https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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(09-23-2021 06:38 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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Thought of this first. Based on how protective SF is with the Park District in charge, I really doubt they will allow 6 games to be played there in addition to the Bears. They also would be subject to all there rules on concessions, parking etc. HS is closer to Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska etc. setting up one or two games might make sense. They rarely have more than 30k anyway. Let NU use it for free if they agree to help make some upgrades that will be left behind. Probably not going to happen, but you gotta try everything.

(09-23-2021 06:58 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:38 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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Thought of this first. Based on how protective SF is with the Park District in charge, I really doubt they will allow 6 games to be played there in addition to the Bears. They also would be subject to all there rules on concessions, parking etc. HS is closer to Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska etc. setting up one or two games might make sense. They rarely have more than 30k anyway. Let NU use it for free if they agree to help make some upgrades that will be left behind. Probably not going to happen, but you gotta try everything.

Northwestern’s average attendance has been well above 30,000 for many years, including just under 44,000 in 2018. The last year their average attendance was below 33,000 was 2009. I would doubt our 24,000 seat stadium works for them, but, it would make sense to ask.

http://hailtopurple.com/cde/attendance_annual.html

Did not really think it was that high. It always looks pretty empty. Add some end zone temporary seats, and maybe it would work. Probably a long shot, but you need to try everything to survive right now.

I wonder how much of their attendance is from visiting schools.

Pull what U of I did with the bears. I think they got a new screen and some other minor upgrades out of it.

(09-23-2021 09:12 AM)bigdog16 Wrote:  I wonder how much of their attendance is from visiting schools.

A lot I believe. Last NW NIU game the entire stadium was red! Huskie victory as well!

Maybe if NU would move their games to Huskie Stadium, more so-called Huskie fans would attend those games than the Huskie games.

(09-23-2021 07:50 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  Did not really think it was that high. It always looks pretty empty. Add some end zone temporary seats, and maybe it would work. Probably a long shot, but you need to try everything to survive right now.

Half of their attendance, or more, is the opposing teams fans (Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn St., etc.).

I think it was like a year ago and someone (maybe a few) were bitching up a storm about the NIU weight room being sponsored by Northwestern Medical and now we have some people wanting STF to beg them to play in our stadium.

Heh...

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

We can't even raise $30 million to simply make our dumpy stadium mildly respectable. Huskie Stadium is in need of major capital investment. I would knock down the entire west portion of the stadium and build new. All that would probably cost $50-60 million easily but at least you'd have legitimate concessions, merchandise store, box office, box suites, media areas, legitimate stadium sound system, etc.

This is the crown jewel in NUs upgrade of athletic facilities over the last 5 years. They spent $200-$300mil on their football practice facility (I was on the building design team). Just redid Welsh Ryan, redid their basketball practice facility. They have done an amazing job overall. Definitely top tier over there.

(09-23-2021 06:17 PM)Big Red Wrote:  I think it was like a year ago and someone (maybe a few) were bitching up a storm about the NIU weight room being sponsored by Northwestern Medical and now we have some people wanting STF to beg them to play in our stadium.

Heh...

ha! Our fans are all over the frickin place. We only have a few and they are fickle as hell.

(09-23-2021 06:58 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:38 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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Thought of this first. Based on how protective SF is with the Park District in charge, I really doubt they will allow 6 games to be played there in addition to the Bears. They also would be subject to all there rules on concessions, parking etc. HS is closer to Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska etc. setting up one or two games might make sense. They rarely have more than 30k anyway. Let NU use it for free if they agree to help make some upgrades that will be left behind. Probably not going to happen, but you gotta try everything.

Bears not long for Chicago….see ya Bears!j

(09-23-2021 06:16 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 07:50 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  Did not really think it was that high. It always looks pretty empty. Add some end zone temporary seats, and maybe it would work. Probably a long shot, but you need to try everything to survive right now.

Half of their attendance, or more, is the opposing teams fans (Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Penn St., etc.).

So true!!!,

(09-23-2021 06:58 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:38 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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Thought of this first. Based on how protective SF is with the Park District in charge, I really doubt they will allow 6 games to be played there in addition to the Bears. They also would be subject to all there rules on concessions, parking etc. HS is closer to Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska etc. setting up one or two games might make sense. They rarely have more than 30k anyway. Let NU use it for free if they agree to help make some upgrades that will be left behind. Probably not going to happen, but you gotta try everything.

If the Fire can figure out a deal to play game in Soldier Field, I'm sure Northwestern can as well.

(09-23-2021 07:07 PM)huskiealum03 Wrote:  This is the crown jewel in NUs upgrade of athletic facilities over the last 5 years. They spent $200-$300mil on their football practice facility (I was on the building design team). Just redid Welsh Ryan, redid their basketball practice facility. They have done an amazing job overall. Definitely top tier over there.

You should be very proud of the job you did, what a terrific facility. It may be the best in college football.

NU is not going to play games at HS, that's not even a bad joke.

They damn well better not touch Mustard's Last Stand, one of my favorite hot dog stands, just 500 feet to the west of the stadium.

Can I be on the committee to pick a new NU stadium paint color? It's currently has some type of off-beige color, just not appealing to look at.

The rich get richer. We'll be lucky to use a porta john at HS.

(09-23-2021 10:31 PM)Big Red Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:58 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:38 AM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-23-2021 06:32 AM)HuskieJ Wrote:  https://nusports.com/feature/ryan-field

Wow. Part of a $6b endowment push. Guy gives $480m with a portion to rebuild stadium. SF should be on the phone offering them HS as a venue if they need to have games offsite. Sounds like they will need it if they will do a total rebuild. NU has a lot of Suburban alums that could get to HS quite easily. Just make sure the concessions work.

But Soldier Field is right down the street, as is the stadium the Fire used to play in. Not saying Frazier shouldn't be pushing, but they've got way better options

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Thought of this first. Based on how protective SF is with the Park District in charge, I really doubt they will allow 6 games to be played there in addition to the Bears. They also would be subject to all there rules on concessions, parking etc. HS is closer to Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska etc. setting up one or two games might make sense. They rarely have more than 30k anyway. Let NU use it for free if they agree to help make some upgrades that will be left behind. Probably not going to happen, but you gotta try everything.

If the Fire can figure out a deal to play game in Soldier Field, I'm sure Northwestern can as well.

Disagree. They already have the Fire to accommodate, so the Bears will pitch a fit if another football rips up the turf. You need to turn over every rock to find something to help out, when you are desperate for cash.