(06-22-2016 11:12 AM)Afflicted Wrote:  

(06-20-2016 01:22 PM)Grungy Wrote:  

(06-20-2016 11:13 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  I HAVE suggested that we build a new press box and even suites in front of the old one... which would be closer to the game AND push west siders further down. Leave the old area as a 'work space' or even a green room for media or even a museum of sorts.

Shade.
Add something that provides more shade.
Have you ever watched the crowd on the ends of the lower West side migrate to be in the shade?
The same thing happens as the shadow of the press box swings around.
Somewhere I have pictures of this, from my seat in the solar dutch oven section.

YES! I can't wait to get chastised for this one, but why can't some kind of temporary canopy be erected on the lower east side of the stadium? Nothing cheap of course, and something that's sturdy enough to stay in place until it needs to be removed for a big game. No one sits in the upper west stands, so there's no worries about having to block anyone's view. Something needs to be done. The MOB, students, and visiting fans are over there baking in the sun. It's hell. I can't stand it myself.

We've been talking about this issue for years....

but you're making no sense.

No canopy erected on the lower east would help with the mid-day and afternoon sun in the west that causes them the heat.... at least not one that wouldn't block their view of the field....

unless you're suggesting a half-dome over the west?

and we sell thousands of upper west season tickets precisely because they get the shade of the press box in the late afternoon... which is specifically the comment that you were responding to.