Construction Cam APC ( Athletic Performance Complex )

[BlueDawg]

Tech's retirement home in the endzone is going to look pretty...but it's in the endzone. How much money did they drop so Terry wouldn't have to sit with the plebeians? And you know what they did? They got ULM thinking it was a good idea for Endzone facilities too...even though all they could afford was a corner facility. Sitting in the endzones is about as unprime as one can get.

It's gonna be quite nice but a lot of schools have their APC's in the endzone.
*Tech will be remodeling their pressbox in the near future as well.

[Germdawg2004]

You should be apprised that the revised plans for the APC is at 100,000 SqFt.

Link?

I didn't come to flame, a question was asked about Tech's DAC and how it compared to your APC, I answered it using the only information I can find on your athletics website, http://ragincajuns.com/sports/2013/3...37.aspx?id=576

I thought the 100k came from the ~65k for APC and the ~25k for the Track/Soccer.

What's been added over the 65k shown in the initial drawings to get a >50% increase in square footage? I wouldn't think that little Phase 2 area would add that much.

[LaCajunsFan]

Link?

I didn't come to flame, a question was asked about Tech's DAC and how it compared to your APC, I answered it using the only information I can find on your athletics website, http://ragincajuns.com/sports/2013/3...37.aspx?id=576

I thought the 100k came from the ~65k for APC and the ~25k for the Track/Soccer.

What's been added over the 65k shown in the initial drawings to get a >50% increase in square footage? I wouldn't think that little Phase 2 area would add that much.

Guess you were not able to consider the fact that we added SF by going up???? The master plan is one story, the finished product is two story.

And what kind of formal plan is in place for ltur to remodel the rest of the stadium? Time frame? Funding?

[cajun_lannister]

http://ragincajuns.com/news/2014/8/2...x?path=general

85k sq was listed here but i know for a fact a slight addition was added

[CajunAmos]

Link?

I didn't come to flame, a question was asked about Tech's DAC and how it compared to your APC, I answered it using the only information I can find on your athletics website, http://ragincajuns.com/sports/2013/3...37.aspx?id=576

I thought the 100k came from the ~65k for APC and the ~25k for the Track/Soccer.

What's been added over the 65k shown in the initial drawings to get a >50% increase in square footage? I wouldn't think that little Phase 2 area would add that much.

Pretty sure that was the original concept rendering before choosing an architect and final planning. To the best of my knowledge, they have not released the final plans. You may be right that the space combines with the Track complex but I've seen the size of the APF listed in a print article at both 85,000 and 100,000 SqFt. I'm awaiting the final plans to see what they actually decided upon.

[cajunhawk]

It's gonna be quite nice but a lot of schools have their APC's in the endzone.
*Tech will be remodeling their pressbox in the near future as well.

Name them...

[LaCajunsFan]

Pretty sure that was the original concept rendering before choosing an architect and final planning. To the best of my knowledge, they have not released the final plans. You may be right that the space combines with the Track complex but I've seen the size of the APF listed in a print article at both 85,000 and 100,000 SqFt. I'm awaiting the final plans to see what they actually decided upon.

The SF of the APC and the SF of the T & F were never combined and listed as one. The APC is ~85K, but as someone else added, a smaller addition was added after the article was written.

[Germdawg2004]

Guess you were not able to consider the fact that we added SF by going up???? The master plan is one story, the finished product is two story.

And what kind of formal plan is in place for ltur to remodel the rest of the stadium? Time frame? Funding?

Looks like the offices on the second floor is the expanded area, the plans on the athletic website show it going to middle of the entrance structure, but looking



Best I can tell from the background rendering it was expanded to just past the entrance.



Keep an eye out at LaTechSports.com sure the announcement about the Pressbox expansion will be out by the end of the year.

[cajunhawk]

Looks like the offices on the second floor is the expanded area, the plans on the athletic website show it going to middle of the entrance structure, but looking



Best I can tell from the background rendering it was expanded to just past the entrance.



Keep an eye out at LaTechSports.com sure the announcement about the Pressbox expansion will be out by the end of the year.

I hope we can follow suit...our press box...like yours...is in dire need of work.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Link?

I didn't come to flame, a question was asked about Tech's DAC and how it compared to your APC, I answered it using the only information I can find on your athletics website, http://ragincajuns.com/sports/2013/3...37.aspx?id=576

I thought the 100k came from the ~65k for APC and the ~25k for the Track/Soccer.

What's been added over the 65k shown in the initial drawings to get a >50% increase in square footage? I wouldn't think that little Phase 2 area would add that much.

Realy dude? Just keep on making yourself feel like Sherlock Holmes.

[CajunDreDog]

Since when does 65 + 25 = 100? Oh at LA Tech it does, where math is complex and counting people in the stands can only be done by people at NASA.

[KajunKrazy]

The only side of the building that matters is the inside. That's where the players will be, that's where the recruits will be taken. That's what it was built for, the athletes and recruiting.... Not so people can drive by and say, look how pretty that architecture is.

You are partially correct. It will definitely serve as a recruiting tool for athletes. That structure will also be the signature building for the whole athletic department as of the date of its completion. It will serve as a 24/7 commercial as to what direction the athletic department is heading. Since only about 2 to 4 percent of all the people who see that building will see the outside only, I would think you would want it to be impressive from the curb appeal point of view as well. That's only if you want to impress the masses and not just the very small % that go inside on a daily basis. I like to think big the more people who like what they see the more inclined they will be to support.

I am of the opinion (that will never change) metal buildings look more like shops or warehouses as some previous post mentioned. Metal cheapens the whole curb appeal point of view. I realize it is not finished but for someone who passes on Cajun Dome Blvd on a regular bases that's shaping up to be one ugly structure. But again that's just me and metal.