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(04-23-2014 09:03 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote: [ -> ]That'd be awesome! 17 mill into a new facility? Indoor practice field?

No would be the addition to RL Hill Sports Complex.

I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

President Runte would have got in her car drove up 64 and would have had several meetings with one Mr. Norment.

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!

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(04-23-2014 09:29 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!

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Either way, I'm guessing we will all know before the end of this season in order for it to be constructed by 2018.

I wanna know who we have working with him in Green Bay! I need some seats at Lambeau! Haha

Bet its expandable to 45000. That seems like too many seats right now. 30 35000 is about right. We want to keep it a hot ticket.

(04-23-2014 10:45 PM)monarx Wrote: [ -> ]Bet its expandable to 45000. That seems like too many seats right now. 30 35000 is about right. We want to keep it a hot ticket.

Yeah, don't understand that thought process. Are you saying less people will show up if they can get a seat? I do understand the theory of higher donations bidding for less seats, but I don't understand how limiting seats makes it a hotter ticket. My personal thought is this: very few few games in this conference are going to be showcase games that anyone will notice and we are unlikely to get 45k to see us play Florida International. However, the showcase games (ie NC State and Virginia Tech) will easily have the demand for 45k +. Having the 45k capacity will also lead to more showcase games and make scheduling BCS teams home/home much easier (see ECU). I think it is more critical to have 45k at those games than to have a full stadium for games nobody will see, unless the donation numbers are projected to drop significantly if tickets to these games are obtainable, significantly being the key word. I don't buy it, but I don't have any data and I am sure it is someone's job to make the educated recommendation.

(04-23-2014 09:29 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!

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Does anybody else have any intel regarding this? If it turns out to be true that ODU has a plan of 30K-35K, expandable to 45K I think most of us would be happy with that.

(04-24-2014 07:28 AM)paintedblue Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:29 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!

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Does anybody else have any intel regarding this? If it turns out to be true that ODU has a plan of 30K-35K, expandable to 45K I think most of us would be happy with that.

Don't know about expansion plans, but I heard it from th horses mouth last week that it was in the 25K - 30K range.

(04-24-2014 07:28 AM)paintedblue Wrote: [ -> ]Does anybody else have any intel regarding this? If it turns out to be true that ODU has a plan of 30K-35K, expandable to 45K I think most of us would be happy with that.

Here's what probably happened...Highsmith's old school (Miami) wants a new stadium and there's been issues getting it done. This probably came up in talks with the ODU alum up there, who mentioned we are building. It sounds like he likely oversold it a bit and Highsmith tweeted it out, mostly to tweak the Miami people on his twitter feed--as in "ODU can get this done, but WE can't?".

I still feel 2018 is a ridiculously long wait. Too many hoops to jump through, here. In an ideal scenario (which we currently do not have), apartments would be torn down next fall and ground would be broken next spring.

But that's not gonna happen...

(04-24-2014 07:40 AM)odusteeler Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-24-2014 07:28 AM)paintedblue Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:29 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!

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Does anybody else have any intel regarding this? If it turns out to be true that ODU has a plan of 30K-35K, expandable to 45K I think most of us would be happy with that.

Don't know about expansion plans, but I heard it from th horses mouth last week that it was in the 25K - 30K range.

Seems shortsighted...25 is only a 20ish% increase...is it worth a whole new stadium for that? if they go that route, it BETTER be expandable.

(04-24-2014 02:40 PM)MonarchManiac Wrote: [ -> ]

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(04-24-2014 07:28 AM)paintedblue Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:29 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]

(04-23-2014 09:12 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]I just tweeted him about it and he tweeted back. Says he has a coworker who played here and they told him about the new facilities being built by the water

Hope the coworker wasn't bragging!!



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Does anybody else have any intel regarding this? If it turns out to be true that ODU has a plan of 30K-35K, expandable to 45K I think most of us would be happy with that.

Don't know about expansion plans, but I heard it from th horses mouth last week that it was in the 25K - 30K range.

Seems shortsighted...25 is only a 20ish% increase...is it worth a whole new stadium for that? if they go that route, it BETTER be expandable.

