I've shared these videos before. It's an Australian guy who cover stadiums. Lots of Dad jokes an delightful corniness. Nothing too serious.

Anyway, with the new members, I also wanted to include the C-USA video. He hasn't done one for the CAA yet (although he eventually will since he has already done FCS conferences MVFC, Ivy, and Pioneer, and I think the SWAC).

If you want to rank all 14 stadiums, have at it. Regardless, I thought it might be fun to see some views of what the conference has to offer. And i will try to add in JMU's as soon as the guy does his CAA video.









Southern Miss 2:17
Marshall 4:55
Old Dominon 7:48

Feel free to add pictures of JMU's stadium and updated pictures of Old Dominion's.

Our stadium looks nothing like that now.

Yeah he showed a picture of Troy's new stadium but the video portion is outdated. Still a fun video though

I dream of the day when we can expand the home side to match the away side. Doesn't even need an upper deck, just match the lower level. That and a new press-box.

But we are quite far away from either of those happening.

(11-15-2021 10:53 AM)Troy_Fan_15 Wrote:  Yeah he showed a picture of Troy's new stadium but the video portion is outdated. Still a fun video though

I'm pretty sure he used Google Earth/Street View. That stuff is pretty outdated. The Google Maps view of App State has Winkler Hall stilled there. Winkler Hall was imploded in 2014..

Regardless, I love the guy's efforts. His videos cover all kinds of sports' stadiums from all over the world.

(11-15-2021 09:57 AM)stAteNation Wrote:  Our stadium looks nothing like that now.

Is the stAte stadium used in that SportsClips commercial?

(11-15-2021 01:20 PM)Big Buds Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 09:57 AM)stAteNation Wrote:  Our stadium looks nothing like that now.

Is the stAte stadium used in that SportsClips commercial?

yes

I made a post of all of the Sun Belt's facilities on the ODU forum. Warning, lots of photos to load:

https://csnbbs.com/thread-935333.html

(11-15-2021 09:21 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Feel free to add pictures of JMU's stadium and updated pictures of Old Dominion's.

Here's some facts/photos of JMU's stadium:
Quick Facts
Capacity: 24,877
Debuted: 1975
Surface: FieldTurf
Attendance Record: 26,069 (Oct. 24, 2015 vs. Richmond)
First Game: Oct. 12, 1974 (JMU 41, Bridgewater 13)

Overhead1


Overhead2


Behind stadium (Day)


Behind stadium (Night)


Inside Club level


Inside Suite


Press Box

I never understood why the new upper stands included that hook around. Just seems really odd.

As a lurker and resident of a Sun Belt city... I'll never pass up a chance to brag about Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium - Capacity: 51,000

Woah! I just discovered I typoed the word "corniness" in my original post. Good gosh, Michael!

Fixed!

(11-15-2021 01:32 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 01:20 PM)Big Buds Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 09:57 AM)stAteNation Wrote:  Our stadium looks nothing like that now.

Is the stAte stadium used in that SportsClips commercial?

yes

Knew it! The team and staff get free cuts during the month of August!

Here is a nice video rundown..plus some good shots of campus

Some people brag about their gardens, others brag about their harvest.

(11-15-2021 02:38 PM)mad_dog97 Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 09:21 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Feel free to add pictures of JMU's stadium and updated pictures of Old Dominion's.

Here's some facts/photos of JMU's stadium:
Quick Facts
Capacity: 24,877
Debuted: 1975
Surface: FieldTurf
Attendance Record: 26,069 (Oct. 24, 2015 vs. Richmond)
First Game: Oct. 12, 1974 (JMU 41, Bridgewater 13)

Overhead1


Overhead2


Behind stadium (Day)


Behind stadium (Night)


Inside Club level


Inside Suite


Press Box

Nothing not to like about your stadium. It looks “big time.” Curious to see how and where they would expand it if necessary.

(11-16-2021 09:29 AM)Appst94 Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 02:38 PM)mad_dog97 Wrote:  

(11-15-2021 09:21 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  Feel free to add pictures of JMU's stadium and updated pictures of Old Dominion's.

Here's some facts/photos of JMU's stadium:
Quick Facts
Capacity: 24,877
Debuted: 1975
Surface: FieldTurf
Attendance Record: 26,069 (Oct. 24, 2015 vs. Richmond)
First Game: Oct. 12, 1974 (JMU 41, Bridgewater 13)

Overhead1


Overhead2


Behind stadium (Day)


Behind stadium (Night)


Inside Club level


Inside Suite


Press Box

Nothing not to like about your stadium. It looks “big time.” Curious to see how and where they would expand it if necessary.

Thanks, although the old side is a bit of an eyesore to us. We would really like to see them complete it, but according to the admin they are not anticipating that to happen anytime soon.
If we are selling out every game, that would certainly speed up that timeline.
Here is a really old video showing the different phases. There is a better rendering somewhere out there, but this was one of the first. The home side doesn't show the hook at the top or the endzone/sideline connection. Also the plan is to make the upper deck in the endzone match the sidelines, so that is different. No idea if that will ever happen, but it's still cool to see what it could look like.

I hate when projects are done in phases. The second phase may get done, but the third and fourth rarely, if ever, see the light of day. Back in 1978, when Kidd Brewer (then Conrad Stadium) was expanded on the west side, the next phase was to construct stands to mirror it on the east side to bring seating capacity to 24,000. They even put up billboards showing the finished product. It wasn't until 2008 when the upper deck was added to the east side, and as you know, it doesn't look anything like the west stands, due to building code changes and the like.

GS finally has plans to update the home side along with a new basketball arena. 3/4 of GS's stadium is legit the home side is an eyesore. Once the home side is done it will be just as nice as any stadium in the country, then it is just opinion and preference. I prefer the sunken field set up and the concrete look of our visitor stands over metal. I am glad the first expansion was and the next one will be a major one. Hard for some of those stadiums to overcome the Frankenstein small additions and how they turned out.
My hope is we look more like a nicer Colorado State-type look.

(11-16-2021 11:27 AM)JCGSU Wrote:  GS finally has plans to update the home side along with a new basketball arena. 3/4 of GS's stadium is legit the home side is an eyesore. Once the home side is done it will be just as nice as any stadium in the country, then it is just opinion and preference. I prefer the sunken field set up and the concrete look of our visitor stands over metal. I am glad the first expansion was and the next one will be a major one. Hard for some of those stadiums to overcome the Frankenstein small additions and how they turned out.
My hope is we look more like a nicer Colorado State-type look.

I'm aware of the new basketball arena (which is going to look great) but haven't heard a thing about any home side expansions for the football stadium.

As far as the sunken look...it makes the stadium look much smaller than it is. But that's never going away unless you build an entirely new stadium.

For those unaware, our stadium seats are essentially dug into the ground on the lower levels. There's no elevation off the ground and it makes it look smaller.