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re: I've got to hand it to you Aggies... You have built a very nice stadium....
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:40 pm to Roger Klarvin
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:40 pm to Roger Klarvin
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Baylor spent $250 million on their new stadium and, while smaller, it looks 100x better than Kyle Field.
It's a standard cookie-cutter two deck horseshoe that seats 45,000 people, largely indistinguishable from about 10 other FBS stadiums.
You can think Kyle looks bad without resorting to nonsense.
No one actually thinks Baylor's is better than A&M's. Its not even worth talking about.
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Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:48 pm to Farmer1906
The dude just said it looks better. He didn't say it was better.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:54 pm to texag7
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Boom
Aggie approves of gay rape.
Not surprised.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:55 pm to Don Johnson
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Sure, many college stadiums are asymmetrical. That's because they were built in the 1930's and added on piece by piece ever 20 years or so.
Are you saying Kyle Field is not one of those? It was built in 1929 and is an exact description of what you just said here. We didn't build a brand new stadium. We worked with what was there, and what had been pieced together over the past 85 years.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:56 pm to cjared036
Looking forward to taking a trip over to KF in '16.
It does look really good. Who cares if it isn't perfectly symmetrical? What stadiums are? The Rose Bowl, Yale Bowl, Cal's Stadium, The Big House....
It does look really good. Who cares if it isn't perfectly symmetrical? What stadiums are? The Rose Bowl, Yale Bowl, Cal's Stadium, The Big House....
Posted on 8/6/15 at 2:58 pm to oman
I don't think its cookie cutter at all. I mean football fields are a certain shape and most stadiums follow a certain mold. Being a horseshoe isn't cookie cutter. It just works. Just because it looks like it all goes together doesn't mean its cookie cutter.
Screwing something up doesn't give it character.
That said, this:
Looks SOOOOOOOO Much better that this:
Screwing something up doesn't give it character.
That said, this:
Looks SOOOOOOOO Much better that this:
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:00 pm to Farmer1906
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Compare it USCe.
Actually, the wealthiest season ticket holders sit on the West side, where there are more tunnels (and suites). Parts of the student section, the band, and parts of the away section, are located on the 3-tunnel side however.
Also, I believe the lower east side is the only part of the original stadium still left, which is would explain why it only has 3 tunnels and goes all the way to ground level where as the lower-West is elevated.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:02 pm to RoscoeHarper
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Are you saying Kyle Field is not one of those? It was built in 1929 and is an exact description of what you just said here. We didn't build a brand new stadium. We worked with what was there, and what had been pieced together over the past 85 years
The ad ons for those other stadiums were not ideal. They were done based on budgetary concerns throughout years when football wasn't a huge money maker. Raising $10 million here or there to add 10,000 seats.
You had half a billion to do whatever you wanted. Would've been much better off to start from scratch.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:03 pm to Don Johnson
And have the stadium located where?
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:04 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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And have the stadium located where?
Same place. Figure it out for a season. I'm sure Houston would love to host you for 7 games.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:06 pm to Don Johnson
You're retarded
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:08 pm to Don Johnson
You are terribly uninformed on this subject. There was significant local politics involved with the decision not to leave for a season. Would never have happened.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:10 pm to RoscoeHarper
Not to mention demolishing the old Kyle then building the new Kyle in 20 months seems like quite the aggressive timeline, but I'm no construction engineer or project manager.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:17 pm to Don Johnson
why are you comparing an in-construction phase venue to one already completed?
Btw, McLane is a nice stadium. I'm not sure what that has to do with the price of tea in China though. It's like taking pictures of Tulane's new venue and saying it looks better than Tiger Stadium. Maybe it looks better to you aesthetically but no one would trade a Kyle Field or Tiger Stadium for a McLane or a Yulman.
Btw, McLane is a nice stadium. I'm not sure what that has to do with the price of tea in China though. It's like taking pictures of Tulane's new venue and saying it looks better than Tiger Stadium. Maybe it looks better to you aesthetically but no one would trade a Kyle Field or Tiger Stadium for a McLane or a Yulman.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:23 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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but I'm no construction engineer or project manager.
Don't appear to be any in B/CS.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:24 pm to Don Johnson
Flair up so I can make fun of your community college
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:24 pm to texag7
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You're retarded
Half a billion dollars. And that's what you got. I'd be pissed, too.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:27 pm to Don Johnson
You could have just said you were upset about something in the first place
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:27 pm to Don Johnson
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Don Johnson
I like this guy.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 3:46 pm to Don Johnson
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Half a billion dollars. And that's what you got. I'd be pissed, too.
No one is pissed. We love out stadium. It is clearly in the top 3 in the nation and in a lot of people's opinions it will be #1. That is what 485 M gets you. I'd say money well spent.
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