I just had a very similar conversation with a fellow poster. We agreed that even if they build a 25K-28K seat stadium the fans will be getting so much more than just 5-8 thousand more seats. From every indication they are planning a state-of-the-art facility with amenities that will blow the socks off even most jaded fans. This is the type of facility we as fans both need and deserve in order to maintain and grow our future support, especially through what may be a lean year here-and-there on the field.

As long as plans are being made, including engineering to sustain increased weight, parking etc. for eventual expansion to 35K-40K I think that is a great route to go. ODU does not want to saturate the market with tickets so that the perception is they are easy to get on any particular game day. Somebody alluded to this in regards to recruiting and how the kids like having a sold-out fired up crowd.

I do agree that any new stadium design should be easy and relatively cost-effective to expand or it would be short-sighted and foolish.

(04-24-2014 02:15 PM)Monarch Maniac 10 Wrote: [ -> ]I still feel 2018 is a ridiculously long wait. Too many hoops to jump through, here. In an ideal scenario (which we currently do not have), apartments would be torn down next fall and ground would be broken next spring.

But that's not gonna happen...

Leases have already been signed for next year for those apartments I'm fairly certain. There's also nowhere for those students to go, there's already space problems since upperclassmen are getting bumped for freshman rooms. I can see the apartments being torn down in late '15 or early 16 though if ODU does some quick acquiring of property/construction.

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(04-23-2014 10:45 PM)monarx Wrote: [ -> ]Bet its expandable to 45000. That seems like too many seats right now. 30 35000 is about right. We want to keep it a hot ticket.

Yeah, don't understand that thought process. Are you saying less people will show up if they can get a seat? I do understand the theory of higher donations bidding for less seats, but I don't understand how limiting seats makes it a hotter ticket. My personal thought is this: very few few games in this conference are going to be showcase games that anyone will notice and we are unlikely to get 45k to see us play Florida International. However, the showcase games (ie NC State and Virginia Tech) will easily have the demand for 45k +. Having the 45k capacity will also lead to more showcase games and make scheduling BCS teams home/home much easier (see ECU). I think it is more critical to have 45k at those games than to have a full stadium for games nobody will see, unless the donation numbers are projected to drop significantly if tickets to these games are obtainable, significantly being the key word. I don't buy it, but I don't have any data and I am sure it is someone's job to make the educated recommendation.

There are ways of getting the same total amount of revenue from a 45,000 game and a 30,000 game. You just set the price of that game's ticket to meet demand. If the demand is such that a season ticket is required just to acquire that individual game ticket, then that makes life even easier for the administration.
Also, if gameday tickets are available, people would opt to not go on days when the weather is less than pleasant. Sell them as part of a season package some 3-5 months in advance and that revenue is guaranteed.
Trust me, the athletic department knows how to handle this and will do what they feel is the best path. There is very little evidence that they have made major blunders on decisions like this in the past, based on the information they had at the time. If anything, their decision making at times has been risky and filled with optimism that didn't fully present itself at the time the decision was made.
My guess is that they will stretch this "initial" stage as far as they can in within the appropriate "business" range, while leaving room to up the ante in the future.

Regarding future expansion, one of the key initial design elements will be to ensure the ability to expand the stadium within an 8 month time frame so that there are no gameday conflicts. I will be interested to see how this will be planned. The easiest way would be to have no end zone seating initially. I'm not crazy about that but if that is the only way to do it then I guess we will have to go that route.

2018 ain't happening. I'm thinking 2019 earliest. Too many logistical contingencies to mire through. May need to explore temp bleachers or something at Foreman down the road.

If it's not ready by 2018, the Tech game is down the drain, correct?

(04-24-2014 04:23 PM)CUSAmonarchman Wrote: [ -> ]If it's not ready by 2018, the Tech game is down the drain, correct?

Yes. My understanding is that Tech made our home game with them contingent on the new stadium being completed in 2018.

(04-24-2014 04:08 PM)odusteeler Wrote: [ -> ]2018 ain't happening. I'm thinking 2019 earliest. Too many logistical contingencies to mire through. May need to explore temp bleachers or something at Foreman down the road.

I don't agree, and I hope I am right.