(11-27-2021 08:53 AM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  

(11-27-2021 08:42 AM)McKinney Wrote:  Is it to give a wider view of the scenery?

Looks like the open side is for the video board and view of mountains.
The stage will go there during concerts 340 million plus should be nice.

Correct. The C-shaped conceptual design is optimized for concerts, with the stage to be situated under the video board. The designers were told to come up with a multi-use configuration since in recent years Aloha Stadium has drawn as large or larger crowds for big-name concerts as for UH football. The view is toward the mountains instead of Pearl Harbor because the afternoon sun is on the Pearl Harbor side. The positioning of the canopies will keep most of the seating shaded and cool.

Personally I would rather see a U-shaped design that's optimized for football, but of course that's my bias as a 25-year-plus UH season ticket holder.

This is another conceptual rendering, showing how the new stadium would look hosting a concert: