I don't think we need to tear down what we just built. Based on what Ive read and pics Ive seen, we've got good engineering and architect folk. We can handle this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinto
I don't think we need to tear down what we just built. Based on what Ive read and pics Ive seen, we've got good engineering and architect folk. We can handle this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinto
No.. it's really not.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
I love baseball as much as anyone here.
But football should always be #1.
I agree. The thinking that bigger is better is not right either. We are as good as UK, AR, UT, USC. Bowl in DWS and we are better than Auburn and maybe a few more IMHO. Concrete and steel and more empty seats don't make a stadium great. Great fans and some uniqueness is what makes one stand out. Next time we do anything, it needs to break some barriers and add something no one else has.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothrops
It may stay in the same spot but there won't be a noticeable difference between ours and the ones that are only a tier above ours. Having an open endzone makes us look noticeably worse than the ones above us. That is an unnecessary eye sore for the most important sports venue on campus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothrops
Yep. Allocating the money anywhere other than getting rid of the eye sore is dumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarius
For some reason I thought I read that you wanted to rearrange a portion of the NEZ, or something like that. South endzone needs help, I agree. But it needs something unique to DWS, yet practical for fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
Yep. We certainly aint gonna have the same folks that closed that end zone at Ole miss bid. Does that job they did on that rank the worst? Agree on uniqueness. Im confident we will have the best minds money can buy to do an excellent job based on what happened with the Dude and Davis Wade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothrops
Again go back and read, I am not arguing thatQuote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Just an honest question, why do yall care so much about an open end zone? Looks fine to me and I can promise you kids dont give a shit about it. Like ive said, an IPF would benefit the football program so much more than this
If we lived in the Pac 12 I would not care. We live in the SEC and outside Vandy (who doesn’t care at all about football) no one else has an open EZ. That should tell us something. It looks like we are not as big time as we should look for the neighborhood we live in. The players may not give a shit. I would be surprised if in the back of some of the big time guys minds they don’t look at our stadium as “small time” compared to a lot of the big names they visit though. We have a 9 figure budget. Both an IPF and the South EZ need to happen, along with updates to the press box.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
This is the correct answer. Recruits dont care about the open end zone, but the lack of a football IPF does make them noticeQuote:
Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB****
We don't have an IPF? Or is it out dated? (Palmiero Center) right? If so, we need both. Let's hope we have a much better than expected year and that can happen. Having a good brand nationally is important and that open end zone is just plain out weak looking. It's like showing up in jeans when everybody else is in a suit and tie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
The IPF is shared with baseball. We need a football-only facilityQuote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
A dedicated IPF would be the first priority to me. We ain't going to sell out what we have now. We can't justify anything at DWS until we start winning again.
JWS winning started the upper deck expansion, Mullen winning made the north endzone happen. CML needs to start winning to start any real discussion but in a shrinking demand, still a tougher discussion.
I refuse to believe demand and passion for college football has lessened based on the Covid Season. The success or lack thereof this year will validate whose right come season's end one way or the other. Either way, the SENDZ is and looks embarrassing.Quote:
Originally Posted by R2Dawg
We wont sell out a game this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by OLJWales
If covid fears continue to escelate along with shitty play, that will be the case. If we get the pandemic under control combined with upsets, I'll bet your ass you are wrong. Bowl it in and unleash the true power of Cowbell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
If we start the season 3-0 the LSU game will 100% be a sellout. The Arkansas game last year would have sold out if we had full capacity available.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Yes we will - you think all those Bama fans in Columbus will pass up a chance to see their Tide play?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
I think we should have IPF and then come up with innovative ideas for the SEEZ. I imagine the SEEZ is going to be super expensive if we do it right as we will likely have to do chairbacks through the lower bowl to keep capacity around the same.
I liked the hotel idea especially since it will give students jobs and resume builders. You can't find a hotel in Starkville on game weekends and when you do they are super expensive. It would work if they did it right. MSU keeps Starkville alive. If we're going to keep improving we can't be scared to bring jobs in especially when it's a need. If they are scared of them filling, just keep the extra rooms shut down then have extra staff to come on during game weekend when the rooms are needed. It's not that hard. Hotels do it all the time. Add in the fact since the hotel isn't Starkville, you can set your own city tax fee (heard people complain about B&B prices because of the mayor's tax policy)
If we go 9-3 or better, Cohen will form a coup and City Hall will be his.
Hah, hah, well played and probably true. The Walmart Bama bandwagon fans come out.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
The Palmerio is light years behind OM. And that is the only area they beat us in. The stadium, weight room, locker room, training room, all of the rest favor us.
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Originally Posted by Pinto
THis.....^^^
The West Side was built in the early 1900s. Added on here and there through the century until the last upgrade...... in 1985. 1985!!!! The first ten rows of the west side.... your view of the field is badly obstructed. It needs to be upgraded and modernized from row 1 to the top row of the upper. I would drop the whole thing and rebuild.
Start 12 ft off the ground. 30 rows of chairbacks. Loge and Club levels. Another 30 rows of chairbacks. Club level/MCLub, suites, more suites, press. No upper deck. Top would be similar to Green Bay's and FSU Stadium.
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Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
All depends on how Bama is doing and kickoff time.
2019 Bama/State was the least attended Bama/State game in Starkville that I can remember. Since....Croom or 96. It was all because of the 11am kick too. ....and Bama had a loss.
Damn, now I'm getting concerned with this IPF Bidness.
IPF is on the agenda to be built. Plans for 2022 are in the works.
Hopefully it is the Cox-Prescott-Smith-Slay IPF - they all have a lot in the bank right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
This is very interesting, can you offer a little more incite.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Prescott IPF has a nice ring to it. He gives a little money and it happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg
Cox ain't doing it, he is from Yazoo City for goodness sakes. Sorry couldn't resist. I like Cox.
They've gotten architectural plans for an IPF and are hoping to secure the money. They plan on having it where you can walk straight from the weight room into the practice facility and it's going to about be where we have the artificial turf practice field.
The Pirate is en route to the cigar boy's wallets. He will crush and capture the enemy ships along the way and bring the bounty to Cohen and the reward will be huuuge. Born 200 years too late? Nah, all is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
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Originally Posted by R2Dawg
For comparison's look up North Westerns IPF, but then it's on lake Michigan " I think ".