Cajun Field 1971...

[ULGrad@HOU]

Until we can consistently SELL OUT Cajun Field, we shouldn't even be sniffing the idea of adding more seats. A lager stadium with only 25k at best in regular attendance will look even worse on TV.
Press box is a dump. As a former student assistant coach at the college level, I have been in pressboxes throughout the sunbelt, cusa, and SEC.
Ours is a shed compared to the other 40 or so I've seen.
The worst was the old FIU pressbox----which was a double wide train on top of four wooded telephone poles..... And even they managed to move up into a better conference.

The press box will get completely redone. That's part of the whole idea. And as far as looks go, you don't plan on capacity by what looks right if we have a low turnout.

[duggie85]

Cajun 90, obviously you know more than I do. Why can't we put in nice chair backs for the entire stadium? Why do we need a nicer press box? I have been in both the athletic director and president's suite for games and they are very nice.

Maybe we could build suites for donors over the student side. Maybe the donor could build in their own suite with a 5-10 year lease and minimum donation?

I still don't think we need anything until they show us improvement. What comes first, the top 25 team or the top 25 facilities? I think we have seen negative results with our athletes this season being given the new athletic center that some of them do not deserve. If I was the coach and players were late to team meetings because they were playing video games I would be ____ed.

I would also be ____ed if I was a 4.0 GPA pre-med student who isn't allowed access to the facilities built for 2.0 GPA athletes, but that's a different topic for a different thread.

Why didn't you just relay your worries to the ole boys you sat next to?

[Jaws]

The press box will get completely redone. That's part of the whole idea. And as far as looks go, you don't plan on capacity by what looks right if we have a low turnout.

Grad

We never sell out Cajun field
Therefore "low turnouts" in Cajun Field is par for the course.
We don't need more seats
We need to polish what we have.

Adding suites won't bring additional fans, It will simply just move wealthy fans from the first level up to the boxes.

Invest in quality sound system
Up the landscapes
Fix up the outside

We will be facing an uphill battle to become a better than average program and all that comes with it.
We have another decade or so before we need to add more seats.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Grad

We never sell out Cajun field
Therefore "low turnouts" in Cajun Field is par for the course.
We don't need more seats
We need to polish what we have.

Adding suites won't bring additional fans, It will simply just move wealthy fans from the first level up to the boxes.

Invest in quality sound system
Up the landscapes
Fix up the outside

We will be facing an uphill battle to become a better than average program and all that comes with it.
We have another decade or so before we need to add more seats.

Not true, we have sold out Cajun Field, more than once.

[GeauxCajuns]

Grad

We never sell out Cajun field
Therefore "low turnouts" in Cajun Field is par for the course.
We don't need more seats
We need to polish what we have.

Adding suites won't bring additional fans, It will simply just move wealthy fans from the first level up to the boxes.

Invest in quality sound system
Up the landscapes
Fix up the outside

We will be facing an uphill battle to become a better than average program and all that comes with it.
We have another decade or so before we need to add more seats.

So why not do it when it's cheaper.
Let's say a husband and wife decide to build a house, they should build a one bedroom house because at the time it's only the two of them, or do they build for the future, having room to grow?

[Ragin' Caleb]

So why not do it when it's cheaper.
Let's say a husband and wife decide to build a house, they should build a one bedroom house because at the time it's only the two of them, or do they build for the future, having room to grow?

Right now we are not at capacity. Really ever, according to your metaphor we are. You can predict having a baby. You can't predict we will noticeably increase attendance in the next decade

[Jaws]

Right now we are not at capacity. Really ever, according to your metaphor we are. You can predict having a baby. You can't predict we will noticeably increase attendance in the next decade

Bingo Caleb
We aren't at capacity
Sure maybe the southern game about 5 or 6 years ago.
Maybe we've sold the place out 4 times in the past decade (30k in attendance), but I doubt it,
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Honestly friends, can we really expect adding a second level to the other side of the field to pay off.
Can we really expect the to sell a bunch of Luxury suites ?
Sure there are hundreds of people who could afford it, but I thinks it's a pipe dream - for now.
Fix the necessities, spend 5 - 10 mil and save the rest.
Anymore that 15-20 mil, might as well tear it down and start from scratch, and let's not pretend there is a ton of sentimental value there. More bad years than good spent in the "Swamp"

[duggie85]

Bingo Caleb
We aren't at capacity
Sure maybe the southern game about 5 or 6 years ago.
Maybe we've sold the place out 4 times in the past decade (30k in attendance), but I doubt it,
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Honestly friends, can we really expect adding a second level to the other side of the field to pay off.
Can we really expect the to sell a bunch of Luxury suites ?
Sure there are hundreds of people who could afford it, but I thinks it's a pipe dream - for now.
Fix the necessities, spend 5 - 10 mil and save the rest.
Anymore that 15-20 mil, might as well tear it down and start from scratch, and let's not pretend there is a ton of sentimental value there. More bad years than good spent in the "Swamp"

I could be mistaken, but I believe the proposed multi-story addition will be used year round... not just 5-6 Saturday's out the year. It will have conference/meeting space for rent which will bring in some revenue. But we can continue thinking small-time and not consider everything at play.

[cajun4life]

I could be mistaken, but I believe the proposed multi-story addition will be used year round... not just 5-6 Saturday's out the year. It will have conference/meeting space for rent which will bring in some revenue. But we can continue thinking small-time and not consider everything at play.

To add to your post, the number of proposed suites have already been decided based upon the number of people/businesses who have committed to a multi year agreement to lease the suites.

Essentially, by adding the suites we will increase our revenue, without increasing attendance. Also, the new upper deck will have a reduced capacity compared to wat we currently have.

[Jaws]

I feel you Dug

I would just like to see us put 30k in the seats, not inflated numbers every home game for the next 2-3 seasons.
We do that, and I'm all for stadium expansion.
This isn't a a build it and they will come scenario, just look at the empty new seats added this past year.