Cajun Field 1971...

[Turbine]

That's hard to do in 2015 when you have tv and games are 4 hours long now.

True.

A few years ago UL moved a game to 9pm for TV.

7pm doesn't seem so bad.

[CrazyCajun]

NFL and power programs play football at 11am,noon and 3pm all over the country. They have prime seats and boxes in direct sun light everywhere...I think the almighty Cajun faithful could manage.

[ZoomZoom]

Tell that to "The U". Daytime games in the heat don't draw.

[CrazyCajun]

Tell that to "The U". Daytime games in the heat don't draw.

The U don't draw... Ever... We play at 6, not noon

[BirdofParadise]

Okay, we have two threads going at once. Damn near gave me a headache.

FOOTBALL--The upper deck on the west side will be torn down and replaced by a new upper addition that will house a new press box, suites and a club level. It will be seven stories...three visible to the public from inside the stadium. Sports info office and athletic administration offices will be housed in that structure. The ground floor, accessible from the west side of the stadium will have a ticket office, a merchandise store and a Hall of Fame. The plan has been to add an upper deck on the east side, but I don't know if that has been etched in stone.

If the new structure is like the new one that have at Arkansas State, it will be impressive. But I think ours will be even better.

BASEBALL

I just saw the new drawings yesterday. I also saw the blueprints. The left field and right field lines will be changed minimally, if at all. There will still be the box seats. The cooking club remains.

The change is in the grandstand area. It will be torn down completely. If you can imagine, the grandstand area will begin roughly where the ticket office is now. There will be entrances on both the first and third base side. The grandstand will be raised to be even with the bleachers on the first and third base side. There will still be box seats behind home plate and down first and third, but fans will step down to those seats. The concourse in the grandstand will be between the box seats and the chairbacks. There will be a club level for certain level donors and the suites/press box will be above that. The press box will actually start just to the third base side of home plate and head down the third base line, leaving the area down the first base line and behind home plate for suites. By putting suites directly behind home plate, you can sell them for more than if they were down the third base side. The press box will have a separate area for TV, two radio booths and the general press area. The suites and club level should generate in the vicinity of $200,000 annually in revenue.

Because Robe wants to make the park fan friendly, the concession areas under the concourse will have an area where fans can still see game action while waiting in line, much as they do at LSU. That's why the big gap between the lower box seats and the grandstand. In addition, there will be overhangs built over the bleachers down the first and third base line. Based on what I've seen, they will cover about 2/3 of each bleacher area, much like the current overhang of the grandstand.

Previous reports that the renovations are $1 million more than planned are correct. They would rather raise additional funds than make cuts.

The latest drawing is pretty new. To answer the question of "when do we get to see it," they still have to have another meeting or two to finalize. I have already started to work on an article for "Geaux Cajuns" magazine giving more details and updates on the progress of the plans. That article, which will probably be in the magazine for the Troy game, should include the latest rendering.

I'm pretty impressed, based on what I've seen, that this is going to get done for 10-11 million. I think we're getting a lot of bang for the buck

[basinbear]

Jay, is locker room renovation included in this?

[Cajunfanatico]

Check your PM Basinbear.

[BirdofParadise]

Jay, is locker room renovation included in this?

Baseball? No. Tony said he'd rather spend more money on making the park fan friendly and they would take care of the locker room at a later date.

[LaCajunsFan]

Okay, we have two threads going at once. Damn near gave me a headache.

FOOTBALL--The upper deck on the west side will be torn down and replaced by a new upper addition that will house a new press box, suites and a club level. It will be seven stories...three visible to the public from inside the stadium. Sports info office and athletic administration offices will be housed in that structure. The ground floor, accessible from the west side of the stadium will have a ticket office, a merchandise store and a Hall of Fame. The plan has been to add an upper deck on the east side, but I don't know if that has been etched in stone.

If the new structure is like the new one that have at Arkansas State, it will be impressive. But I think ours will be even better.

BASEBALL

I just saw the new drawings yesterday. I also saw the blueprints. The left field and right field lines will be changed minimally, if at all. There will still be the box seats. The cooking club remains.

The change is in the grandstand area. It will be torn down completely. If you can imagine, the grandstand area will begin roughly where the ticket office is now. There will be entrances on both the first and third base side. The grandstand will be raised to be even with the bleachers on the first and third base side. There will still be box seats behind home plate and down first and third, but fans will step down to those seats. The concourse in the grandstand will be between the box seats and the chairbacks. There will be a club level for certain level donors and the suites/press box will be above that. The press box will actually start just to the third base side of home plate and head down the third base line, leaving the area down the first base line and behind home plate for suites. By putting suites directly behind home plate, you can sell them for more than if they were down the third base side. The press box will have a separate area for TV, two radio booths and the general press area. The suites and club level should generate in the vicinity of $200,000 annually in revenue.

Because Robe wants to make the park fan friendly, the concession areas under the concourse will have an area where fans can still see game action while waiting in line, much as they do at LSU. That's why the big gap between the lower box seats and the grandstand. In addition, there will be overhangs built over the bleachers down the first and third base line. Based on what I've seen, they will cover about 2/3 of each bleacher area, much like the current overhang of the grandstand.

Previous reports that the renovations are $1 million more than planned are correct. They would rather raise additional funds than make cuts.

The latest drawing is pretty new. To answer the question of "when do we get to see it," they still have to have another meeting or two to finalize. I have already started to work on an article for "Geaux Cajuns" magazine giving more details and updates on the progress of the plans. That article, which will probably be in the magazine for the Troy game, should include the latest rendering.

I'm pretty impressed, based on what I've seen, that this is going to get done for 10-11 million. I think we're getting a lot of bang for the buck

Great post...thanks, Jay.

[LaCajunsFan]

Baseball? No. Tony said he'd rather spend more money on making the park fan friendly and they would take care of the locker room at a later date.

Also, is there an update on what the new capacity will be for baseball??