(01-20-2017 09:13 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(01-20-2017 06:32 PM)ValleyBoy Wrote:  I just have to laugh. I come to this thread just to check out the comments about what Georgia State is doing and what do I read posted. A pissing match from fans of a school that administration is happy to hold there noses up a give excuses about why they did not move up to FBS. Now I will be the first to state that I have given panther fans hell in the past on the issues that have been brought up by the school that administrations has no balls and just wants to sit on their hindend making fun of a school that school administration that does have a very large set of balls. At least Georgia States administration is doing every thing they can to try an improve their athletic programs. At least Georgia State is trying.

Well put VB. If you're going to make fun of GSU for something it should be that their basketball court is not on the ground floor.

Why would I want to make fun of the Panthers basketball court when every grad I know thinks the building that that Georgia Southern basketball court is located inside of is a dump.

I appreciate the support fellow G5 brothers. I know GSU took an atypical path to FBS but I'm glad we made the jump when we did; warts and all.
I find it highly suspicious that the 2 detractors on here have absolutely ZERO stakes in our progress other than to cast stones of contempt. For the long suffering Illinis dude, you're obviously just a troublemaker. I'd be more concerned about your own house. THAT'S a troubled program. You could have 100k fans show up and it wouldn't fix the issue or your lack of wins. Losing 18 of the last 25 seasons. That's 28% win percentage for a team with several 70+ year old national championships and being in the mighty BIG 10(*14). How do you approach explaining that?
As for JMU fella, I like most of your posters but you aren't most.
May your many FCS trophies keep you warm at night and your lemon tree continue to produce a bountiful crop of big beautiful lemons. Tell Bill, Mary, and the others back at the farm we said hello.
Love,
Choo Choo; alumnus & fan of Georgia St, FBS schools, and proud member of the Sun Belt Conference

Hahaha

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GSU Stadium Seating Chart Released

Awesome! How much construction/demolition has to be completed before the season?

Did the architects have to change the orientation of the seats to give fans a wider view of the field?

(02-13-2017 03:43 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  Did the architects have to change the orientation of the seats to give fans a wider view of the field?

They haven't started construction yet but we are assuming that some seats in what was the outfield that faced home plate will have to be re-oriented.

(02-13-2017 01:34 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  Awesome! How much construction/demolition has to be completed before the season?

The entire east side stands will be demolished and rebuilt with a football orientation.

(02-13-2017 03:45 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 03:43 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  Did the architects have to change the orientation of the seats to give fans a wider view of the field?

They haven't started construction yet but we are assuming that some seats in what was the outfield that faced home plate will have to be re-oriented.

It's a beautiful stadium. Hope you guys do well!

(02-13-2017 03:46 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 01:34 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  Awesome! How much construction/demolition has to be completed before the season?

The entire east side stands will be demolished and rebuilt with a football orientation.

Very nice, doing it right.

(02-13-2017 03:47 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 03:45 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 03:43 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  Did the architects have to change the orientation of the seats to give fans a wider view of the field?

They haven't started construction yet but we are assuming that some seats in what was the outfield that faced home plate will have to be re-oriented.

It's a beautiful stadium. Hope you guys do well!

We are very happy that the entire brick facade and outer walls are being kept. Like you said it's a beautiful stadium.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/featu...4010a3ade0

Quote:For the ongoing, significant and catalytic impact the rapid growth of its physical footprint and the expansion of its student body have had on downtown Atlanta, Georgia State University is the 2017 winner of Central Atlanta Progress Inc.’s Marcus Downtown Economic Impact Award.

CAP introduced the award in 2008 as the Downtown Economic Impact Award, recognizing an individual, company or project that has stimulated revitalization efforts that strengthen and advance the community at large.

President of Georgia State University: Georgia State always has a big influence on downtown Atlanta but never more so than with its pending purchase of Turner Field for football and baseball fields, student housing and new retail.
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Criteria include a project or significant effort that has left a positive mark on downtown Atlanta, one that increases rental rates, occupancy, and/or sales per square foot in the space and/or nearby properties.

The award was renamed the Marcus Downtown Economic Impact Award in 2016, in honor of the significant contributions to downtown made by Bernie Marcus.

Since its founding in 1913, GSU has evolved from a commuter college serving a small group of local businesspeople into one of the country’s premier public research institutions.

With 1,144 full-time faculty and one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation, the university now enrolls more than 50,000 students, both full- and part-time, in over 250 undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in 100 fields of study — and generates an annual economic impact on metro Atlanta of $2.45 billion, according to GSU.

