Exciting times!!!

http://www.etsubucs.com/football/news/20...l-stadium/

Yep!

When is groundbreaking?

They said later this fall, so whenever that is.

In the newest episode of "Inside the Dome" on YouTube, Dr. Sander indicated he would like to break ground on the stadium in October.

I hope they set up a live camera video stream so we can keep up with construction!!!

Interesting hearing Doc Sander. This guy is sharp. Just a matter-of-fact discussion on the stadium and the vision to get it done. He was rather emphatic about NO track in the stadium. He mentioned moving seats from the Dome into Brooks in the future, and the new lights in Brooks.

Good I wonder if they could break ground the week of homecoming if possible. They could get a big amount of donations that way. If not October is a fine date.

(08-06-2015 04:27 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  Interesting hearing Doc Sander. This guy is sharp. Just a matter-of-fact discussion on the stadium and the vision to get it done. He was rather emphatic about NO track in the stadium. He mentioned moving seats from the Dome into Brooks in the future, and the new lights in Brooks.

That's not surprising at all. Repurposing the retractables that are attached or finding a way to use the end seats is a great thing.

(08-07-2015 06:02 PM)Buccaneerlover Wrote:  

(08-06-2015 04:27 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  Interesting hearing Doc Sander. This guy is sharp. Just a matter-of-fact discussion on the stadium and the vision to get it done. He was rather emphatic about NO track in the stadium. He mentioned moving seats from the Dome into Brooks in the future, and the new lights in Brooks.

That's not surprising at all. Repurposing the retractables that are attached or finding a way to use the end seats is a great thing.

Oh yea, he said they are going to try to add five to eight hundred more seats for the Kennesaw football opener.

(08-07-2015 06:35 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  

(08-07-2015 06:02 PM)Buccaneerlover Wrote:  

(08-06-2015 04:27 PM)Buc66 Wrote:  Interesting hearing Doc Sander. This guy is sharp. Just a matter-of-fact discussion on the stadium and the vision to get it done. He was rather emphatic about NO track in the stadium. He mentioned moving seats from the Dome into Brooks in the future, and the new lights in Brooks.

That's not surprising at all. Repurposing the retractables that are attached or finding a way to use the end seats is a great thing.

Oh yea, he said they are going to try to add five to eight hundred more seats for the Kennesaw football opener.

They need to do that for the Emory & Henry game too.

Anyone been on or by campus lately to see if they have roped off the area for construction yet? I think on October 1st they were supposed to be closing parking lot 19 and the Basler challenge course.

(10-06-2015 06:49 PM)brock20 Wrote:  Anyone been on or by campus lately to see if they have roped off the area for construction yet? I think on October 1st they were supposed to be closing parking lot 19 and the Basler challenge course.

Student here. No they have not done anything at all.

My guess is that you won't see any construction on the stadium until dirt is moved on the PAC.

(10-06-2015 07:22 PM)ETSUfan1 Wrote:  My guess is that you won't see any construction on the stadium until dirt is moved on the PAC.

According to the state of the university address:

Football stadium(project design completed,finalize fundraising, groundbreaking and construction at midpoint)

https://www.etsu.edu/president/interim-c...202015.pdf

Does this mean midpoint of the semester?

If we don't break ground on the stadium before the PAC, it simply won't be ready by the 2017 season. At the state of the university address, Dr. Noland didn't seem like the PAC was close to breaking ground and he even mentioned some of the elements surrounding the PAC have not gone as well as he had hoped, but over the past several weeks everyone has "hit a reset button" and that he hopes to get those worked out soon so that design can begin. Also, the city is just starting the formal discussions on whether to give ETSU $8 million. Obviously, without knowing whether that can go through, we can't start the design. If we haven't started design, it will probably be a year or more before that breaks ground

(10-07-2015 05:35 AM)etsubuc Wrote:  If we don't break ground on the stadium before the PAC, it simply won't be ready by the 2017 season. At the state of the university address, Dr. Noland didn't seem like the PAC was close to breaking ground and he even mentioned some of the elements surrounding the PAC have not gone as well as he had hoped, but over the past several weeks everyone has "hit a reset button" and that he hopes to get those worked out soon so that design can begin. Also, the city is just starting the formal discussions on whether to give ETSU $8 million. Obviously, without knowing whether that can go through, we can't start the design. If we haven't started design, it will probably be a year or more before that breaks ground

Things do tend to move at a noticeably slower pace in NE Tennessee than some other parts.

(10-07-2015 07:43 AM)Buc66 Wrote:  Things do tend to move at a noticeably slower pace in NE Tennessee than some other parts.

Not always a bad thing.

(10-07-2015 09:49 AM)Flippmb Wrote:  

(10-07-2015 07:43 AM)Buc66 Wrote:  Things do tend to move at a noticeably slower pace in NE Tennessee than some other parts.

Not always a bad thing.

Couldn't agree more.

I would bet the stadium is done before the PAC.

http://www.easttennessean.com/news/view....commodate-