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The oaks were saved on purpose by being very careful during the demolition. They are not going anywhere.
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
I saw this posted on facebook so I copied it and will paste below. As someone who drives this path at least 10 to 15 times a week the same thoughts have crossed my mind. What say y’all?
“Before you crucify me. I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY UNPOPULAR WITH SOME PEOPLE. As we all know the university is building a beautiful new football stadium. Today as I was driving up Bertrand to Congress where I took a right, these are the 2 roads that cajun field sits on. As I was driving I was trying to check out the stadium construction from the road and realized that all I can see is the oak trees that line the stadium. It is evident this will be a multi million dollar beautiful structure that will not be able to be seen from the road view. Your curb appeal is your best advertisement. It’s time the oaks must go. They just don’t fit in with stadium anymore and hinder more than they do good. I realize you will have some tree huggers freak out for a bit but they will get over it.
If you don’t believe me look at OLOL stadium from the road next time you pass and ask yourself, should they be hiding that multi million dollar investment like that?”
100% agree with you. I walk past the stadium twice a day, to and from work, and this thought crosses my mind every single day. At least 1 more tree should be cut down or moved.
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Oaks go back to the foundation of the university. I fully appreciate the point of hiding the investment, but the oaks aren’t going anywhere.
We got a better chance of the old BYOB student section returning than the oaks going away. Neither is happening.
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I agree they block the view of our multi million dollar investment and should be removed.
Re: Oaks Along Cajun Field
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
I saw this posted on facebook so I copied it and will paste below. As someone who drives this path at least 10 to 15 times a week the same thoughts have crossed my mind. What say y’all?
“Before you crucify me. I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY UNPOPULAR WITH SOME PEOPLE. As we all know the university is building a beautiful new football stadium. Today as I was driving up Bertrand to Congress where I took a right, these are the 2 roads that cajun field sits on. As I was driving I was trying to check out the stadium construction from the road and realized that all I can see is the oak trees that line the stadium. It is evident this will be a multi million dollar beautiful structure that will not be able to be seen from the road view. Your curb appeal is your best advertisement. It’s time the oaks must go. They just don’t fit in with stadium anymore and hinder more than they do good. I realize you will have some tree huggers freak out for a bit but they will get over it.
If you don’t believe me look at OLOL stadium from the road next time you pass and ask yourself, should they be hiding that multi million dollar investment like that?”
I suppose that depends on whether we want to change who we are to impress outsiders, or whether we're confident in ourselves as we are.
Our 1st president founded the American Live Oak Society, with members across the South & beyond. On the 1st day of 1900, he planted the 20th Century Oaks that ring the original campus. He cultivated oaks on campus, and sold them to other Louisiana universities. Some of the oaks at LSU & Tulane apparently came from little SLII.
"Better one's own path, though imperfect, than another's well-made."
Re: Oaks Along Cajun Field
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
I saw this posted on facebook so I copied it and will paste below. As someone who drives this path at least 10 to 15 times a week the same thoughts have crossed my mind. What say y’all?
“Before you crucify me. I KNOW THIS WILL BE VERY UNPOPULAR WITH SOME PEOPLE. As we all know the university is building a beautiful new football stadium. Today as I was driving up Bertrand to Congress where I took a right, these are the 2 roads that cajun field sits on. As I was driving I was trying to check out the stadium construction from the road and realized that all I can see is the oak trees that line the stadium. It is evident this will be a multi million dollar beautiful structure that will not be able to be seen from the road view. Your curb appeal is your best advertisement. It’s time the oaks must go. They just don’t fit in with stadium anymore and hinder more than they do good. I realize you will have some tree huggers freak out for a bit but they will get over it.
If you don’t believe me look at OLOL stadium from the road next time you pass and ask yourself, should they be hiding that multi million dollar investment like that?”
It's not as crazy an idea as you may think. They actually are hindering the view. Some innovative solution should be proposed by any and all.
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Keep the oaks. Only way I will support removing one of those oaks is to make our own grove in our dusty gravel parking lot.
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I disagree with this take. The Oaks are beautiful and only enhance the ambience and appearance of the stadium. I pass by every day and love the curb appeal!
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I hear a lot of you, I guess I am not the kind of person who gets worked up over trees or animals. When an innocent baby dies in a society where we kill our unborn youth, I am heart broken. If someone cuts down a freaking tree in the name of progress I could care less. Different strokes for different folks I guess.
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Just as an FYI for those of you who haven’t noticed, some of the oaks have already paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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Some of the most beautiful homes built have front yards with large gorgeous oak trees that somewhat hide the front of the homes . I see this in the same way.
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Originally Posted by
CajunFun
I suppose that depends on whether we want to change who we are to impress outsiders, or whether we're confident in ourselves as we are.
Our 1st president founded the American Live Oak Society, with members across the South & beyond. On the 1st day of 1900, he planted the 20th Century Oaks that ring the original campus. He cultivated oaks on campus, and sold them to other Louisiana universities. Some of the oaks at LSU & Tulane apparently came from little SLII.
"Better one's own path, though imperfect, than another's well-made."
Since the time of our first president everything outside of the quad was constructed. Just to rattle off a few, Griffin, Legacy Park, Vet Village, Cajun village, they new area by the Red Zone store, the new student union, BI Moody, Bourgeois, Moncla, Cajun Field, Tigue Moore, Cajun Dome, the APC, the research park on cajun dome across congress street. Can you either confirm or deny that no Oaks were injured in the construction of any of these buildings?
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Originally Posted by
GeauxCajuns
Some of the most beautiful homes built have front yards with large gorgeous oak trees that somewhat hide the front of the homes . I see this in the same way.
In my home I want to keep people out and not make them curious about what’s on the inside. In a brand new state of the art stadium you want people to see it and become curious about what it looks like on the inside. I see this as 2 totally different situations.
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
In my home I want to keep people out and not make them curious about what’s on the inside. In a brand new state of the art stadium you want people to see it and become curious about what it looks like on the inside. I see this as 2 totally different situations.
Your head is as hard as oak if you think not having those trees mean people set foot in CF because of curiosity? What are you sniffing...
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We should have removed the oaks and replanted them on the inside of the stadium. Between the hedges? Shiddddd we had that as well as Georgia. Bet nobody could say they played between the oaks.
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Million dollar architecture partially hidden by landscape makes it billion dollar architecture.
Imagination filling in the blanks is priceless.
You can recruit to the imagination and partially obscured only makes you more interested, wanting to see it from different angles.
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fanof71
Your head is as hard as oak if you think not having those trees mean people set foot in CF because of curiosity? What are you sniffing...
People who are already cajuns fans will be there. I will bet my bottom dollar people will go to at least a game or 2 that hasn’t been in years out of curiosity. The fan I am talking about has never been a Cajuns fan, maybe even just moved here and drive by this great new big multimillion dollar structure daily, and gets curious to see what it looks like on the inside. As it stands now you can’t even see that great big new beautiful structure from the road.
Are you suggesting that Lafayette doesn’t show up for something new in town out of curiosity? Do you live here? If you don’t think so then your head must be as hard as the brick that the oak trees are hiding.
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Yes. I live here....and yes, I am hard headed...and you're just wrong about this...I guess I'll just cut down the 100 year old oaks on my property...I'm curious what the folks in the ____ hole subdivision are up too.
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Unless it's a historical tree (ie Evangeline Oak)....I will not get emotionally attached to any tree/firewood/lumber
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We should build it look like the dl Horton subdivisions that have No trees at all. We can have the spec home of stadiums and really draw out the youngsville crowd.
(No offense to youngsville residents or subdivision dwellers)
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Leave the oaks. You want to see the stadium, get closer. I can care less about the view from the road. A lot of stadiums are crammed in downtown areas where you wouldn’t even get a distant view. I’d like the grass area to eventually have parking towers along Bertrand kind of enclosing the whole area.
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
People who are already cajuns fans will be there. I will bet my bottom dollar people will go to at least a game or 2 that hasn’t been in years out of curiosity. The fan I am talking about has never been a Cajuns fan, maybe even just moved here and drive by this great new big multimillion dollar structure daily, and gets curious to see what it looks like on the inside. As it stands now you can’t even see that great big new beautiful structure from the road.
Are you suggesting that Lafayette doesn’t show up for something new in town out of curiosity? Do you live here? If you don’t think so then your head must be as hard as the brick that the oak trees are hiding.
You said "new" and "curiosity"
Obviously the stadium is new. Anyone who doesn't know that either will never step in a stadium or has never seen a squirrel.
So the stadium is new and the oak trees provide curiosity through partial obscurity.
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Originally Posted by
KajunKrazy
Since the time of our first president everything outside of the quad was constructed. Just to rattle off a few, Griffin, Legacy Park, Vet Village, Cajun village, they new area by the Red Zone store, the new student union, BI Moody, Bourgeois, Moncla, Cajun Field, Tigue Moore, Cajun Dome, the APC, the research park on cajun dome across congress street. Can you either confirm or deny that no Oaks were injured in the construction of any of these buildings?
You know the answer to that. Improvements sometimes mean removing cherished trees, buildings, and other structures.
But none of the oaks were ever removed because someone thought that UL would impress more people without them.
