Davis Wade

[BrunswickDawg]

After having the majority of things right with the North Endzone, Nusz Park, the new golf facility, the football facility, and Dudy Noble - I think the university has earned a whole lot credibility on how they approach facilities upgrades. Trust the process.

[msu15]

Add in the sound system and you have the loudest stadium in the country.

We already do when the stands are full

[RocketDawg]

I looks like a hotel built next to the stadium. I doesn't look like a stadium that has a hotel in it.

Basically, it just replaces the M-Club building with a hotel. It needs to be seamlessly integrated into the stadium. As Shotgun said, it needs to completely enclose the south endzone. If you're going to do it, do it right. I'm not sure I like the video board just hanging up in the air the way it's presented ... looks unstable.

[RocketDawg]

The back of the scoreboard needs the huge M-State logo facing the junction. And it better light up and shoot fireworks out of it as a giant cowbell slowly protrudes from the hotel roof and starts ringing as the dawg walk occurs. Outside of the missing pool, hot tub, and the lazy river on the roof, and obviously the balaconies that need to be facing he field and the junction, I think it's close. Once they add all that, it won't look like they've moved Dorman hall to the foot of the stadium.

Do you mind if I think all of that is tacky? All except the balconies, that is.

[99jc]

I agree that there are some obvious tweaks that can be made, but this rendering is BAD ****ING ASS. How you aren't blown away is astonishing to me...

because he never goes to games even though our resident know it all claims he does. He has never been to the new dude or Davis Wade. I'm tempted to give him weekend seats on at 3rd base so he wont look like an idiot.

[RocketDawg]

Could the price of the room include some type of fee for anyone staying Friday and Saturday of a MSU home game? It would have to be close to what you would pay for a chairback so it might not be feasible but I wonder what the cost would come to.

If the hotel doesn't have a "room with a view" of the game, why put it there? You could put a hotel anywhere on campus.

[gtowndawg]

After having the majority of things right with the North Endzone, Nusz Park, the new golf facility, the football facility, and Dudy Noble - I think the university has earned a whole lot credibility on how they approach facilities upgrades. Trust the process.

I agree with this.

[MaroonBelle]

If the hotel doesn't have a "room with a view" of the game, why put it there? You could put a hotel anywhere on campus.

"Room with a view" is not the same as "room with a balcony" which is what this comment is about.

[Lord McBuckethead]

I looks like a hotel built next to the stadium. I doesn't look like a stadium that has a hotel in it.

Bingo. To me this misses the mark. Not only is this a Marriot attached to our stadium, but lacks an architectural language that reaches the scale of the size and stature of this project.
The junction side is bad. Proportionally. Details. Language. Bad at every level except the YMCA rip off steps they included to the plaza level. I mean did they use Dorman as a Go by for the upper windows? Or was it the back of Suttle Hall. Either way bad.
The inside elevation is only slightly worse than the exterior. What is the bottom level doing? Whats up with the 17n punched openings. Does WBA hate fans of football?

[Goldendawg]

Whatever you do, don't disturb any more Native American burial grounds with improvements. JoMo got enough problems with "Championship Standards", as it is ! Hail State!

[Tbonewannabe]

If the hotel doesn't have a "room with a view" of the game, why put it there? You could put a hotel anywhere on campus.

Someone else said if it was cheaper than chairbacks then people might just go this route. I think if it doesn't have a balcony then you lose a lot of the appeal like the Left field lofts.

[BuckyIsAB****]

The main issue is what was designed here does not improve the atmosphere or experience INSIDE DWS. Anything built in that endzone should do that.

I like the look & aesthetics of the design. It just needs to serve a functional purpose in the stadium.

Thats an opinion. I think its pretty cool. But my vote would be something like the LFL at Dudy Noble. That would be badass.

[BuckyIsAB****]

I've always thought it would be cool if we did something at Davis Wade similar to the Left Field Lounge at Dudy. Let folks buy their spots in the endzone and cook and tailgate during the entire game. We all know how much notoriety that the Left Field Lounge has brought to MSU. We could do something similar at David Wade that nobody else in the SEC could do. Take the hotel as it is in the renderings and put lounge spots between the hotel and stadium on both sides up to the top of the hotel. I just think that would set us apart from everyone else and definitely have everyone talking about it like they do the lounge at Dudy Noble.

Hell yes I'm all for this.

[Todd4State]

I think this is a ninja sneaky level brilliant idea by MSU.

We all agree that just putting a ton more seats is a terrible idea and at the same time there needs to be SOMETHING there.

