The Building of Russo Park at Louisiana

[Ole Colony]

A general admission and student section deck would be awesome behind the cooking club and over the visitors bullpen.

[HelmutVII]

Helmut,

Can you explain how impressive Lemoine is for having done this much this fast?

Lemoine is certainly capable of moving a job along typically because the have good subs and can schedule to their advantage. They are relentless in pushing a job. There are others (J.B. Mouton for one) that can also do a good job. Mouton did the Cajun Dome and they finished on time and from what I understand on budget. Any job can get hung up on unforeseen problems. These are typically what is found during the foundation/underground work. That is because "you never know what you are going to find once you start digging in the ground". Also, underground and site work is more sensitive to weather. Once a project gets out of the ground then the chance of a schedule taking a hit is greatly reduced.

The Tigue Moore project certainly had challenges at the beginning but once it got out of the ground the schedule looks like it's in pretty good shape. From what I remember from Eric Crozier said, concrete flat work is critical now and any extended period of rain could cause a problem with the schedule.

[CajunAmos]

A general admission and student section deck would be awesome behind the cooking club and over the visitors bullpen.

Pretty sure that's where the new clubhouse facility will be located when that project goes forward.

[Ole Colony]

Pretty sure that's where the new clubhouse facility will be located when that project goes forward.

Would the team switch dugouts with the clubhouse on the first base side?

[wcd35]

Pretty sure that's where the new clubhouse facility will be located when that project goes forward.

I thought the clubhouse would be down the 3rd base line, but I could be wrong

[Cajun90]

I thought the clubhouse would be down the 3rd base line, but I could be wrong

It is a very fluid situation at this point.......

[wcd35]

It is a very fluid situation at this point.......

Yeah, totally understandable. Space down the lines is at a premium especially when it comes to additional facilities

[CajunAmos]

After thinking about the layout of the complex once the Cox Center is removed and the plaza is completed, I could see a parking issue with a clubhouse down the left field line as the plaza will have very limited parking. The first base line location would front Reinhardt and all of the associated parking. I was thinking a roof deck on a 2-3 story building in that area would actually be pretty cool and could be another location for lease for baseball, football tailgating, and Mardi Gras. JMO

[LaCajunsFan]

Yeah, totally understandable. Space down the lines is at a premium especially when it comes to additional facilities

Keeping in mind how land-locked we are there, the other day I was looking at the area in Google Earth: What I think would be great is if they could move Cajun Courts to across from the Tigue/behind Cajun Field, along Reinhardt....kind of right around where that maintenance building is. That would free up the area where the courts are now for the new field house, and would also solve the issue with the courts blocking extension of the bleacher section.

Too bad costs would probably prohibit that. But we should get Harris & Maggard working on it, lol.

[Cajun90]

After thinking about the layout of the complex once the Cox Center is removed and the plaza is completed, I could see a parking issue with a clubhouse down the left field line as the plaza will have very limited parking. The first base line location would front Reinhardt and all of the associated parking. I was thinking a roof deck on a 2-3 story building in that area would actually be pretty cool and could be another location for lease for baseball, football tailgating, and Mardi Gras. JMO

LOL....your on the right track.

[CajunJack55]

Another before shot via Facebook

[wcd35]

Brad Kemp with some nice 360 shots from the top two floors. If you click on them you can move the image around and zoom in. I didn't realize the concourse at the top of the seating area would be configured like that. They still have to pour it obviously, but that's definitely something you can't see in the renderings: