(11-16-2015 11:10 AM)MJG Wrote:  Yulman and Infocision are two of the newer built from scratch nice stadiums.
Yulman costs 85 million with 24k actual seats but a lot of chairback/luxury seating.

Infocision was 60M for 30k nice but not as nice as Yulman.
Akron has admitted they would not build it now looking back.

Any natural ideal locations to make it easier?
Can you dig down for the lower bowl like a lot of stadiums?
Probably not considering your close to sea level but maybe.

I've seen nothing but praise for Infocision from visiting media & fans. I love that it is all sideline seating other than grassy area.

For those advocating a 25K stadium, you must be forgetting how grossly USA underreports attendance. My opinion (and many others too) but generally, I think 17K = 20K, 20K = 24K, etc.

(11-17-2015 12:43 PM)airtroop Wrote:  For those advocating a 25K stadium, you must be forgetting how grossly USA underreports attendance. My opinion (and many others too) but generally, I think 17K = 20K, 20K = 24K, etc.

They just report what tickets were actually scanned (which stems from the NCAA not accepting Ladd's turnstile counts during our transition). The problem is that tickets aren't always scanned. Students are often not counted. My ticket wasn't scanned last game, so I don't know if they retroactively scanned the stub they pulled off. The counts have seemed to be more accurate to me this year (except last game). But there have been times where the attendance was badly under-inflated (2013 opener is best example in my mind). I hope it is something that improves.

(11-16-2015 10:33 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  I used to think the stadium might go between the Mitchell Center and Stanky Field where the track is, but the softball field might be in the way. At one time it was mentioned that the softball field could be relocated and the cost be minimal compared to the stadium, but they just had an expansion and built an indoor hitting and pitching facility so I'm not sure it will go there after all. It still could, but it makes little sense to waste money with the softball expansion only to tear it down.

I think now it might go where the intramural fields are, near the football field house because that ground is already flat and could trim off a lot of the cost associated with flattening and grading the land. I don't care where it is, just build it!

(11-17-2015 12:51 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(11-17-2015 12:43 PM)airtroop Wrote:  For those advocating a 25K stadium, you must be forgetting how grossly USA underreports attendance. My opinion (and many others too) but generally, I think 17K = 20K, 20K = 24K, etc.

They just report what tickets were actually scanned (which stems from the NCAA not accepting Ladd's turnstile counts during our transition). The problem is that tickets aren't always scanned. Students are often not counted. My ticket wasn't scanned last game, so I don't know if they retroactively scanned the stub they pulled off. The counts have seemed to be more accurate to me this year (except last game). But there have been times where the attendance was badly under-inflated (2013 opener is best example in my mind). I hope it is something that improves.

Thanks, Skully. Yeah, I think we're only a couple of thousand off (average per game) for the most part of this year versus three to four thousand in past years. Keith Ayers and I had seats close together for the first four years and we used to just look at each other and say "what???" every time the attendance was announced.