. One of the few things I don't like about the project
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