(09-12-2020 09:41 PM)U_of_Elvis Wrote: (09-12-2020 09:18 PM)Penny1 Wrote: (09-12-2020 08:52 PM)UofMemphis Wrote: only holds 25k though.
I want something like Louisville's stadium before all the capacity increases...it held 42k
put it here:
It will not fit in that square space.
For one thing, the Larry Finch memorial statue will be at the circle entrance.
Any future stadium will be at the golf course property.
People want to envision a OCS on the main campus, but there's no room.
The dimensions don't fit.
The 2007ish study that was commissioned found like 7 sites that were on or adjacent to the main campus that were viable. Commercial development in the adjacent space will have changed that somewhat, but it is still possible to put a stadium on the main campus.
The golf course or south campus are no better than the liberty bowl.
The Leary Report was commissioned by the OCS crowd and grossly misrepresented the facts to push for an OCS.
They point at Louisville as an example of a new stadium but leave out key details.
First Louisville was playing in a minor league baseball stadium and had a losing season.
Louisville had changed coaches the first year in the new stadium and the home crowds at the start of the season were about the same as the previous year.
Louisville hosted the governor's cup game that year against Kentucky which increased the average.
Louisville team was winning and the crowds did NOT drop off late in the season as it had in the past when they were losing.
It was the team winning and not the stadium which was responsible for the increase in attendance.
What many forget is that just because the footprint of a stadium will fit in a certain area does not mean that the infrastructure is in place for the stadium.
Electrical lines, water lines, gas lines and sewage will all have to be increased.
Not to mention the residential areas surrounding the south campus.
The one exit that will be available onto getwell could not begin to handle the traffic flow if by chance you had enough parking spots.
Even if traffic moved at the theoretical maximum(1,900 cars per hour per lane) you would be looking at at least 4 hours to move traffic out of the stadium after a game.
You know it will not move at maximum so a full stadium could see 6 to 8 hours of traffic jams.
On the main campus sites are no better when it comes to post game traffic flows.