With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

There is zero progress towards a stadium solution in Pittsburgh. Many people including the former adminstration considered Heinz Field to be the solution. Steve Pederson called Heinz Field the best venue for college football in the ACC (LMFAO). So some people are OK with it.

I am not even remotely OK with Heinz Field but what can I do?

I know it's been beaten to death, but I really wish you guys still had Pitt Stadium. Saw a game there in the 90's, it just had a great old stadium/old tradition atmosphere to it.

(05-11-2016 03:34 PM)7fielder Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

There is zero progress towards a stadium solution in Pittsburgh. Many people including the former adminstration considered Heinz Field to be the solution. Steve Pederson called Heinz Field the best venue for college football in the ACC (LMFAO). So some people are OK with it.

I am not even remotely OK with Heinz Field but what can I do?

You can write entertainingly angry letters and refuse to send holiday cards.

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

The long term plan for Pitt is to build a football stadium at the current Schenley Park location. It is the only plan because it is the only available space adjacent to Pitt campus. But it is a historical site. When Pittsburgh had a NBA team, it was inside the park. Most events in early 20th century were held in that arena. Building a football stadium will destroy the small but the most beautiful park in Pittsburgh.

This is always hotly debated by Pitt fans on Pitt specific message boards.

Pretty much everybody would like one. Most people I think are resigned to the fact that it won't be happening in the foreseeable future. Acquiring the land for the stadium is just one issue - parking and traffic flow is another.

I'm of the mindset that it could be done but there would need to be serious groundswell among the fan base in order to make it happen. In other words, things would have to change significantly with the Pitt fan base to pressure the university enough to make it happen. I'd think a sustained run of success and national prominence would be necessary to get it done. Even then, it would be tough. Pitt has a lot of competition for entertainment dollars.

(05-11-2016 10:38 PM)ArQ Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

The long term plan for Pitt is to build a football stadium at the current Schenley Park location. It is the only plan because it is the only available space adjacent to Pitt campus. But it is a historical site. When Pittsburgh had a NBA team, it was inside the park. Most events in early 20th century were held in that arena. Building a football stadium will destroy the small but the most beautiful park in Pittsburgh.

This is all incorrect.

Most reasonable people understand that Pitt cannot fully reach its potential at Heinz Field but for now at least its nowhere close to happening.

(05-11-2016 10:38 PM)ArQ Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

The long term plan for Pitt is to build a football stadium at the current Schenley Park location. It is the only plan because it is the only available space adjacent to Pitt campus. But it is a historical site. When Pittsburgh had a NBA team, it was inside the park. Most events in early 20th century were held in that arena. Building a football stadium will destroy the small but the most beautiful park in Pittsburgh.

wtf are you talking about

(05-15-2016 04:12 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 10:38 PM)ArQ Wrote:  

(05-11-2016 03:01 PM)Ewglenn Wrote:  With articles like the one below, are you guys ever going to get an OCS? I'm sure this guys isn't a big loss but it still should raise the question. Is there any progress towards a stadium solution or are y'all okay with Heinz Field?

http://www.cardiachill.com/2016/5/9/1163...n-kentucky

The long term plan for Pitt is to build a football stadium at the current Schenley Park location. It is the only plan because it is the only available space adjacent to Pitt campus. But it is a historical site. When Pittsburgh had a NBA team, it was inside the park. Most events in early 20th century were held in that arena. Building a football stadium will destroy the small but the most beautiful park in Pittsburgh.

wtf are you talking about

I was thinking the same thing... lol

Sorry to be that guy, but this thread needs a Field of Dreams reference:

(05-16-2016 09:40 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Sorry to be that guy, but this thread needs a Field of Dreams reference:

He had a lot more land to work with in Iowa than Pitt has in Oakland.

(05-16-2016 10:26 AM)7fielder Wrote:  

(05-16-2016 09:40 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Sorry to be that guy, but this thread needs a Field of Dreams reference:

He had a lot more land to work with in Iowa than Pitt has in Oakland.

Lmao touché

Pitt could definitely build a stadium in Oakland but it will definitely not be in Schenley Park, which is protected by law. That is a nonstarter. Also, Schenley Park is 456 acres - which is about half the size as Manhattan's Central Park - which is enormous.

The Oakland neighborhood, where the University of Pittsburgh is located, is the third largest business district in the state of Pennsylvania behind Center City Philadelphia and downtown Pittsburgh. Therefore space is scarce and fairly expensive.

That's the problem. There's just very little infrastructure near campus for them to do it. The infrastructure on the North Shore – where Pittsburgh's two major stadiums are located – is much better suited for major events like college football games.

Still, Pitt could pull it off if it really wanted to. It would take a lot of money and it would be a politically treacherous road but they could absolutely do it and anyone who says otherwise is full of shitt.

The question becomes if it is worth it for them to do it both financially and politically. So far, the answer to those questions has been no. However, I have found that sometimes, over time, priorities and situations evolve, which is why I never say never on anything.

It is nowhere close to happening right now but someday it is a possibility.

(05-16-2016 10:26 AM)7fielder Wrote:  

(05-16-2016 09:40 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Sorry to be that guy, but this thread needs a Field of Dreams reference:

He had a lot more land to work with in Iowa than Pitt has in Oakland.

Well, if you want to get technical (which I do), Kevin Costner doesn't have more land. He just has cheaper land.

(05-16-2016 11:21 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  Pitt could definitely build a stadium in Oakland but it will definitely not be in Schenley Park

Schenley Park is divided into two parts by Panther Hollow Road. Pitt's long term plan is to build the football stadium in the current Panther Hollow Lake, Lower Panther Hollow Trail area.

That is definitely not Pitt's long-term plan because it will not be permitted by the city. That is the idea of a couple of loose cannon Pitt fans. Louisville will build a new stadium in the middle Churchill Downs first.

(05-16-2016 05:19 PM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  That is definitely not Pitt's long-term plan because it will not be permitted by the city. That is the idea of a couple of loose cannon Pitt fans. Louisville will build a new stadium in the middle Churchill Downs first.

I don't know much about Pittsburgh, but I would be surprised to see Pitt get an on-campus stadium ever again. There are way too many political agendas to make the process easy. It's not like it is with rural colleges (i.e. PSU), where they can just buyout farmer John for a couple hundred thousand and move the cows to the next field over.

(05-15-2016 07:10 AM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  Most reasonable people understand that Pitt cannot fully reach its potential at Heinz Field but for now at least its nowhere close to happening.

How would an OCS help Pitt reach its potential? Wasn't the Heinz Field compromise reached because refurbishing Pitt Stadium was cost prohibitive?

(05-16-2016 05:19 PM)Dr. Isaly von Yinzer Wrote:  That is definitely not Pitt's long-term plan because it will not be permitted by the city. That is the idea of a couple of loose cannon Pitt fans. Louisville will build a new stadium in the middle Churchill Downs first.

OK. Not the long term plan, but the best scenario that is feasible.