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re: SEC Stadiums: Baseball Edition
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:04 pm to bigpapamac
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:04 pm to bigpapamac
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I mean Arky has suites from foul pole to foul pole
Like a boss, only SEC school to have suites from foul pole to foul pole? It's also 100% chairbacks except for the "overflow" bleachers in the hog pen(student section). But no one ever sits in those unless it's a huge game.
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Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:07 pm to bigpapamac
You don't need to sit much when you're cheering on 6 Natty's and watching gorilla ball sail 'em out of the park for years......................here comes #7 this year. 
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:32 pm to ChargerDog91
Soooooo ready 
Brings tears to my eyes, it's so beautiful
Brings tears to my eyes, it's so beautiful
Posted on 12/17/12 at 12:40 pm to ChargerDog91
Impossible to rank them bc they all have their unique feel. I actually really like fooley field
Posted on 12/17/12 at 1:15 pm to daboman of Aggieland
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Hopefully the new Alex Box doesn't have any of these views.
Nope.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 1:49 pm to Keltic Tiger
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it seems the gators' field sucks,
It's not that bad. They've been making improvements. However, the problem is the sun. The way the stadium is oriented covering the stands won't matter. There's nothing they can do to provide any shade.
We don't have luxury boxes so they could find a way to do that I suppose. It's just so freaking hot during the season with no breeze and the sun blaring down. It's quite miserable.
This post was edited on 12/17/12 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 12/17/12 at 1:50 pm to bigpapamac
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I mean, you can bring your own coolers in the outfield.
Used to be able to do that at UGA. Then they gave outfield tailgating the axe. I'm still pissed about it.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 1:54 pm to roadGator
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However, the problem is the sun. The way the stadium is oriented covering the stands won't matter. There's nothing they can do to provide any shade.
IIRC a minor league team in Texas had the same issue and would up demolishing the existing stands and flipping the field so the new stands could provide shade. I'm racking my brain as to which town it was in.
Not sure if this is possible at UF due to space issues. I know you have around the same size campus as LSU does but you have that lake smack dab in the middle of your campus whereas our lakes are on the eastern border. You also seem to have more, albeit smaller buildings on campus as well.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:11 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Foley isn't going to do that. We are just going to have to continue to suffer. Folks wonder about our attendance but until you sit through a midday game it's hard to get an idea of what it's like. Oppressive is the term I always fall back on.
The O'dome is getting the money this time. Baseball will have to wait.
The O'dome is getting the money this time. Baseball will have to wait.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:19 pm to roadGator
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However, the problem is the sun. The way the stadium is oriented covering the stands won't matter. There's nothing they can do to provide any shade.
I was unaware that the sun in Florida constantly comes from all directions, unlike the other states.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:21 pm to Tds & Beer
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College kids, alcohol, and sporting events aren't a good mix. I know people still drink at games. I've spent some time at Olsen Field's beer tree myself, but a lot of kids just can't handle their liquor.
You and I have tailgated together then... who the frick are you?
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:22 pm to Tds & Beer
You are unaware of which direction the sun is positioned during different times of day or are you unaware of how our stadium is oriented and therefore don't understand that no relief is possible even if the stands are covered?
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:25 pm to roadGator
I still call bullshite. I don't care where they are facing. One baseline is always perpendicular to the other.
This post was edited on 12/17/12 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:32 pm to Tds & Beer
Call BS on what? They won't be spending money on cover because it won't help for the the majority of the games. The only time it would help is the late afternoon games and even then only part of the stands would benefit.
This is not my decision. Foley made it and that was the reasoning. Write a letter to Foley if you disagree.
Take a look at google maps if you don't believe me.
Then google Foley and baseball stadium shade.
This is not my decision. Foley made it and that was the reasoning. Write a letter to Foley if you disagree.
Take a look at google maps if you don't believe me.
Then google Foley and baseball stadium shade. Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:44 pm to roadGator
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They won't be spending money on cover because it won't help for the the majority of the games. The only time it would help is the late afternoon games and even then only part of the stands would benefit.
You just described pretty much every stadium
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:44 pm to Ball Gravy
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You and I have tailgated together then... who the frick are you?
reply to the person you are talking to, please
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:46 pm to roadGator
are you saying that if they built suites and a grandstand walking area with concessions and a cover over the the suites that somehow the sun would still get into the grandstands?
seems unlikely.
seems unlikely.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:48 pm to engie
State fans, gimme the low down on tailgating at the baseball games. I'm starting graduate school at MSU in January and am pretty pumped for a baseball stadium worth a damn (went to undergrad at Bama) and that allows drinking in the outfield.
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:50 pm to bbap
It was studied. The answer was no. I'm not talking about suites at all by the way. Just the cover over the stands. The field would have to be oriented differently to make it worth the investment.
I didn't make these rules.
Biggest problem was not leaving enough room around the stadium to make improvements. It's crammed in there as it is. It would take a lot to make significant changes.
Folks that have actually been to the games at UF would know that the sun is brutal and the angle is tough.
I didn't make these rules.
Biggest problem was not leaving enough room around the stadium to make improvements. It's crammed in there as it is. It would take a lot to make significant changes.
Folks that have actually been to the games at UF would know that the sun is brutal and the angle is tough.
This post was edited on 12/17/12 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 12/17/12 at 2:52 pm to roadGator
then i would just build from scratch. that stadium looks pretty dumpy anyway.
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