"The Balconies" at DWS

https://hailstate.com/news/2022/6/21...JfsdpJ7BLOYuGc

Renderings released

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Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen

I like idea. However where are the fans that will purchase this? In the past, if fans occupied this area, it was visitors or a big game with reduced prices.

Maybe this appeals to this who are tired of the bleachers. However a $2700 donation? Good luck.

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Split between 10 people that's nothing. It means your season ticket is $525 but you can offset that by bringing your own food and drink. If you just brought your own tall boys to every game you would break even.

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Originally Posted by IMissJack

Winning is the fix to the seating problem.

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Even when we win pretty big those two sections are basically give away seats - especially after NEZ expansion.

be hot on a sunny day just standing there on the concrete.........

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Originally Posted by Pancho

be hot on a sunny day just standing there on the concrete.........

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The back side of each section has an overhang for shade. And the West side is in the shade for games that aren't 11am kickoff.

Kudos to Cohen for fighting for us to have late evening/night games in Sept.

If you could set up canopies and such like in the left field lounge that would be legit

Can I pee off the upper deck now?

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Can I pee off the upper deck now?

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You can at least once.

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Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen

I like idea. However where are the fans that will purchase this? In the past, if fans occupied this area, it was visitors or a big game with reduced prices.

Maybe this appeals to this who are tired of the bleachers. However a $2700 donation? Good luck.

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This seems like a decent way to keep visiting fans out of Davis Wade. Or really make it slightly more difficult.

Since this is about raising revenue and filling the stadium with MSU fans, why not put MSU staff tickets up there and open some of the best seats in the house to higher paying customers? At least They probably wouldn’t sell their seats to LSU fans. Secondly, as someone who pays high rates to get equivalent seating on the lower level West side, I don’t see how it is fair to charge West side a big donation for the seats, but not for essentially 50 yd line seats on the East.

if i could put a small refrigerator that holds a keg of beer with a tap on the front i am in and all elitedawgs are invited to stop by for a free cold one...i am dead serious.

Y'all are way more social than me. I might know 10 State fans. I certainly don't know 10 that go to games. Ha.

But I've always liked that view from the first few rows.

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Originally Posted by Maroonthirteen

Y'all are way more social than me. I might know 10 State fans. I certainly don't know 10 that go to games. Ha.

But I've always liked that view from the first few rows.

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And when you purchase that life insurance policy you?ll get to meet 9 new friends.

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Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins

You can at least once.

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i know a guy who did pee off the west side right after the pre game egg bowl fight when deuce broke the Hinds CC lineman who was on a visit. I forget the year

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Originally Posted by Leroy Jenkins

You can at least once.

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^^^ props for this... lol

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Originally Posted by IMissJack

Since this is about raising revenue and filling the stadium with MSU fans, why not put MSU staff tickets up there and open some of the best seats in the house to higher paying customers? At least They probably wouldn’t sell their seats to LSU fans. Secondly, as someone who pays high rates to get equivalent seating on the lower level West side, I don’t see how it is fair to charge West side a big donation for the seats, but not for essentially 50 yd line seats on the East.

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Especially since most of them don't care about football anyway. I typically see a lot of non maroon colors from my seat on the West side in their section.

If these balconies work I wonder if they plan to "add more" and just basically make the entire upper deck balconies and move those people that have season tickets either to the East side upper deck or down to the East or West side?

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Originally Posted by 99jc

if i could put a small refrigerator that holds a keg of beer with a tap on the front i am in and all elitedawgs are invited to stop by for a free cold one...i am dead serious.

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You are allowed a refrigerator, no cooking but you can stock it on Fridays and you get bring chairs or bar stools etc... These things are going to be great. I actually like the view from up there better myself. The only draw back was the walk up but if the pay off was one of these, I would definitely consider it.

Plus, you will have a removable shade of some sort. That might just rock.

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Originally Posted by Hot Rock

You are allowed a refrigerator, no cooking but you can stock it on Fridays and you get bring chairs or bar stools etc... These things are going to be great. I actually like the view from up there better myself. The only draw back was the walk up but if the pay off was one of these, I would definitely consider it.

Plus, you will have a removable shade of some sort. That might just rock.

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We need to put up some type of sun shade like Oregon State has (but better). The Romans did this 2000 years ago, surely we can.

They Should have put them in the MSU Staff and Employee section and that would make BAMA, LSU and Georgia fans have to sit in corners.

I'll give our leadership credit for one thing - they will come up with some innovative ideas to address some issues (lack of attendance in this one) and do something no one else has done and see what happens. No one else does anything like that.

It is better than having empty seats all over the place on TV or full of visiting teams colors.

That said, I'd really like the energy on getting a championship product on the field and let the rest take care of itself.

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Originally Posted by R2Dawg

I'll give our leadership credit for one thing - they will come up with some innovative ideas to address some issues (lack of attendance in this one) and do something no one else has done and see what happens. No one else does anything like that.

It is better than having empty seats all over the place on TV or full of visiting teams colors.

That said, I'd really like the energy on getting a championship product on the field and let the rest take care of itself.

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Might as well give up on that. Will never happen in football.

Take your binoculars . . . . . .

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Originally Posted by FoggyBottom

Take your binoculars . . . . . .

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Or just watch the JumboTron, which is what a lot of people do anyway.

It seems a lot of our fans want stadium capacity to go back to what it was in the Croom era, by installing premium booths, chairbacks, and what not. I guess that's fine if you aren't counting on the team ever being worth a damn again. I thought 62k squeezed in during the 2014 season was the perfect home field advantage for us. Why diminish that? I don't think we need to go below 60k, just in case. Unpopular opinion and weird I know, but we are already small, and I don't want to get much smaller.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

If these balconies work I wonder if they plan to "add more" and just basically make the entire upper deck balconies and move those people that have season tickets either to the East side upper deck or down to the East or West side?

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Our fans need to stop caring about baseball so much first, for that to happen...

I like how we take traditional bad seating & convert it to premium seating. My seats are in the Scoreboard Club. Usually upper deck, end zone are the worst seats in a stadium. But, MSU has made it a fun, desirable location. Looks like the Balconies will be the same. Well done!

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Originally Posted by oildawg

I like how we take traditional bad seating & convert it to premium seating. My seats are in the Scoreboard Club. Usually upper deck, end zone are the worst seats in a stadium. But, MSU has made it a fun, desirable location. Looks like the Balconies will be the same. Well done!

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Please get rid of the trolley cars. Cheap look. Sell them for gas $ for our next trip to Omaha. Hail State!

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

It seems a lot of our fans want stadium capacity to go back to what it was in the Croom era, by installing premium booths, chairbacks, and what not. I guess that's fine if you aren't counting on the team ever being worth a damn again. I thought 62k squeezed in during the 2014 season was the perfect home field advantage for us. Why diminish that? I don't think we need to go below 60k, just in case. Unpopular opinion and weird I know, but we are already small, and I don't want to get much smaller.

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It takes a good product to put that many fans in stands and we ain't got that. This is our way to hide our poor product (and poor fan support) and gimic our way to some positive press. That is all this is. Again, I say props on one hand and it sucks on the other.

Only winning will refill ours and many other stadiums post covid. Comforts of home/so many games on tv vs. co$ts of attendance. We have had 8 to 12 FB season tickets for 50 plus years. Almost dropped from 8 to 2, before 6 family had change of heart. Hail State!

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Originally Posted by Bothrops

It seems a lot of our fans want stadium capacity to go back to what it was in the Croom era, by installing premium booths, chairbacks, and what not. I guess that's fine if you aren't counting on the team ever being worth a damn again. I thought 62k squeezed in during the 2014 season was the perfect home field advantage for us. Why diminish that? I don't think we need to go below 60k, just in case. Unpopular opinion and weird I know, but we are already small, and I don't want to get much smaller.

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We've gotta take some of that SEC/Bowl revenue and bowl in the South endzone.

That will piss off the "old hats" in the M Club, but we have to wipe that out and move on.

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Originally Posted by R2Dawg

It takes a good product to put that many fans in stands and we ain't got that. This is our way to hide our poor product (and poor fan support) and gimic our way to some positive press. That is all this is. Again, I say props on one hand and it sucks on the other.

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I agree, but don't think this gets us an ounce of positive press, or any press really.

I am 100% behind enclosing the south end zone. The problem is there is ZERO appetite for increased capacity. I would love to see something similar to T. Boone Pickens.

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I would like to see or even hear some rummers on what will be done with the rest of the upper west side 200 & 300 sections, I think those are the right numbers. Also the press box was to be located on top of the west side.

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Originally Posted by R2Dawg

It takes a good product to put that many fans in stands and we ain't got that. This is our way to hide our poor product (and poor fan support) and gimic our way to some positive press. That is all this is. Again, I say props on one hand and it sucks on the other.

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Good Lord