But here's the thing about MSU that is a disadvantage and I think it hurts attendance a little. It's the fact that we are at least two hours away from our largest markets (Jackson/Memphis) and even further from the Gulf Coast. As a result I have made the trek through the night many times for two hours only to get home by around 1 AM usually. The hotel situation in Starkville is not ideal at all. So what does MSU do about it? Build their own freaking hotel. I'm expecting the prices to be Hilton level (just a guess) but you know people will spend money to stay there. What that does is open up some of the other rooms at the other hotels making it more likely that Joe fan can get a room for the night- whether it's at the Leo Seal or the University Inn. It makes it more convenient for our fans to travel- which means more fans get to go. And the beautiful part of it is since the hotel is on MSU property MSU is going to get a LOT of the money from it. It's basically an extra BC donation for a lot of people. I'm assuming that we don't partner with Holiday Inn or Hilton or someone like that but I have no idea if that's the case or not.

And that's good for Starkville. You can walk to the Cotton District easily from that hotel. And you're right there in the middle of everything. Not to mention the balcony opportunities that may lead to new LFL like traditions. More people in Starkville mean more money for Starkville. And I think it may help with the traffic situation some because you know people are going to park there. Plus some of the people there will probably stay the night meaning less traffic as well.

But beyond that our fans can stay there during baseball regionals as well- which may help attendance there as well.

Then the big thing- I think this is good for recruiting. Remember Ole Miss and their hotel? We may be able to do some "networking"** of our own now. I do think it's good for recruiting because it's a place where they can stay on campus in a swanky hotel.

So, yeah- I think this is a GREAT idea.

[DancingRabbit]

So, yeah- I think this is a GREAT idea.

I agree with everything you posted.

Could be wrong, but it seems like this idea was mentioned here or SPS in a thread about the LF Lofts and somebody brought up the A&M on-campus hotel. Anyone recall that?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristid.../#317933892edb

ETA - what I'm thinking of was when this news was leaked on SPS a couple of weeks ago.

[Liverpooldawg]

A question Shotgun: How many times a year do you get to Starkville?

[R2Dawg]

The back of the scoreboard needs the huge M-State logo facing the junction. And it better light up and shoot fireworks out of it as a giant cowbell slowly protrudes from the hotel roof and starts ringing as the dawg walk occurs. Outside of the missing pool, hot tub, and the lazy river on the roof, and obviously the balaconies that need to be facing he field and the junction, I think it's close. Once they add all that, it won't look like they've moved Dorman hall to the foot of the stadium.

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Ding, Dong a winner. Love the idea to have a giant cowbell ring at some key times. That would be a unique experience and sit at DWS. That is not much to do with stadium expansion but again looking for something different and that is MSU. Giant cowbell, that works.

Another thought, smaller jumbo tron facing the junction for pregme tail gating atmosphere? Could play all kinds of cool stuff prior to game - other games, almost like the Bulldog channel, highlights from past big games, especially against the opponent we are playing. Can see it now, Bama 1980, Auburn in 2014, Florida in 2000.

[Political Hack]

I was just kidding about 90% of that, but they do need to do something on the back of that scoreboard. Another screen or giant cowbell or huge M-State logo... and the balaconies need to happen too.

[Homedawg]

I think this is a ninja sneaky level brilliant idea by MSU.

We all agree that just putting a ton more seats is a terrible idea and at the same time there needs to be SOMETHING there.

But here's the thing about MSU that is a disadvantage and I think it hurts attendance a little. It's the fact that we are at least two hours away from our largest markets (Jackson/Memphis) and even further from the Gulf Coast. As a result I have made the trek through the night many times for two hours only to get home by around 1 AM usually. The hotel situation in Starkville is not ideal at all. So what does MSU do about it? Build their own freaking hotel. I'm expecting the prices to be Hilton level (just a guess) but you know people will spend money to stay there. What that does is open up some of the other rooms at the other hotels making it more likely that Joe fan can get a room for the night- whether it's at the Leo Seal or the University Inn. It makes it more convenient for our fans to travel- which means more fans get to go. And the beautiful part of it is since the hotel is on MSU property MSU is going to get a LOT of the money from it. It's basically an extra BC donation for a lot of people. I'm assuming that we don't partner with Holiday Inn or Hilton or someone like that but I have no idea if that's the case or not.

And that's good for Starkville. You can walk to the Cotton District easily from that hotel. And you're right there in the middle of everything. Not to mention the balcony opportunities that may lead to new LFL like traditions. More people in Starkville mean more money for Starkville. And I think it may help with the traffic situation some because you know people are going to park there. Plus some of the people there will probably stay the night meaning less traffic as well.

But beyond that our fans can stay there during baseball regionals as well- which may help attendance there as well.

Then the big thing- I think this is good for recruiting. Remember Ole Miss and their hotel? We may be able to do some "networking"** of our own now. I do think it's good for recruiting because it's a place where they can stay on campus in a swanky hotel.

So, yeah- I think this is a GREAT idea.

I agree w you that it's a great idea and most of the rest. But it's gonna cost way more than a Hilton I'm willing to bet my life on that.

[deadheaddawg]

I do not see anyway Cohen survives this. Not connecting the hotel to the stadium will set us back 10 years. Fire Cohen now