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re: Mega stadiums
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:24 am to sjmabry
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:24 am to sjmabry
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The big stadiums are fine for big time opponents, not for the directional schools.
thats because the games themselves arent worth watching rather than a condemnation of the stadium. if anything the mega stadium is the entire draw for anyone who shows up for that game.
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:25 am to CyrustheVirus
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LOL. Yes, as an LSU fan, I hate the home field advantage we get from 92K (going to be 102k) screaming fans. Id much rather a mellow crowd that enjoys watching a pillow fight.
NFL stadiums are smaller and there's at least two(68,000-76,000) that are louder than any college stadium.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:29 am to dlc83
When I go to a small, shite stadium like let's see....UNC, it just isn't as enjoyable. Stadium is too small to get any energy going
Only decent small stadium I've been to is Lane Stadium
Only decent small stadium I've been to is Lane Stadium
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:31 am to beaver
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Only decent small stadium I've been to is Lane Stadium
You should catch a game at Michie then. It should be on most real fans bucket list.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:31 am to dlc83
I like what USC has done. There was significant talk about 10 years ago to put an upper deck on the North End Zone where the student section is, but they decided to put in a megatron instead. The improvements to the facilities have all been from a fan-experience perspective. The megatron, new signage/upgrades throughout the building, the new Farmers Market, redoing the apron next year, etc, have or will all combine to really improve the atmosphere *before* the game, and incentivize more fans to show up.
The Brice is nearly perfect size, to me. It's listed at 80,250, but it regularly crams 85,000, and it's one of the best home-field advantages in the conference. Expanding seating doesn't make sense right now.
The Brice is nearly perfect size, to me. It's listed at 80,250, but it regularly crams 85,000, and it's one of the best home-field advantages in the conference. Expanding seating doesn't make sense right now.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:33 am to plazadweller
LSU has paid for their expansions. We aren't in the red.
Economy is improving as well after a brutal 8 year stretch.
I think if people stop going to games as much, we can just open the upper decks to the lower portion and fill in the lower bowl with walk-ins.
Our new South Endzone expansion however will be huge for us. Better scoreboards, better sound system, more boxes ($$), ribbon board with scores, and most importantly it is directly facing the student section and band which will trap and echo that noise tremendously.
Also added wifi which will help keep people in the stadium.
Oh and I think in 10 years we will sell beer.
LSU will be just fine.
Economy is improving as well after a brutal 8 year stretch.
I think if people stop going to games as much, we can just open the upper decks to the lower portion and fill in the lower bowl with walk-ins.
Our new South Endzone expansion however will be huge for us. Better scoreboards, better sound system, more boxes ($$), ribbon board with scores, and most importantly it is directly facing the student section and band which will trap and echo that noise tremendously.
Also added wifi which will help keep people in the stadium.
Oh and I think in 10 years we will sell beer.
LSU will be just fine.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:41 am to j1897
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In 20 years these places will be empty. More capacity is not necessarily better in the current and future climate, IMO, better amenities and higher prices seats will dominate.
UK is spending 120K to get rid of about 10,000 seats. They may become the poster child for your line of thinking.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:41 am to cjared036
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I don't get the hate on neyland. I think it is a great stadium.
Seats are 6 inches wide and steep as hell.
That stadium should sit 90,000, not 105,000.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:13 am to dlc83
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For the SEC, I like VHS
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On an even smaller scale, I like that Tulane is building a small on campus facility vs playing in the 75% empty Super Dome.
yea maybe we should look to tulane to find out about successful athletic programs
Posted on 8/19/14 at 11:31 am to TheCaterpillar
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Economy is improving
Care to expound?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:22 pm to Paul Allen
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Economy is improving
Care to expound?
It's a gulf coast thing, not a national one. The economy in South Louisiana and Coastal Texas is thriving. The plants are buzzing with a building boom unrivaled since the 1960's. Over $20 billion in investment in Lake Charles alone with more pending. Billions of dollars will be flowing into plants from New Orleans to Corpus Christie. All of this funded by the glut in natural gas via shale fraking. If you're in construction, oil & gas, pipelines, or petrochemicals, times are good and will only get better for the next 5 years at least.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:26 pm to 3andOut
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This is a post a poor college would make to make their little stadium feel less shitty.
Looks like y'all really needed y'all's expansion ... but you gotta love the t-shirts y'all printed.
lulz
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:36 pm to TheCaterpillar
Ribbon boards/scores...? Yeah, that's what we were told when they were originally installed ! What the LSU fan in the stadium got was....90% ads and I don't expect anything different this time..LOL
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:37 pm to scrooster
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scrooster
Was goldennugget your alter? You have been extremely agsessed lately, ever since you found out we are partying on the statehouse?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:43 pm to 3andOut
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This is a post a poor college would make to make their little stadium feel less shitty.
This
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:51 pm to CyrustheVirus
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as an LSU fan, I hate the home field advantage we get from 92K (going to be 102k) screaming fans
Rarely does this happen anymore.
I've been around LSU football for a long time and it was consistently louder and more intimidating in that stadium before the East Upper was put in.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:56 pm to The Spleen
LSU will not get any bigger.
There will be a day when they could even reduce capacity to provide larger seating.
My guess is LSU will have difficulty filling the upper decks on a consistent basis.
There will be a day when they could even reduce capacity to provide larger seating.
My guess is LSU will have difficulty filling the upper decks on a consistent basis.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:57 pm to nicholastiger
quote:who? not provable.
NFL stadiums are smaller and there's at least two(68,000-76,000) that are louder than any college stadium.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 1:14 pm to carolinaswamper
Growing up going to Bills games, Ralph Wilson stadium which holds 73,079 is damn loud. I wouldnt say it's louder than any college stadium, I've been to LSU/VT/Penn State, but it's up there. Every fan is also wasted and cares about nothing else during the season.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 6:01 pm to kingbob
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kingbob
I'm not flaming when I ask this, but wasn't this past season one of the worst ones in attendance in recent memory. I've never seen so many empty seats in DV for a night game before. I may be wrong, but I remember many LSU fans bitching about low attendance for big games.
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