Cajun Field Renovation Plans

[shof]

OK. Who else had a chance to listen to the interview today?? I listened as much as able while at work. What I gleamed: priorities. West pressbox and suites. North end zone. Not bowling it in, but perhaps a section on the NW end to mirror east side seating. Would help with lost seating from old upper deck. Also, possibly creating a tunnel on north to get equipment on/off the field for events. Then East side, but most likely just fixing infrastructure problems like drainage, etc.
No real timeline, but understands it needs to be very soon. Thought I heard him State they were looking at 3 different potential plans.

[Esqueleto]

Did he mention the possibility of putting a canopy over the finished product? Something similar to the Stadium of light, perhaps?

[Esqueleto]

How cool would this look coming down Congress

[shof]

That would look very nice. But no real details mentioned. Definitely didn’t hear anything about canopies.

[CajunDreDog]

ICYMI: Louisiana Ragin' Cajun Director of Athletics Dr. Bryan Maggard @MaggardB joined @jayespn1420 to talk all things UL athletics. https://t.co/2r7Q6Ix1Mb

— ESPN 1420 (@espn1420) May 10, 2019

[ZoomZoom]

I don’t see any canopy as financially feasible simply because of cost vs actual number of times needed in a year.

[Ragin9221]

I didn’t even realize we had one, but Acadiana has a Woman’s football team called the Acadiana Zydeco, well we were looking for other things for Cajun Field to host well here is one.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Summary of what I heard on the interview.
Phase 1, tear down the west side, put up a tower for the press box, suites and offices for the Athletic department thus enabling the tear down of Cox.
Complete the NW corner to make it symmetrical.
North end zone, construct a tunnel for 18 wheelers thus giving the ability to have concerts. Also replace the scoreboard and sound system.
East side, some cosmetic changes to give a different look.

Later phases to repair East side utilities, and structural capability to be able to add capacity to that side if needed.

Timing: still waiting for cost estimates of 3 proposals before deciding on one and an announcement.

[CajunJeaux]

Am I the only one who thinks adding to the NW seats for symmetrical reasons is a huge waste?....it’s not like we’re on prime time national television every week with overhead cameras showing the stadium....

[ULGrad@HOU]

Am I the only one who thinks adding to the NW seats for symmetrical reasons is a huge waste?....it's not like we're on prime time national television every week with overhead cameras showing the stadium....

Well, it's also for lost seating from tearing down the upper deck.