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FLA fans congrats on the new baseball stadium
Posted on 3/23/18 at 10:57 am
Posted on 3/23/18 at 10:57 am
About time a elite program like Florida shouldn't be playing in the dump they currently play in.
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Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:04 am to fhsdemonfan3131
10,000 seats is silly. I would make it 5,000 but expandable and have lawn seating in the outfield. It's going to look empty most days and that's not a shot at them. Gainesville's location plus 2 major League and many minor league teams, just will make the only time that place will look full is when it's brand new or when they are hosting regionals. UGA is no different.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:04 am to fhsdemonfan3131
It's time, I wouldn't call the current stadium a dump but a bigger modern stadium was needed for the National Champs. go Gators.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:06 am to lewis and herschel
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10,000 seats is silly. I would make it 5,000 but expandable and have lawn seating in the outfield.
That's what it is. 10,000 is how many can fit when you include things like berm seating.
This post was edited on 3/23/18 at 11:09 am
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:07 am to fhsdemonfan3131
Give credit where it's due. Stricklin can move these kind of projects
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:07 am to bgator85
Here are the pics:
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:26 am to lewis and herschel
Don't really understand Florida's poor baseball attendance. Gainseville is really not that close to anything that would compete with baseball. I mean you are a hour and half to JAX, 2+ hours to Orlando and Daytona Beach.
The metropolitan area population is 300K+. Add that with students and there is really no excuse why they should not average 5-6-7K per game.
The metropolitan area population is 300K+. Add that with students and there is really no excuse why they should not average 5-6-7K per game.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:31 am to Godawgs4
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Don't really understand Florida's poor baseball attendance
No shade and hot as balls during day games
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:38 am to Vecchio Cane
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No shade
This. The stadium layout was simply not conducive to the fan experience. We also don't have a lengthy baseball history, so there isn't a large core group of fans the way some other schools have.
This post was edited on 3/23/18 at 11:40 am
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:39 am to lewis and herschel
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10,000 seats is silly.
Well, they aren't putting 10,000 chairbacks in there.
5,000 chairbacks with bleachers and berm seating for a total of 10k capacity.
It's about right to grow the fanbase. I can't wait. It's a 2 hour drive in traffic and I'll go to more games if they can give me a bit of shade for the weekend day games.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:41 am to Godawgs4
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Don't really understand Florida's poor baseball attendance
Hot
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Balls
Even when it's only 84 degrees you will sweat your arse off for day game because of the lack of shade and the normal humidity we Southern fellers understand.
If it gets to 90 + degrees, people start falling out.
I think the seats are heated or something.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:43 am to roadGator
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If it gets to 90 + degrees, people start falling out
Well, do you love your team or not?
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:44 am to bgator85
Congrats! Should be really nice. 
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:44 am to roadGator
Man I remember going to the regional game in Oxford the year we went to the CWS, my seats were directly in the sun and I had such a bad sunburn after it hurt to move
I can't imagine a stadium with no shade at all.
Stadium looks good Florida, I'll have to make sure to make a game there sometime
I can't imagine a stadium with no shade at all.
Stadium looks good Florida, I'll have to make sure to make a game there sometime
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:50 am to rockiee
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Well, do you love your team or not?
If that's your measure...hell no.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:51 am to Muthsera
Weak excuse. Weekday games are at night and they could schedule the Friday and Saturday games in the evening so that Sunday would be the only day time game. With 5 SEC home + a couple of OOC weekend series, that is 6-7 day games a year out of 30+ home games.
I get it at the stadium sucks but the fan base and students really just do not care about baseball or they would be there.
With that said, I am glad that they are getting a new stadium. The SEC leads the way with great ballparks that are often nicer than the AA or AAA ballparks around the country.
I get it at the stadium sucks but the fan base and students really just do not care about baseball or they would be there.
With that said, I am glad that they are getting a new stadium. The SEC leads the way with great ballparks that are often nicer than the AA or AAA ballparks around the country.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 11:54 am to Godawgs4
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students really just do not care about baseball
Florida has become geek central. Geeks don't care for sports and baseball especially (in general).
The new stadium should inject some additional energy into the program and building it will lead to more coming at least in the beginning.
Another problem that's often overlooked is that it's challenging to tailgate on campus due to the lack of open spaces. That zaps some fan experience out of the day.
Posted on 3/23/18 at 12:10 pm to roadGator
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If that's your measure...hell no.
LEAVE
Posted on 3/23/18 at 12:11 pm to rockiee
You feelin' froggy or sumpin' today, ma'am?
Posted on 3/23/18 at 12:37 pm to fhsdemonfan3131
Trilled about this. The baseball stadiums of the SEC are second to none in college baseball. I'm not even sure there is a close 2nd. I would love nothing more than to see college baseball continue to grow and potentially drive NCAA change to allow more than 11.7 scholarships for a roster of 35.
PS, No need to chime in Missouri fans. Nobody cares that you don't like college baseball. Please just GTFO of our conference!
PS, No need to chime in Missouri fans. Nobody cares that you don't like college baseball. Please just GTFO of our conference!
This post was edited on 3/23/18 at 12:38 pm
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