No doubt the trees are beautiful. They do however cover about 3/4 of the new structure. I guess if trees are what you want to see when you look at the stadium it is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Buds
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No doubt the trees are beautiful. They do however cover about 3/4 of the new structure. I guess if trees are what you want to see when you look at the stadium it is great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Buds
Let's try trimming up those oaks first before deciding we feed them to the wood chipper.
I do enjoy trees. I have 2 live oaks in my front. 4 years ago when the canopy started getting low and blocking the view of my house from the road I called coach Seth Thibodeaux’s brother to trim an lift the canopy over the roof. Made a huge difference in beautifying my curb appeal.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedTails
If I don’t catch the light at Cajundome and Congress I can be home from Cajun field parking lot in 2 minutes. In that short drive I probably see in the neighborhood of a couple 100 live oaks tree tops. I have never suggested any of those should be removed.
Just an FYI as you insinuate that I have something against all trees.
Some of the comments on here remind me of this bunch in California. And if not for these kind of people I am sure the University would not have trees hiding 75% of its new structure either.
https://www.sgphotos.com/photostories/treesitters/
There is no shortage of oak trees in south Louisiana. I’ll never understand why people think cutting a few down is some unforgivable sin.
AmenQuote:
Originally Posted by CharlieK
I do see where KK is coming from when looking at the structure from Congress. The trees cover the entire view of the new structure. The old upper deck was so big the trees being in front didn’t matter. As a kid I used to love passing by Cajun field on the bus ride home on a Friday before the game and being able to see the old scoreboard being tested along with a nice view of the upper deck. Just trim the damn things and be done with it.
They need to remove one more on the left side so it will be uniformQuote:
Originally Posted by Million$Mullet
Fans have paid *100 times over the asking price to tailgate under the Oak.
Make these Stadium side Oak Trees the premier tailgating Spots.
ps * The asking price was zero and they offered to pay so I really don't know how to do the math.
In 50 years when they finally demolish the Cox building and build a fan square like they once dreamed of doing, they should move those oaks to line that area.
That’s all dependent on the east side of Cajun Field getting constructed from what I understand .Quote:
Originally Posted by wcd35
Hopefully that doesn’t take 50 years. The oaks on the east side will definitely have to be removed
And just for the record, I dont think it's necessary to move them any time soon. Was just remembering how long ago that master plan with the fan square where the Cox building is came out lol
Looked at the construction when I parked for baseball over the weekend. Only the sides of the structure appear to be blocked by trees. The center piece of the structure was unobstructed, which is the main club area with windows that will allow you to see inside from the parking lot.
Y'all _____ing about nothing again.
Also, you can purchase the naming rights to 1 of the 4 oak trees for $50,000. Maybe y'all should pool your pennies together and donate the money and have UL tear one of them down.
If you look at the entire structure from Bertrand from left corner to right corner 75% of the entire structure is blocked by trees. That is fact I see it every day. That is all I ever stated nothing more or nothing less.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeauxLA
No doubt. I can look out of my front door and see 2 in my front yard. I can look out of my kitchen window and see in the neighborhood of 30 in the park across the street. As the crow flies I live less than a mile from cajun field. Just between my house and cajun field driving on the roads I cross 100s easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by CharlieK
Never understood the value some put into one freaking tree when there or literally several hundred in a miles radius. Something I guess I’ll never understand.
This is my much bigger concern. I'm happy we will have a new half of Cajun Field, however we don't want to continue to have broadcasts and other activites from The Duck Blinds@Cajun Field.Quote:
Originally Posted by facelessjonmoon
That’s up to the state. Funding priority needs to move to 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by facelessjonmoon
Well, this is half-ass UQuote:
Originally Posted by RaginCajun77
On the 1st day of the last century, Edwin Stevens planted approximately 100 oak trees around the perimeter of the original SLII campus. He had gathered the acorns from a particularly impressive specimen he found in New Orleans.
It was an act of audacity. Stevens planted, around a tiny nothing of a school, in a dead-end backwater of a town, the slowest thing that grows in the South. He planted something he would never see grown, something that his children and grandchildren would never see grown.
He planted something that our grandchildren, and our great-great grandchildren, will never see fully grown.
When I started at USL in the 1970's, Cajun Field was new, clean, modern, impressive.
A mere 50 years later, we're tearing it down.
What will this new stadium look like in 50 years?
On the other hand, what will the oak trees look like in 500 years? Will there even be a football stadium behind them?
In 500 years, will people even play football any more?
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS EST
Interesting take on this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunFun
Acorns from a specific Oak in Nola you say. First off, very interesting. Next, do you know of which area in the city this oak was? Reason I ask is because there is one in a completely rundown area of Uptown that a hospital was built around (the hospital is shut down as well). This Oak I speak of has Eight (8) trunks. It could well be over One Thousand years old.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunFun
If they have to be removed and Champions Swamp isn't ready....
Move them to the tailgating area.
This is a proven draw and atmoshphere enhancer.
Great idea to move them. They could outline a blvd to Cajun Field.
I've never seen mention of which oak in the histories I've read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swamp
However, I have a really weird story to tell about the oaks some day.
BTW, moving oaks of that size is a major, major project. Not cheap, not easy, not easy to stabilize after transplanting, and no guarantee they will survive.
PS
Really?
You want to remove oaks for that stadium?
Will the new Cajun Field rank as one of the top 100 stadiums in the country?
Will it even rank in the top 500? Maybe not. My nephew graduated from a Texas HS whose stadium is comparable to what we will have at Cajun Field... which brings up an insight: Would the new Cajun Field even make the top 100 stadiums in Texas? Link.
I like our new stadium; it will serve its purpose. It will show that we are competitive... but it will not show that we are among the biggest, nor the best, not in the country, not in college football, not even among mid-majors.
UL's oak trees, and the tradition they represent, are unique across the world. So do we really want to cut down our traditions, the things that make us leaders, the things that show us to be visionaries, the living things that bind us a community...
...just so we can showcase a 3rd-tier football stadium?