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What is special about your schools stadium and facilities?
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:45 am
Posted on 7/26/26 at 12:45 am
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I hope this doesn’t turn into a trashing of each others stadium.
There are great venues throughout the conference and YOU KNOW you’d like to experience each and every one with a win, of course.
I’m genuinely curious to know as much detail as possible of your stadium and facilities. The link provides some good info on Kyle Field which will then take you to the Bright Complex which will then take you to the Coolidge Football Performance Facility. I learned a couple of new things about recent upgrades.
Everyone is spending money to build their brand. What makes your stadium and facilities special?
I’ve been to LSU, State and Bama. Great time at all 3. Oh and DKR. I read a couple of years ago their weight training was in a windowless basement. Believe the article said they were trying to find a solution for new facilities, but land was very limited.
I hope this doesn’t turn into a trashing of each others stadium.
There are great venues throughout the conference and YOU KNOW you’d like to experience each and every one with a win, of course.
I’m genuinely curious to know as much detail as possible of your stadium and facilities. The link provides some good info on Kyle Field which will then take you to the Bright Complex which will then take you to the Coolidge Football Performance Facility. I learned a couple of new things about recent upgrades.
Everyone is spending money to build their brand. What makes your stadium and facilities special?
I’ve been to LSU, State and Bama. Great time at all 3. Oh and DKR. I read a couple of years ago their weight training was in a windowless basement. Believe the article said they were trying to find a solution for new facilities, but land was very limited.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 1:11 am to CSTXAG1
DKR Texas Memorial stadium was originally dedicated to honor the 198,520 Texans who served in World War I and the 5,280 who lost their lives. In 1977 re-dedicated to all veterans of all wars.
DKR is the tallest stadium in CFB.
The west side expansion justified funding by the university by placing classrooms under the upper deck. I had a semester of calculus there as a freshman. Kinda cool going into the stadium to attend class.
West side 213 ft.
Ohio stadium 193 ft.
Tiger stadium 183 ft.
Don't know if special or not, but DKR has a hell of a lot of high dollar luxury boxes and amenities. Don't know if stats available on this but they have to be a good part of the stadium income and probably generates more income than any other in CFB.
DKR is the tallest stadium in CFB.
The west side expansion justified funding by the university by placing classrooms under the upper deck. I had a semester of calculus there as a freshman. Kinda cool going into the stadium to attend class.
West side 213 ft.
Ohio stadium 193 ft.
Tiger stadium 183 ft.
Don't know if special or not, but DKR has a hell of a lot of high dollar luxury boxes and amenities. Don't know if stats available on this but they have to be a good part of the stadium income and probably generates more income than any other in CFB.
This post was edited on 7/26/26 at 1:29 am
Posted on 7/26/26 at 1:33 am to Victor R Franko
Our football field is named after the guy that invented the option, so that your stadium could be named after the guy that took the option and ran with it, pun intended.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 1:48 am to Faurot fodder
Thank you for your service. 
This post was edited on 7/26/26 at 1:49 am
Posted on 7/26/26 at 2:47 am to Faurot fodder
Tiger Stadium has purple turf and it's loud as frick on a Saturday NIGHT against a big SEC opponent if the game is close..........
Posted on 7/26/26 at 3:41 am to CSTXAG1
As far as facilities, our trophy case is pretty big, and fabulous
Posted on 7/26/26 at 5:36 am to CSTXAG1
The Moody Center at UTX. Opened April, 2022. The only SEC schools I think could MAYBE make a similar deal would be Vanderbilt (Nashville), Tennessee (Knoxville), or Florida (Gainesville).
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Moody Center is a $375M, 15,000+ seat premier venue featuring over 150 nights a year of unique entertainment. Moody Center features the best and biggest names in the music industry while hosting The University of Texas Women’s and Men’s basketball games, concerts, family shows and other sporting and local events.
Here's what makes it special and unique...
The Moody Center was privately financed with a final cost of $375 million, avoiding any taxpayer burden or university debt through a public-private partnership involving Oak View Group (OVG), Live Nation/C3 Presents, and the Moody Foundation. A pivotal $130 million grant from the Moody Foundation secured the naming rights, while OVG assumed all construction and operational risk, recouping its investment by retaining the majority of revenue from non-university events for 35 years.
Ownership rests entirely with the University of Texas at Austin, which owns both the land and the building. While UT retains exclusive control over the venue for approximately 60 days each year for athletics and university events, OVG manages the facility and holds the rights to book concerts and other commercial events on the remaining days under a long-term operating agreement.
The upper video boards around arena are usually down for BB games, roll up into a horizontal position in rafters to allow full upper level capacity.
You can see in this shot how there isn't any available space on campus. Anything new, something has to be sacrificed. Master planning nightmare for sure.
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Moody Center is a $375M, 15,000+ seat premier venue featuring over 150 nights a year of unique entertainment. Moody Center features the best and biggest names in the music industry while hosting The University of Texas Women’s and Men’s basketball games, concerts, family shows and other sporting and local events.
Here's what makes it special and unique...
