FB/BB Stadium Projects

[JamesTheJeweler]

yeah, just like the football stadium renovations jive that was on here recently, i find all of this very hard to believe without NO word getting out about it. P.S. 15,000 IS TOO D*MN BIG! 5-7,000 would be awesome.

[gorcajun]

Whoever is putting up money for the renovations, I hope, demands that the architect puts in a security system just short of Fort Knox. I know there are at least two computers and some software in the free market.

[Cajun90]

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.

Dudy-Noble seats around 7200 but capacity is around 15K with the outfield etc. They have had over 14K in attendance. IF we are even considering this type of stadium it would be one of those "lets go completely over the top" type situations. It's kind of funny but I think it might actually work if played out properly (note: not that I believe it at this point). This town is dying for something to latch onto sports wise. I mean we put over 10K in an arean to see ICE HOCKEY! If someone has latched onto the field of dreams concept I wouldn't necessarily be surprised to see it work. Wichita has proven this concept.

Baum stadium in Arkansas is another one that comes to mind. 10.5K total with 20 luxury boxes.

No doubt about it that 15K seating would get massive exposure and be a huge draw for recruits.

I'm not buying any of this right now but I do believe the concept could work but someone has to be willing to bet at least 20 mil on the adventure and I think that number is low.

[rhineaux]

_ Dudy-Noble seats around 7200 but capacity is around 15K with the outfield etc. They have had over 14K in attendance. IF we are even considering this type of stadium it would be one of those "lets go completely over the top" type situations. It's kind of funny but I think it might actually work if played out properly (note: not that I believe it at this point). This town is dying for something to latch onto sports wise. I mean we put over 10K in an arean to see ICE HOCKEY! If someone has latched onto the field of dreams concept I wouldn't necessarily be surprised to see it work. Wichita has proven this concept.

Baum stadium in Arkansas is another one that comes to mind. 10.5K total with 20 luxury boxes.

No doubt about it that 15K seating would get massive exposure and be a huge draw for recruits.

I'm not buying any of this right now but I do believe the concept could work but someone has to be willing to bet at least 20 mil on the adventure and I think that number is low.

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I agree with whoever wrote that 15k half full would probably be worse than our situation in the Cajun Dome right now. 8k would be the most we'd need. I think the important thing to remember is that the team averages 2300 right now, and that is good enough for Top 30 in the nation. There isn't a market for that type of stadium anywhere in the nation, except for MAYBE a couple places. UNC and UK went over the top with 20k+ basketball arenas but they have the tradition to keep it full. We don't have the kind of baseball tradition to do something like that. One thing that might work is building it so that one day, if we needed it, we could easily add a second deck or something. But, there's no need to build something that seats 15k, when we won't get 10k for the biggest weekend series.

I talked before about the current atmosphere and intimacy we have at the Tigue. I think that such a large, mostly empty stadium, would really take away from that.

Someone might be able to find the pics from the recent expansion of southern miss' stadium. I think that might be the avenue the we'd need to go down. Spend our money on making it a top rate site, without wasting money on seats that'll never be used.

[CajunDreDog]

Someone might be able to find the pics from the recent expansion of southern miss' stadium. I think that might be the avenue the we'd need to go down. Spend our money on making it a top rate site, without wasting money on seats that'll never be used.

Didn't South Alabama do a renovation a few years back too? Their stadium looks REAL nice if I recall. Wasn't that where the SBC Tourney was last year?

[CajunDreDog]

Didn't South Alabama do a renovation a few years back too? Their stadium looks REAL nice if I recall. Wasn't that where the SBC Tourney was last year?

http://www.southalabama.edu/stankyfield.html

And Stanky only holds 4,500 fans...so why would we build a place that held up to 15K?

I could see and understand somewhere in the 7-10K range, but no more than that is needed.

[bradyson]

_ i can't wait to check the luxury sweets (rofl) _

2009 will be "Sweet"

(can we revive that thread???)

[RaginFan2]

2009 will be "Sweet"

(can we revive that thread???)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[anhil8tor]

all the negativity has me worried I was excited for nothing.


Are there any confirmed renovations to either stadium?

[Cajun Express]

_ all the negativity has me worried I was excited for nothing.


Are there any confirmed renovations to either stadium? _

You are not excited for nothing, but for something. There will be a major announcement coming shortly and it will be exciting. The point is that some of the numbers and projects being posted are vastly overstated. It will be sweet, you can bet your bottle of Steen's Blue Ribbon Syrup on that.

[rhineaux]

_ all the negativity has me worried I was excited for nothing.


Are there any confirmed renovations to either stadium? _

I don't think that its all lies...but i think that there might have been some embellishments. I read yesterday that there was a single $20 million donation, a $10 Million donation, and a $5 million donation. I've read that massive changes will be made, some changes will be made, and that the whole thing will be torn down. I've read that the new stadium would hold 15k, 8k, or 5k.

all in all, I think its safe to say that something may be happening soon, and I think that such an announcement, according to all of the secrecy of what's going on at the recruiting bash, might happen at the Recruiting Bash.

[Cajun90]

You are not excited for nothing, but for something. There will be a major announcement coming shortly and it will be exciting. The point is that some of the numbers and projects being posted are vastly overstated. It will be sweet, you can bet your bottle of Steen's Blue Ribbon Syrup on that.

Looks like a number of announcements coming over the next few months. Good news all the way around.

My wife's response to all this.....so I guess your season ticket prices just went up! LOL