The school’s evolution has been accompanied/exemplified by sustained growth of GSU facilities in Atlanta’s core.

This growth began in 1997, during the administration of GSU President Emeritus Carl V. Patton. Using his expertise as an urban planner, Patton launched a university-wide planning effort that produced the Main Street Master Plan, a strategy to increase the university’s physical footprint in downtown Atlanta.

In the years since then, including those under the administration of current GSU President Mark Becker, that plan has expanded with the growth in GSU enrollment, and made its impact felt in numerous ways that add credence to the notion that the GSU campus is not just in downtown Atlanta — the GSU campus is downtown Atlanta.

The number of beds in GSU-operated dormitories in downtown has more than doubled since 2007, from roughly 2,500 to 5,300, a growth spurt accompanied by number privately-owned residential projects catering to students, and that has changed the character of downtown Atlanta from home to a commuter school to a central business district with a thriving student population.

Other notable projects have included the conversion of a former SunTrust Bank building at 25 Park Place into home of GSU’s College of Arts & Sciences; the new law school building at the corner of Park Place and John Wesley Dobbs; the renovation of 55 Park Place to make way for the J. Mack Robinson College of Business and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies; and the Media Industries Institute, located in a three-story annex connected to 25 Park Place.

Plans are unfolding to create a large lawn in the center of GSU’s downtown campus, on sites formerly occupied by several older structures. The project will ultimately provide green space connectivity from Woodruff Park to the Petit Science Center on Piedmont Avenue.

And that’s not all. In a project described by some as having the potential for “transformational” impact on the southern side of downtown Atlanta, GSU has partnered up with several private- sector firms in the redevelopment of Turner Field.

The group has proposed a mix of housing, retail, athletic and academic space on the site. GSU’s plans specifically call for conversion of Turner Field into a 22,000-seat artificial-turf stadium for its Panthers football team; a repurposing of a portion of Turner Field’s Club Level for academic use; and redeveloping the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium site as a new baseball park for GSU.

Numerous impacts
According to Maxine Hicks, a partner at DLA Piper and CAP awards nominating committee member, GSU’s impact on downtown Atlanta goes well beyond what she describes as “the incredible new opportunities presented by the Turner Field project.”

“It is more about GSU’s sustained efforts over the years to create a campus that is engaging, vibrant and walkable,” Hicks said. The “ripple effects” of these efforts have been led by a reactivation of the downtown Atlanta core, “and have helped to create a numerous other opportunities for revitalization.”

A growing GSU has definitely been a good thing for downtown Atlanta and vice versa.

“Georgia State is a campus without boundaries in downtown Atlanta,” said Becker. “Businesses, nonprofit organizations, and city and state government activities provide unparalleled internship, employment and collaboration opportunities in close proximity for our faculty, staff and students, while new restaurants, shops and entertainment venues springing up around the campus add to the energy and vitality of downtown. As Georgia State has grown, and particularly with the expansion of the residential student population to more than 5,000 students, the revitalization of downtown has become a vital contributor to its rapidly growing appeal.”

“The anchor”
“It’s no secret that Georgia State University has saved downtown Atlanta,” said Scott Taylor, president and CEO of Carter, GSU’s partner (along with Oakwood Development and Healey Weatherholtz Properties) in the Turner Field project. “GSU was the anchor institution for our urban core before anyone knew it, and we are fortunate that they have generated the momentum that we are enjoying today in numerous segments of the market.

It is difficult to pick out any one GSU project and say it has had the most impact, Taylor said.

“Most would say it’s the aggregate effect of all of the projects, from the Rialto Center for the Arts, to the new GSU College of Law, to the commitment for student housing,” he said, adding “The diversity of these projects have all been additive to the fabric of downtown.”

The “next chapter” in the GSU/downtown story will be led by the redevelopment of Turner Field, Taylor said, “and with the strong commitment of GSU, this will transform this part of our city for generations to come. Years from now we will look back at the visionary leadership of Dr. Patton and Dr. Becker, and we will be grateful for the profound impact they had on downtown Atlanta, and thank goodness they were at the helm at the right time.”

The latest...

http://interactive.tegna-media.com/video...A7ion=home

Some really great pics being taken in the last 10 days...

So Panama, are they basically just making it so a football field will fit for this season then will do more extensive work on the stands after the season or what? Sorry, I haven't been keeping up.

Making so football field will fit. I think there will be a visitor side section of stands. All new lighting. Lockerrooms. A bunch of other game day amenities. But yes a lot more will happen in the next much longer off season and there may even be a Phase III after the 2018 season.