The Moody Center was privately financed with a final cost of $375 million, avoiding any taxpayer burden or university debt through a public-private partnership involving Oak View Group (OVG), Live Nation/C3 Presents, and the Moody Foundation. A pivotal $130 million grant from the Moody Foundation secured the naming rights, while OVG assumed all construction and operational risk, recouping its investment by retaining the majority of revenue from non-university events for 35 years.
Ownership rests entirely with the University of Texas at Austin, which owns both the land and the building. While UT retains exclusive control over the venue for approximately 60 days each year for athletics and university events, OVG manages the facility and holds the rights to book concerts and other commercial events on the remaining days under a long-term operating agreement.
The upper video boards around arena are usually down for BB games, roll up into a horizontal position in rafters to allow full upper level capacity.
You can see in this shot how there isn't any available space on campus. Anything new, something has to be sacrificed. Master planning nightmare for sure.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:23 am to CSTXAG1
We don’t have arm rests, seat backs or cupholders on our aluminum benches.
That’s all I got.
This is 2026. Every seat should be defined by arm rest, chair back, and cup holder.
That’s all I got.
This is 2026. Every seat should be defined by arm rest, chair back, and cup holder.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 6:27 am to semjase
I always thought it was unique that Tiger Stadium numbers the “5” yard lines.
Does any other stadium do that?
Does any other stadium do that?
Posted on 7/26/26 at 7:30 am to semjase
Posted on 7/26/26 at 8:33 am to CSTXAG1
OU has sold out every regular season home game since the start of the 1999 season. We have a Heisman Park featuring statues of our 7 trophy winners.
We have the original "Play Like a Champion Today" sign in the tunnel,
We have the original "Play Like a Champion Today" sign in the tunnel,
Posted on 7/26/26 at 8:50 am to Night Vision
Poor bama . Post Saban reality is wearing y’all out !
Posted on 7/26/26 at 8:52 am to Victor R Franko
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The Moody Center at UTX. Opened April, 2022. The only SEC schools I think could MAYBE make a similar deal
Rupp aka Ruckus Arena opened in the 1970's and held close to 25,000 rowdy fans. It was the LARGEST venue in the USA for college basketball and set records for both mens and women's basketball games. Pretty sure UK women in Rupp have had greater attendance numbers than Utx - autism mens basketball has.
Just like a an "all hat, no cattle" uTX fan to not understand, Everything is not actually bigger in TX.
An observation from players of the former AHL team that played in the building. Rupp was built pre ADA so the seats were VERY steep. It gave the venue a unique feel of all the fans up close, as opposed to far away as newer venues had much less steep seating to conform with the ADA regs in place since.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 9:00 am to CSTXAG1
Used to be an open endzone
Now it’s going to be boxed in
Now it’s going to be boxed in
Posted on 7/26/26 at 9:30 am to CSTXAG1
Tanyard Creek runs under Sanford Stadium (and East Campus Road) in a culvert big enough to walk through.
Stegman Coliseum was a livestock arena. The basketball floor would be installed for the season and then removed. It also had a stage at one end of the floor. Livestock stalls were in the area where the practice facilities are located now. I have ridden a horse in the Coliseum, then known as "Georgia Coliseum".
Jake Scott rode a motorcycle over the Coliseum's arches. Guardrails are now in place to prevent such things.
Stegman Coliseum was a livestock arena. The basketball floor would be installed for the season and then removed. It also had a stage at one end of the floor. Livestock stalls were in the area where the practice facilities are located now. I have ridden a horse in the Coliseum, then known as "Georgia Coliseum".
Jake Scott rode a motorcycle over the Coliseum's arches. Guardrails are now in place to prevent such things.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 9:31 am to Victor R Franko
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The Moody Center at UTX. Opened April, 2022. The only SEC schools I think could MAYBE make a similar deal would be Vanderbilt (Nashville), Tennessee (Knoxville), or Florida (Gainesville).
Your ability to spin the fact that you had 5 failed capital campaigns that combined didn’t reach 10% of what your university said was required to begin the project, and that forced you to give away all rights and concessions to a venue you wanted your name on so you wouldn’t have to play hoops in a dump anymore
That’s impressive
You were broke, embarrassed and desperate
Posted on 7/26/26 at 9:32 am to Cimarron
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OU has sold out every regular season home game since the start of the 1999 season. We have a Heisman Park featuring statues of our 7 trophy winners.
We have the original "Play Like a Champion Today" sign in the tunnel,
OU's field is named after a guy who only had one arm...
There is a dog buried under the field.
The stadium is named for WWI vets and also named after a family who's patriarch despised Barry Switzer probably more than anyone else in the state of Oklahoma (they waited until after he died...LOL)...
As far as the facilities... a lot of players at OU claim one of their favorite things they like about OU is how everything is located right together. Dorms, stadium, indoor facility, weight rooms, indoor track and outdoor track for conditioning, academic center are all within a couple of hundred yards of each other. For freshmen... the dorms are very close to most of the academic buildings that freshman use.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 10:06 am to CSTXAG1
LSU fans start leaving in the third quarter regardless of who they're playing or if they're winning or losing. Traffic across the bridge is a motherfricker.
Posted on 7/26/26 at 10:18 am to CSTXAG1
It is HAUNTED
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