(05-20-2017 10:18 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote: (05-20-2017 07:38 AM)panama Wrote: There is no way for them to come up with even $60M for a cheap Phase I see for set stadium?
This is a burning question for cfb. Like, didn't Charlotte basically make a blueprint for the perfect customized venue? The base, while not huge, was cheap. They can make it expandable to a top scale in increments...why aren't more schools looking at that?
I would hate to see "the big four" venue routes continue onward:
1) Tear down and rebuild for hundreds of millions
2) Renovate and downsize for tens or hundreds of millions
3) Lean on pro venues despite their political issues
4) Build at max capacity as phase one
I really thought Charlotte's venue was going to change this game for smaller programs. Still waiting to see another school going that route...
Charlotte wasn't dirt cheap. It cost $45M for 15,000 seats.
Leaving aside major renovations like TCU, here's a list of new college football stadiums built in the last 25 years. Some have used their new stadium to springboard into power conferences (Rutgers, Louisville, Utah). Most schools have drawn well. Akron, Florida Atlantic, SMU, North Texas and Tulane have not.
I think SDSU would do well.
COMPLETED - 15
1994
Rutgers - High Point Solutions Stadium
40,000 (since expanded to 52,494)
$28M ($44.6M in 2014 dollars plus $102M expansion)
FieldTurf (natural grass originally)
GSGSBH
$6.5M stadium naming rights for 10 years
2016 Attendance: 44,804
1998
Louisville - Papa John's Stadium
42,000 (since expanded to 55,000)
$63M originally ($91M in 2014 dollars plus $72M expansion)
FieldTurf
Rosser Int'l with Lucket & Farley
$5M initial stadium naming rights + $10M additional (for expansion), good through 2040
2016 Attendance: 54,065
Utah - Rice-Eccles Stadium
45,634 (since reduced to 45,017)
$50M ($72.3M in 2014 dollars)
FieldTurf (Sportgrass originally)
FFKR Architects
$10M donation from Eccles for stadium naming rights
2016 Attendance: 46,506
2000
SMU - Gerald J. Ford Stadium
32,000
$42M ($57.5M in 2014 dollars)
FieldTurf
Ellerbe Becket
$20M donation from Ford for stadium naming rights
2016 Attendance: 23,712
2003
UConn - Rentschler Field (off campus)
38,110 + 2,532 SRO
$91M ($117M in 2014 dollars)
Kentucky Bluegrass
Ellerbe Becket
Stadium named for founder of United Technologies Corp. UTX donated the land. New naming rights cannot be sold until 2018
2016 Attendance: 26,796
2006
Stanford - Stanford Stadium
50,000
$90M ($105M in 2014 dollars)
Natural Grass
Hoover & Associates
Naming rights unsold
2016 Attendance: 44,142
2007
UCF - Brighthouse Networks Stadium
45,323
$55M ($62.6M in 2014 dollars)
Bermuda Grass
360 Architecture
$12M stadium naming rights for 15 years
2016 Attendance: 35,802
2009
Minnesota - TCF Bank Stadium
50,805
$303M ($334M in 2014 dollars)
FieldTurf
Populous (formerly HOK Sport) with Architectural Alliance & Studio Hive
$35M stadium naming rights for 25 years
2016 Attenance: 43,814
Akron - Summa Field at Infocision Stadium
27,000 + SRO
$62M ($68M in 2014 dollars)
Prograss (Artificial)
HNTB Architecture
$10M stadium naming rights for 20 years
$5M field naming rights for 20 years
2016 Attendance: 10,337
2011
North Texas - Apogee Stadium
30,850
$78M ($81M in 2014 dollars)
PowerBlade HP+ (artificial)
HKS
$20M stadium naming rights for 20 years
2016 Attendance: 19,878
Florida Atlantic
29,419
$62M ($65M in 2014 dollars)
Bermuda Grass
HKS with Schenkel Shultz
$6M stadium naming rights for 12 years w/GEO Group REJECTED
2016 Attendance: 10,073
2013
UNC Charlotte - McColl-Richardson Field at Jerry Richardson Stadium
15,300
$45M
Hellas Matrix (artificial)
DLR Group with Jackson Peer Architects
$2M field naming rights
$10M stadium naming rights
2016 Attendance: 14,192
2014
Baylor - John Eddie Williams Field at McLane Stadium
45,140 (including SRO, closer to 42,000 seats)
$266M
Hellas Matrix (artificial)
Populous (formerly HOK Sport)
$25M donation from Drayton McLane for the stadium to be named McLane Stadium
$17.5M donation from John Eddie Williams for field naming rights
2016 Attendance: 45,838
Houston - John O'Quinn Field at TDECU Stadium
40,000 (plus SRO)
$128M
UBU Speed Series S5-M (artificial)
DLR Group with PageSoutherlandPage and Smith & Co Architects
$5M donation from O'Quinn Estate to retain field naming rights
$15M stadium naming rights for 10 years with an option for 5 more years at $7.5M more
2016 Attendance: 38,953
Tulane - Benson Field at Yulman Stadium
23,000 (+ SRO)
$75M
UBU Speed Series S5-M turf
Gould Evans
$15M stadium naming rights
$7.5M field naming rights
2016 Attendance: 22,718
UNDER CONSTRUCTION - 1
2017
Colorado State - Sonny Lubick Field at X Stadium
36,000 + SRO
$220M
Shaw Powerblade Pro (artificial)
Populus
Stadium Naming rights as yet unsold
$20M anonymous field naming rights over 30 years to honor Coach Lubick