(08-11-2019 12:06 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  What is the latest on the future of Legion Field? I'm not from AL but on the surface it seems like tearing it down would be the best COA.

Legion Field will stay around for the unseeable future. I'm pretty sure the Magic City Classic will still be played there and some of the city council members are still trying to make it useful for other events.

(08-18-2019 11:53 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(08-11-2019 12:06 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  What is the latest on the future of Legion Field? I'm not from AL but on the surface it seems like tearing it down would be the best COA.

Legion Field will stay around for the unseeable future. I'm pretty sure the Magic City Classic will still be played there and some of the city council members are still trying to make it useful for other events.

Plus it is probably at least $40M to tear down and haul away...

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(08-17-2019 06:29 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(08-17-2019 08:40 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(08-14-2019 10:41 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  Stadium will not be 100% done by the season opener with some finishing touches and some internal work remaining but should be by the next home game with ECU almost 4 weeks later.

I was skeptical of the construction schedule but seeing the 90% completion I am greatly impressed. I wish my projects went that smoothly.

Yeah most folks had their doubts, myself included. I mean demolishing the existing clam shells and building the entire east and west sides, ribbon display boards, new scoreboard, sound upgrades in one off season is a heck of a work and they pulled it off with working over weekends, holidays and 16 hour shifts on days and all of these taking into account weather delays. As it stands 95% of work will be complete before the season opener and rest of the work is really aesthetics and some internal work which isn't gonna be a show stopper and they have like 4 weeks after the season opener to get that 5% taken care of. All in all they have done an incredible job in one off season.

Very Nice

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NNew SDSU stadium renderings. Breaks ground April 2020 and should done in time for the 2022 season. Game changer for SDSU football.

(08-15-2019 03:43 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  ECU after renovation:

P6 51,000

(08-18-2019 05:49 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote:  

(08-15-2019 03:43 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  ECU after renovation:

P6 51,000

Wow, you are one new end zone facility away from having THE nicest stadium in all of the G5. Impressive!

SDSU Releases Football Stadium Renderings
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/...31381.html

Aztecs give glimpse of latest stadium design development renderings
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spo...renderings

Not yet complete, but this is the new practice field (before the bubble goes on top of it) out at UMass (this is in what was a previously mostly unused field right next to the stadium):

https://twitter.com/UMassFootball/status...3976428545

(08-18-2019 05:07 PM)SDSUguy Wrote:  NNew SDSU stadium renderings. Breaks ground April 2020 and should done in time for the 2022 season. Game changer for SDSU football.

hope they raise the ground level so it doesn't flood when there's a monsoon deluge...

5 days.

https://twitter.com/Harry_MiniumODU/stat...id16252551

SDSU wants well-versed operator to run Mission Valley stadium
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/bus...ement-firm

(08-30-2019 10:45 AM)SENOREIDA Wrote:  

They did a great job looks like it was built all at once not three or four phases. I think seventy million is close to the total .
It will be perfect for the bowl game 19,394 seats 20,000 SRO.
I could see a MAC vs SBC or C-USA game selling out and looking good.
A lot of those teams fans visit Myrtle Beach anyway. Being on the smaller side helps Coastal build its fan base.CCU has a perfect set up with most students having an easy walk to the stadium and arena.

Some interesting tidbits in this article about San Diego State's effort to purchase and take over the existing San Diego stadium site.

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/n...-answered/

Quote:The resounding takeaway is that, unless something has dramatically changed in recent weeks, the university really doesn’t know how it is going to pay for this stadium. That was true before the vote, after the vote and likely to this day.

What will SDSU do if they can't raise enough money to build a brand-new stadium, or if they decide there are better uses for the money they do raise?

Not surprisingly, the answer is: Keep using the existing stadium.

Quote:SDSU’s draft Environmental Impact Report, which it had to prepare to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, has an interesting idea: Don’t build a new stadium.

Here’s what it says:

“Stadium Re-Use Alternative.” The Stadium Re-Use Alternative would restore SDCCU Stadium to the original configuration of approximately 51,000 seats, as first constructed in 1968. Under this alternative, the proposed project would be re-configured around the existing Stadium to achieve similar land uses and intensities as the proposed project to the extent feasible based on existing grade and topography, and accommodating the floodplain.

That would seem weird that thy do not know. The property though is the thing. It gives them a host of options. I can tell you that as late as maybe 2014 our President at an alumni e emt mentioned razing Turner Field and building an erector set on the North portion of their property, in an alumni meeting. Cooler heads prevailed. The real decision will come in a few weeks or months. But I assure you that the President of SDSU privately knows how many $$$ he has to work with and where they are coming from.

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Live construction cam of Liberty's Football Operations Center.
https://www.liberty.edu/aboutliberty/ind...est%20View

(09-04-2019 05:53 AM)panama Wrote:  That would seem weird that thy do not know. The property though is the thing. It gives them a host of options. I can tell you that as late as maybe 2014 our President at an alumni e emt mentioned razing Turner Field and building an erector set on the North portion of their property, in an alumni meeting. Cooler heads prevailed. The real decision will come in a few weeks or months. But I assure you that the President of SDSU privately knows how many $$$ he has to work with and where they are coming from.

Obviously it's a much more cost effective option to renovate/reuse the existing stadium, as Georgia State did.

Maybe SDSU will do that. Or maybe they have already lined up all the financing for tearing down the old stadium and building a new one. Maybe they just don't want to make their plans public until after they have completed purchasing the land from the city.

A tour of the new Arkansas State facility. You don't see all of the facility but you get the idea. It's top notch.

The recent press box and suites upgrade.

Gotta have waterfalls!