(11-11-2018 12:38 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  Looks great USA...perfect size. Has a decision been made on Ladd?

A decision in what regard? Nothing will happen to Ladd. It’ll remain and serve as a high school stadium. The Senior Bowl will move to USA’s new stadium and the Dollar General Bowl will most likely move as well.

SDSU has prime model for its stadium in new venue at Colorado State
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor...story.html

Houston conducts its first practice in the new Fertitta Center!

Inaugural game vs. #13 Oregon in 19 days. December 1. 8 PM central. ESPN2.

Shown are the club seats in gray, loge seats behind the club seats with tabletops,
club area back behind, and terrace seats above the club still in plastic wrap.

(11-12-2018 04:42 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Houston conducts its first practice in the new Fertitta Center!

Inaugural game vs. #13 Oregon in 19 days. December 1. 8 PM central. ESPN2.

Shown are the club seats in gray, loge seats behind the club seats with tabletops,
club area back behind, and terrace seats above the club still in plastic wrap.

Looks nice...I walked in and viewed Hofheinz about 8 years ago and it was horrible.

What is the new capacity? 7,000?

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/9000...adium.html

It's crunch time: Can SDSU really build a satellite campus?
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new...story.html

(11-12-2018 08:50 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-12-2018 04:42 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Houston conducts its first practice in the new Fertitta Center!

Inaugural game vs. #13 Oregon in 19 days. December 1. 8 PM central. ESPN2.

Shown are the club seats in gray, loge seats behind the club seats with tabletops,
club area back behind, and terrace seats above the club still in plastic wrap.

Looks nice...What is the new capacity? 7,000?

7,100 Mark.

Utah has gone from 32,000 in 1997 and in the deep shadow of BYU to 51,000 seats and PAC-12 membership with this new expansion.

Then with BYU crowds trending in the upper 50's these days instead of full capacity the two schools are now in the same ballpark.

Wow.

(11-15-2018 10:02 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Utah has gone from 32,000 in 1997 and in the deep shadow of BYU to 51,000 seats and PAC-12 membership with this new expansion.

Then with BYU crowds trending in the upper 50's these days instead of full capacity the two schools are now in the same ballpark.

And in a good economics lesson, having a smaller sold-out stadium (designed scarcity) with adequate premium seating generates a lot more revenue than a higher capacity stadium with no scarcity and scant premium seating.

We shut the lights off in our 82 year old stadium tonight for the last time.

Demo starts Monday morning for 6 weeks straight, 24 hours a day.

https://www.newodustadium.com/

(11-17-2018 10:26 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  We shut the lights off in our 82 year old stadium tonight for the last time.

Demo starts Monday morning for 6 weeks straight, 24 hours a day.

https://www.newodustadium.com/

Thanks for the update....wonder if you guys could host a new bowl there in a few years?

The Utah stadium looks great.

I was in Salt Lake City back in April. I wish I could've gone to see the stadium but I was on a Greyhound bus so I didn't a chance to. SLC and the surrounding suburbs were really nice.

I'm glad they're renovating, just surprised they wouldn't go up to 55,000 or so.

(11-17-2018 10:44 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 10:26 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  We shut the lights off in our 82 year old stadium tonight for the last time.

Demo starts Monday morning for 6 weeks straight, 24 hours a day.

https://www.newodustadium.com/

Thanks for the update....wonder if you guys could host a new bowl there in a few years?

Hmm hadn't thought about us as a bowl location? It's a decent central location but our airport doesn't have a lot of direct flights. Plenty to do around Hampton Roads tho.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

(11-18-2018 01:34 AM)AuzGrams Wrote:  I'm glad they're renovating, just surprised they wouldn't go up to 55,000 or so.

The Olympic committee was in town to receive the 2030 winter bid. The South End Zone houses the outdated and inadequate locker rooms and media ops stuff. There had to be an improvement plan in place and approved in order to present it as part of the bid.

There has been a lot of change in the local sports marketplace in the last 20 ars and more so in the last 10. And the future is very hard to predict as there are a lot of social and demographic changes coming that in Utah have an impact on sport fandom. The university has been kicking the can down the road hoping that things would become a little clearer so that they could get a more cost-effective right-sized expansion in one go.

But the deadline hit and they had to just approve a phase 1 plan. They’ll see how that works out and continue to observe trends. Any future capacity expansion will then come as a second phase expansion, probably on the East side.

(11-18-2018 04:02 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 10:44 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 10:26 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  We shut the lights off in our 82 year old stadium tonight for the last time.

Demo starts Monday morning for 6 weeks straight, 24 hours a day.

https://www.newodustadium.com/

Thanks for the update....wonder if you guys could host a new bowl there in a few years?

Hmm hadn't thought about us as a bowl location? It's a decent central location but our airport doesn't have a lot of direct flights. Plenty to do around Hampton Roads tho.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

I don't think the airport is that important...ORF is sufficiently large enough. I would think a SunBelt vs CUSA would be good fit. Maybe even the MWC or AAC would want a new bowl game vs.the CUSA. Norfolk is within 12 hours driving by a whole lotta people so it could have solid support. Weather while not warm has a good chance to be in the 40s or low 50s for mid December.

(11-19-2018 10:06 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  I don't think the airport is that important...ORF is sufficiently large enough. I would think a SunBelt vs CUSA would be good fit. Maybe even the MWC or AAC would want a new bowl game vs.the CUSA. Norfolk is within 12 hours driving by a whole lotta people so it could have solid support. Weather while not warm has a good chance to be in the 40s or low 50s for mid December.

True. I'm all for it!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYTBkuhFCw/...cbve9wp5tt

Getting it done quick.

RIMAC's renovation part of UCSD's march toward Div. I sports
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor...story.html

(11-17-2018 10:26 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  We shut the lights off in our 82 year old stadium tonight for the last time.

Demo starts Monday morning for 6 weeks straight, 24 hours a day.

https://www.newodustadium.com/

That reconstruction schedule is a mistake IMO. They should have demo’d just one side at a time, providing ODU options when the inevitable construction delays start to pile up.

As an aside, I my Hampton Roads fantasy redesign, ODU and Portsmouth Medical Center would swap campuses.