(02-18-2016 03:59 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of turning the south endzone building into the band hall for The MOB and visitor's locker rooms. Why spend millions of dollars to tear it all down, when all you really need to do is renovate and repurpose the existing infrastructure. The entrance to the stadium will remain an ugly cement wall, but there are grater tragedies.

That's what happens when I made pasta with fresh partisan last week...

(02-18-2016 11:53 PM)YOwl Ming Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 03:59 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of turning the south endzone building into the band hall for The MOB and visitor's locker rooms. Why spend millions of dollars to tear it all down, when all you really need to do is renovate and repurpose the existing infrastructure. The entrance to the stadium will remain an ugly cement wall, but there are grater tragedies.

That's what happens when I made pasta with fresh partisan last week...

Nice one.

(02-19-2016 09:39 AM)Afflicted Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 11:53 PM)YOwl Ming Wrote:  

(02-18-2016 03:59 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of turning the south endzone building into the band hall for The MOB and visitor's locker rooms. Why spend millions of dollars to tear it all down, when all you really need to do is renovate and repurpose the existing infrastructure. The entrance to the stadium will remain an ugly cement wall, but there are grater tragedies.

That's what happens when I made pasta with fresh partisan last week...

Nice one.

Thank auto-correct for partisan (improved from parmesan, it seems)

(02-11-2016 01:42 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 01:15 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  I think I see a giant Owl head on the front windows to the left on the main structure.

Didn't the rendering have a giant owl across the entire window? I was hoping that wasn't just a graphics detail.

Yes, but it's really hard to tell sometimes if I'm really seeing an Owl head there, or if it's on the inside or just a bunch of stuff piled up in a big ball. If it is the graphic on the windows depicted in the renderings, then why only the head so far and not going all the way across with the wing? Anyone who has been there recently have a better picture than the webcam or can tell us?

Also, when Tiki posted his picture from field-level a few pages ago, the building looks a lot smaller than it does in the webcam view. No big deal, but from the renderings, it seemed it was going to be a larger facility size-wise. Anyone know if it is being constructed in such a way that it might be expanded in the future?

(02-24-2016 01:01 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Also, when Tiki posted his picture from field-level a few pages ago, the building looks a lot smaller than it does in the webcam view. No big deal, but from the renderings, it seemed it was going to be a larger facility size-wise. Anyone know if it is being constructed in such a way that it might be expanded in the future?

It's pretty big when you look at it in person. It just doesn't fill up the giant space between the two sides of the field and I'm not sure what you would even do with that space. The only reason the end zone would ever need to be filled again would be for seats and we could always just close the south end if that was ever a problem. I think if we wanted to add more room onto it we would have to go back towards the practice fields. They've now put insulation and windows around the whole building btw. Exterior is pretty close to complete.

I'm not sure what the exact size of the EZF is vis a vis the renderings, but when I saw it 3 months ago during football season, I was impressed with how HUGE it seems. Visually, it seems to fill up the whole north side of the stadium.

Agree; it's a damn big facility. I was surprised when I drove by earlier this week. It looks much bigger in person than the renderings we've seen.

Also agree that there are a lot of possibilities for the south end zone. Tear out the locker and training rooms, but keep the infrastructure intact for future fan considerations.

(02-24-2016 01:21 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(02-24-2016 01:01 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Also, when Tiki posted his picture from field-level a few pages ago, the building looks a lot smaller than it does in the webcam view. No big deal, but from the renderings, it seemed it was going to be a larger facility size-wise.

It's pretty big when you look at it in person. It just doesn't fill up the giant space between the two sides of the field ....

(02-24-2016 01:30 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  I'm not sure what the exact size of the EZF is vis a vis the renderings, but when I saw it 3 months ago during football season, I was impressed with how HUGE it seems. Visually, it seems to fill up the whole north side of the stadium.

(02-24-2016 10:16 PM)davidw Wrote:  Agree; it's a damn big facility. I was surprised when I drove by earlier this week. It looks much bigger in person than the renderings we've seen.

The two-story EZF is designed to encompass 60,000 square feet of floor space.

(02-24-2016 11:01 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(02-24-2016 01:21 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(02-24-2016 01:01 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Also, when Tiki posted his picture from field-level a few pages ago, the building looks a lot smaller than it does in the webcam view. No big deal, but from the renderings, it seemed it was going to be a larger facility size-wise.

It's pretty big when you look at it in person. It just doesn't fill up the giant space between the two sides of the field ....

(02-24-2016 01:30 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  I'm not sure what the exact size of the EZF is vis a vis the renderings, but when I saw it 3 months ago during football season, I was impressed with how HUGE it seems. Visually, it seems to fill up the whole north side of the stadium.

(02-24-2016 10:16 PM)davidw Wrote:  Agree; it's a damn big facility. I was surprised when I drove by earlier this week. It looks much bigger in person than the renderings we've seen.

The two-story EZF is designed to encompass 60,000 square feet of floor space.

Thanks for all the info on it. I'm not complaining here, just making the observation that when pulled back from the tighter webcam shot, it looked smaller than I thought it would. Since I'm no longer local, no other way for me to really tell. I'm sure it will be quite a big improvement over what we have now, and hopefully we will maintain it well and it can check off another item on our list of stuff to get done for the program.

Looking forward to the video screen coming soon. Any more word on that? I remember someone posted a test between competing screen sections a while back. Do we know which one was decided on, and will it affect baseball any as well?

How about when it's finished someone here organize a "Parliament" tour of the facility? I don't have the connections. We can all go out to a Chinese buffet afterwards or something

(02-25-2016 07:41 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  How about when it's finished someone here organize a "Parliament" tour of the facility? I don't have the connections. We can all go out to a Chinese buffet afterwards or something

Buy a seaon ticket before March 1st and you get a tour.

Looks like someone took out one of the windows, in the section second from the right.
The night views are interesting, where you can see through the glass to the lighted interior.

Maybe Boswell was practicing his 50 yard field goals and was a little wide right.

Nice update on periscope today

(02-25-2016 07:51 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(02-25-2016 07:41 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  How about when it's finished someone here organize a "Parliament" tour of the facility? I don't have the connections. We can all go out to a Chinese buffet afterwards or something

Buy a seaon ticket before March 1st and you get a tour.

That's no fun

Lots of activity right now. It looks like a Bobcat is cleaning a lot of dirt from under the ramp. Maybe they're about to conceal the piers.

They're also digging the second part of the ramp that leads to the field. They need to get some grass down soon.

It looks like the secondary ramp is going to reach all the way to the northwest corner of the endzone.

For those of you who have to rely solely on the webcam, here's a side view as of this morning.