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re: U Pig Stadium expansion update.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 1:23 pm to Slackaveli
Posted on 8/7/17 at 1:23 pm to Slackaveli
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We may not have the biggest, but we will get quite a bit of envy from the cousins.
Facilities are something we tend to do right. It's going to look really big, and it will be clean AF when done.
The curvy shape is really sweet. It will stand out among the red-brick boxes around the league.
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Posted on 8/11/17 at 6:34 pm to Numberwang
LSU on the SEZ screen. :rivalry:
Posted on 8/11/17 at 8:51 pm to Frac the world
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Florida fans are so fair weather 90k is the max you'll ever need, only end up embarrassing yourselves if you expanded being unable to fill it up.
Florida had one of the longest sell out streaks in CFB history.
If your team has done it for longer, let's hear it.
Thought so. Sold out every game even under Zook. Muschamp cost us our sell out streak.
Posted on 8/11/17 at 10:42 pm to Numberwang
quote:man, ikr. i drive by a couple times a week when im on that side of town just to look. It's going to be so damn loud up in there!!
Facilities are something we tend to do right. It's going to look really big, and it will be clean AF when done.
The curvy shape is really sweet. It will stand out among the red-brick boxes around the league.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:47 am to Hawgeye
quote:Hire a really good and experienced Turf Manager and he'll be able to cultivate a grass field. There are new strains of shade resistant athletic grass that should be able to work in there............
Can't get a good root system down in Razorback Stadium. Not enough sunlight in the stadium. We've tried before and it just gets torn to shreds with divots all over the field.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:31 am to semjase
Pretty sure Arkansas has an excellent turf manager.
That field only gets maybe 5 hours of full sun a day. Not only is it orientated north south with high sides, but it sits in a bowl, which blocks indirect light as well. Bringing up the south side at all is only going to make that issue even worse. Grass needs more than 5 hours of sun. Unless you are using fescue.
Anyways, I haven't been by there in a couple weeks. Looks good! Coming along nicely.
That field only gets maybe 5 hours of full sun a day. Not only is it orientated north south with high sides, but it sits in a bowl, which blocks indirect light as well. Bringing up the south side at all is only going to make that issue even worse. Grass needs more than 5 hours of sun. Unless you are using fescue.
Anyways, I haven't been by there in a couple weeks. Looks good! Coming along nicely.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 11:26 am to wmr
Looks nice. What will the capacity be?
Is this the last year you play games in Little Rock?
Is this the last year you play games in Little Rock?
Posted on 8/12/17 at 11:55 am to FishFearMe
quote:we think so. i doubt we play in Little Rock again after this season.
Looks nice. What will the capacity be?
Is this the last year you play games in Little Rock?
Capacity goes up ~4800 iirc. So, maxing out around 78,000~80,000. But very close to the field and plush digs, with more luxury boxes than anybody. I'm pleased and proud. Only thing left to do to our palace is fix the west side facade and Razorback road. It'll end up being a plaza and grand entrance after they bury razorback road under it, or divert it somehow.
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/12/17 at 12:36 pm to Slackaveli
at least one more season in War Memorial... right? I thought we had to have one more SEC game there prior to it going completely away...
Posted on 8/12/17 at 12:39 pm to Razorback Reverend
The general consensus is we'll play Vandy there next year and that's it.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:21 pm to FishFearMe
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Looks nice. What will the capacity be?
Is this the last year you play games in Little Rock?
After completion, capacity will be 76,800. The new addition will add 4,800 seats.
Here is the breakdown of new seating:
Lower Level Club Seats: 1,160
Upper Level Club Seats: 1,061
Field Level Loge Seating: 80
Mid-Level Loge Seats: 272
Suites: 476 seats in the suites
Here is a link with all of the information to the new addition: LINK
The contract in Little Rock is up in 2018. They don't publically say what is going to happen yet, but everyone knows that 2018 will be the last game in LR. Due to the contract, the game in 2018 has to be an SEC game, so everyone assumes that will be Vanderbilt.
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 8/12/17 at 2:58 pm to woodhog14
that cant be right. our record attendance is 76,000 already :/
and that WMS contract can be bought out, and that needs to happen. You dont do 100 million renovations and voluntary give up home games. Stupid af.
and that WMS contract can be bought out, and that needs to happen. You dont do 100 million renovations and voluntary give up home games. Stupid af.
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:07 pm to Slackaveli
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that cant be right. our record attendance is 76,000 already :/
Actual stadium capacity was 72,000 but we used to put overflow bleachers on top of the SEZ, which put capacity past 76,000 already.
Those are gone. With standing-room-only, which this addition has a lot of, we can possibly get 79,000 in for big games.
ETA: With this configuration, capacity was already 76,000 plus:
This post was edited on 8/12/17 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:10 pm to wmr
The standing room only areas in the NEZ will allow for quite a bit of overflow. It is generally assumed the top level SRO will be used for recruits and families. The NEC has a large SRO area, too. I'd say 4,000 or more is possible in both of those areas, especially if they bring in portable stands like they did in the past.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:12 pm to wmr
i liked sitting up there. #smokingsectionlol
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:14 pm to Slackaveli
I never sat up there.
This expansion is perfect and will maximize ROI. We seem to have endless demand for corporate suites at all of our facilities thanks to the business community.
The plan is to discount upper deck seats for families, which is something that should have been done a decade ago.
This expansion is perfect and will maximize ROI. We seem to have endless demand for corporate suites at all of our facilities thanks to the business community.
The plan is to discount upper deck seats for families, which is something that should have been done a decade ago.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:23 pm to wmr
Stadium looks nice and that addition is very attractive.
I have been to three LSU-ARk games in Fayetteville (the last three). Great stadium and nice setting. I wish most Arkie fans were as great and nice as their stadium.
I have been to three LSU-ARk games in Fayetteville (the last three). Great stadium and nice setting. I wish most Arkie fans were as great and nice as their stadium.
Posted on 8/12/17 at 3:23 pm to wmr
I know it's not but that pic always looks so shopped 
Posted on 8/12/17 at 5:37 pm to tylerdurden24
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I know it's not but that pic always looks so shopped
Yeah, the green bleachers against the green hills makes it look like the people are floating there.
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