Welp, Bama is renovating Sewell Thomas to the tune of $30 mil...

[Esmerelda Villalobos]

Yeah. Candy man, etc. we got a new knock it out john now.

I will say this, a lot has changed. The fans in the 80s and 90s were just different. They were much more knowledgable and the place was just electric. Sure, we can have the same size crowds now but the people that came then lived and breathed msu baseball. All of them

I wonder if the diamond girls are still suppose to flirt with the opposing teams players and try to convince them to go out and get wasted anymore??? The arizona / ricks incident was awesome about 10 yrs ago

[ghostofjackie]

Eh, that's in the early stages. Chances are they still won't have more capacity than us. Big crowds, a little tradition and LFL is what our advantage is, not the niceness of the stadium.

And just an FYI, we already are serious about Dudy Noble.

He's right about us being serious about Dudy Noble. But nothing has been done to prove how serious we are. Renovations to the baseball stadium have been overshadowed by basketball and football spending sprees. It's next in line but will take a few years to develop. This is unfortunate because I think we could eventually have the best facility in the country if we put the time and effort into it.

I hope we tear it down and start over. I think the left field lounge area could be integrated into whatever concept we choose. There is a tremendous opportunity to use the land that is now occupied by Aiken Village for a new ballpark. This gets the ballpark closer to residential areas and creates enough space for different uses around the stadium. Bars, condo's, apartments, retail. It would be unlike anything in the country if we had condo's for sell behind the left field lounge that actually looked over the field.

[Will James]

He's right about us being serious about Dudy Noble. But nothing has been done to prove how serious we are. Renovations to the baseball stadium have been overshadowed by basketball and football spending sprees. It's next in line but will take a few years to develop. This is unfortunate because I think we could eventually have the best facility in the country if we put the time and effort into it.

I hope we tear it down and start over. I think the left field lounge area could be integrated into whatever concept we choose. There is a tremendous opportunity to use the land that is now occupied by Aiken Village for a new ballpark. This gets the ballpark closer to residential areas and creates enough space for different uses around the stadium. Bars, condo's, apartments, retail. It would be unlike anything in the country if we had condo's for sell behind the left field lounge that actually looked over the field.

This. We need to start over and just blow everyone else away.

[ghostofjackie]

I mean, we already have the most "unique" environment to watch a college baseball game in the country. Not necessarily the nicest though. If we are going to be a unique environment why not go all out and look at options like this?

The cotton district idea could be continued behind the outfield fence. There could be porch and rooftop seating behind the left field lounge. Sort of like Wrigley Field.