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(06-09-2021 06:30 AM)ODU2K1 Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 08:44 PM)The Flagship Wrote:  

(06-08-2021 07:48 PM)ODUi Wrote:  Are they gonna keep the standing room area behind home plate or will rally alley be the only standing room option? Might be too early to know, I just enjoy watching the game from that area. I imagine we have some ideas after visiting LA Tech and USC.

Just too early to tell. It's an unusual situation we have where everything has to be built from the existing ground elevation and up. Can't go down at all. That creates a challenge from ADA standpoint. But now that Rally Alley is there, that area can now serve as the ADA area, meaning you could then have the front row seats behind home plate lower. But I'm guessing that the footprint is too small to do that because you need that space under the stands for locker rooms, concessions, etc. I'll bet the front row seating will be similar to what we have now where the front row elevation is at the top of the dugouts, allowing the option for ground-level viewing from behind home plate if desired. But that is valuable space that will be needed for something other than ADA accessibility.

Rally Alley can be part of the ADA plan but it can't be the ADA seating plan for The Bud 2.0. ADA requires that new stadiums have 1% of seating set aside as accessible seating but it also is spread out throughout the stadium. ADA Stadium Guidelines

You are correct. I forgot that an elevator will be part of this for access to the suite/pressbox level so it won't be hard to provide ADA seating in the stands.