(10-06-2021 10:32 AM)poppaslaw Wrote:  

(10-04-2021 02:59 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(10-01-2021 09:27 PM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  I know the OCS folks are talking about a smaller stadium than Simmons Memorial.

But for the sake of argument, I went to maps and got a satellite image of the stadium.

Just the stadium and not the walkway around it.

Then without changing any scales I moved the map to the main campus and superimposed the measurements of the stadium to every suggested site on campus.

NONE of them came close to holding the stadium.

The only place on the south campus it would fit is the southwest corner and it would require losing one practice field and all of the golf practice areas.


Audobon park, the only site that it would fit required removing the golf clubhouse, unless you want to demolish the golf course.


Of course, a smaller stadium would take a smaller spot but remember this was just the stadium itself and not the pedestrian walkway area around the stadium.

Seems the OCS side has been playing free and loose with the scale of the photos when making their claims.

Nah, you did something wrong.
I just did the same thing.
It fits in the Memorial Field/ROTS/Elliptical area.
It fits to the east of Zach Curlin.
It fits south of Centennial Place.
It fits north of Central by Holiday Inn.
It fits <pick an area> south of Southern.
It fits <pick an area> on the Park Campus.
It fits <pick an area> in Audubon.

And that's with the too-large size, and the sweeping sombrero footprint. The actual footprint would be smaller.

This is Houston's stadium. Fits well in one of the Heery Report spots (this isn't final placement). Some of those are gone now due to other construction.

Yeah. I haven't even talked about closing Zach Curlin and putting it right in the middle of that - using track land to the west and waterworks land to the east.

You could easily rotate it 90-degrees and put it by the Holiday Inn. Create replacement student parking in other areas - like Zach Curlin.

I also like putting it just south of Centennial Place (the "new" Richardson Towers area). There are no major structures for 2 blocks there that could not be easily relocated. It's not like Frat Row couldn't use some new facilities.

But the spot you're showing is the best. Allows a sightline with the Library. New parking lot potential along Zach Curlin. Gets the true campus feel. And good enough east-west egress down Central and Southern - same as you have now. North-south egress on Highland and Goodlett.