Softball park update.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Off subject but will they really start on the baseball project at the end of season?

igeaux.mobi

[Frenchie35]

_ I've seen pictures from a month ago or so. Just wondering if anyone had any recent pics.

$2500=crawfish? Think I'd want my money back!

You're not kidding about it being an 8-10 month project. It probably could have been completed in an even shorter time period. Has the school made any public statements regarding the completion issue? _

Went there today to watch the Ladies hit a few. Really nothing being done. Two working in the suit box pulling wire. Three installing the top row of seats below the suites, pressbox and club house seating. That's it. No brick layers are plumbers. The crew installing the seats suppose to be putting up steel for the roof. Around the concession area it looks deserted. The problem is that they are not paying the workers. I was told by the one that put the seats in the outfied that the contractor that built the forms and poured the concret to set the bleaches on has not been payed yet. This job was started back in May of 2009 when they removed the bleachers. After that the work stopped for about four months because of the old press box and concession stand not being taken down. Some dispute there. So it will be two years on the job in May........if you want to call it on the job.

[cajun4life]

Is there any recourse that the university can bring upon the contractor for failing to deliver on the contracted work?

[Frenchie35]

_ Off subject but will they really start on the baseball project at the end of season?

igeaux.mobi _

I will say no.....It was said that it has to be complete before we host the SBC tournament. I think that's in 2013.

[Cajun90]

Off subject but will they really start on the baseball project at the end of season?

igeaux.mobi

No. Not sure where that rumor got started.

[HoustonCajun]

_ No. Not sure where that rumor got started. _

The university's silence on this is deafening.

[Frenchie35]

_ No. Not sure where that rumor got started. _

Well if it's a rumor, why did someone in the athletic department say it was so. I guess they are in the dark also. My post about the SBC tournament came from that source.

[Cajun90]

Well if it's a rumor, why did someone in the athletic department say it was so. I guess they are in the dark also. My post about the SBC tournament came from that source.

I'm confused Frenchie. I think we are both in agreement that the renovation will NOT start at the end of this season.

My understanding is that track & field along with the new weight room are priorities. T&F is a must due to gender equity issues. Once those are completed then we can move forward with baseball. I believe end of the 2012 season would be the goal to start construction.

[Frenchie35]

All I am saying is that someone in the AD department said that it had to be started and finish by the time we host the SBC tournment because of the pressbox not being adequate. And the start time was at the end of this season. I am like you. When they start I will believe..........One of the reason I don't think it will be started this year is that they have not release anything to the media like drawings and plans like they did for softball. And look at the softball situation. Just a little note: All the things I post about the softball stadium and little about baseball is not something that I think is happening. I live walking distance from the fields. I go about every other day and check on what's going on and talk to someone in charge of the project. What I post is coming directly from their mouth. If anyone knows it should be them. So this information is not from someone off the street. So I believe some truth in it.....

[rhineaux]

_ No. Not sure where that rumor got started. _

Robe started it.

From 'Coaches Corner' thread in mid-February...

_ A couples of years ago...before the Stanford Financial Group scam...the renovation financing was in place and the work was set to start after the 2009 season. When a large commitment had to be withdrawn, the work was put off and was not planned to begin until after the 2012 season. That start date had been discussed until the last month or two. Somehow...something...other donors or whatever have evidently stepped forward...and now the start date is at the end of THIS season...as mentioned by Robe on the radio this past Saturday.

Someone correct me if I got some of this wrong.


igeaux.mobi _

No, you are correct. That is what he stated.

[Frenchie35]

So the heavy equiptment should be moving in on May 16.

[CajunAmos]

The stadium is set to start construction the day after our last game in 2012, with completion for the 2013 season (the year we host the conference tournament).