FB/BB Stadium Projects

[ulforlife]

Yes I am sure.. there will be a lower and upper deck wrapping all the way from third base to first base... in place of all the bleachers and stadium that is there now.. Exactly what I heard was.. somewhere from 13-15 thousand. And you are right, it is huge. But if you look at stadiums around the country that is becoming the "norm" and schools everywhere have been updating there stadiums recently. Also, another reason for high seating capacity.. you can be sure that the NCAA will NEVER overlook UL as a regional host again. If they have the credentials in the future.. you can bet on it that there will be a regional here.

And hey.. "if you build it, they will come." lol Baseball regularly brings a big crowd to the games.. and when you add a state of the art facility in the mix.. you have your normal fans that come to every game.. and you will get new fans that want to check it all out.. then they see how the cajuns are slamming home runs with fireworks going off and the atmosphere that the tigue has.. and you can be sure they will come back.

Go Cajuns!

April 29th...

hmm, I'll think about this when I sleep tonight

[Cajun Express]

_ I would tend to agree... When I first read the post I thought it was a joke... I would love to see a new and improved Tigue... expanding capacity to 7,500 or so with some nice perks such as boxes for the big $$$ guys (do we have any of those?? Got to win the lottery man.... lol)... a state of the art Press Box for BoP and the gang.... improve locker and offices... and then improving lighting and drainage...

Then we are set to go... Imagine.. just imagine... what Tony could do with these improvements.....

As for that game... I will NEVER set foot over there unless there is a recipricle (sp??) agreement in place... As much as I have a man-crush on Tony, I really wished he had not caved and agreed to play them on THEIR terms... we dont need them _

On the game, I tend to agree, but we need the SOS, and learn to win in a hostile atmosphere. The _____cats had a great recruiting class and really were a lot closer to being good last year than their record reflects. Getting those things on a hour bus ride is not easy. If we could afford it, and had no return engagement then I would prefer a flight to Austin.

We will get a return, their basketball sucks, and their baseball stadium is empty. Protected Smoke is gone, and I am certain we will be getting better treatment in the future.

[JamesTheJeweler]

all this sounds incredible, but i can't help but feel pessimistic...they've kinda conditioned me for that. but who knows, maybe, just maybe we're turning a corner.

[DrumRoll]

_ all this sounds incredible, but i can't help but feel pessimistic...they've kinda conditioned me for that. but who knows, maybe, just maybe we're turning a corner. _

In the immortal words of Jason Kidd... “We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.”

[snote]

Yes I am sure.. there will be a lower and upper deck wrapping all the way from third base to first base... in place of all the bleachers and stadium that is there now.. Exactly what I heard was.. somewhere from 13-15 thousand. And you are right, it is huge. But if you look at stadiums around the country that is becoming the "norm" and schools everywhere have been updating there stadiums recently. Also, another reason for high seating capacity.. you can be sure that the NCAA will NEVER overlook UL as a regional host again. If they have the credentials in the future.. you can bet on it that there will be a regional here.

http://www.digitalballparks.com/NCAA.html

i looked a tad.. nebraska's built in 2001..

this was a monumental undertaking by both the University of Nebraska and the Northern League. By the time the opening day tallies came in, the ballpark had cost nearly $30 million. Quite a tremendous price tag for a 4500 seat stadium.

from the site mentioned above.. they say can get up to 8,500 into the place

ps. if anywhere near true, i'd be listening for the name of the pro team to be playing in it also

[ImperialCajun]

I really have to question the 15K also. The biggest new stadiums at the big rich schools are 4500 to 8500. I think LSU's new stadium will be only 8500. Yes this could draw fans to see the new facility and this years team and playoff anticipation should get us 3000+ per game. BUT, that is a long way from 15K. I would hate to see a crowd of 6000 look like a crowd of 6000 in the cajundome "Half full!" I would think that a 6K to 8K facility would be perfect! The Astros downsized and tickets were then at a premium. Why buy a season ticket when you know you can get as many as you want any time you want. Don't get me wrong, I'm siked about any new facility and especially the ones for which I have been a long time season ticket holder. See Ya'll at the games, no matter what the facility. TH

[BabbForHeisman]

_ Got to win the lottery man.... lol)...

I don't know, if there are 15,000 people there, the 50/50 might be good enough.

[ulforlife]

I don't know, if there are 15,000 people there, the 50/50 might be good enough.

i dont know if I like your perspective, or the fact that you're back on raginpagin better

[ulforlife]

All I know is I love the Tigue:

[Just1More]

I'm not buying the 15k seats, unless this includes a deal to bring in a minor league team (again). If not, and there is a big donation behind this, someone needs to figure out a better way to use this money. 7500 to 8500 seats in a real nice stadium would be a nice and big baseball stadium.

No of this is going to get me down even if it doesn't pan out. A super year with Cajun baseball is what I'm looking forward to. I wonder if baseball and softball can keep the bus running until football gets in gear and takes over driving the bus like it oughta?!?

[Kernel]

Forgive me for being skeptical (years of supporting the Cajuns tend to make a man skeptical), but I'll believe we're building an ENTIRELY new baseball complex when I see it. As bassakwards as things are run around there, this just seems too good to be true.

As for a capacity of 15K, well that's just absurd and I simply cannot believe anyone would consider that a good idea. A 15K stadium would be, off of the top of my head, the largest on-campus, college-only stadium in the country (I may be wrong on this, Dudy-Noble claims a capacity well over 10K and I could be overlooking something else - nevertheless, it would rank very near the top in the least). A stadium that big would be nearly impossible to fill and nearly impossible to fill halfway on a regular basis. IF a new stadium is built, the smart play is something in the neighborhood of 5K. That's big enough for postseason, but not a coach and atmosphere killer.

Again, this is likely academic, since I won't allow myself to buy that the school would make such a forward thinking move.

[BabbForHeisman]

Free internet the Pheonix airport does wonders.

But I will try to hang around more regularly.