2005: How I would love to see our stadium upgraded and renovated!

[AirBill]

I also would like to see luxury suites added. I think they should go in the open-air area between the lower and upper sections. Give you a much better view than the blimp-cam look from way up top, too.

Also, what about actual seats? I know they have them between the 35's on the west side. What about putting them all throughout the lower bowls? And not those aluminum seats either. Nice, shiny red ones with drink holders. THAT would be an upgrade that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg, and could be paid for with those new luxury suites.

[RaginEsquire06]

That would be very nice! I also like the ideal Turbine stated...in reference to the "walk around!" Doesn't seem like it would cost to much to complete!

[RaginEsquire06]

When will we be having a stadium cleaning bash?

[ATXCajun]

UCF went 0-11 last season.

Nobody went to their games.

They just got approval from their board of trustees to build a 45k on-campus football stadium.

They are looking to the future, to the Big East. They will most likely get it.

You can't play with the big boys if you don't have any cajones.

...which is a stadium only slightly larger than ours (and then not really since we can fill the endzones) and substantially smaller than the stadium they were playing in (Orange Bowl, I think). Sounds like they have Tulane's problem. Trying to develop an on-campus atmosphere and excitement around football. I don't think we have that problem. We just need a little success to fuel progress. Ours stadium needs some touch up and maybe a larger, sexier press box. That's it, for now. Big stadiums with no people in them are just weird and uncomfortable (Tulane, UAB, UCF).

[Turbine]

I've been a Cajun fan since enrolling at USL in 87'....and I'm curious to know why hasn't any funds been vested in the development of our Football stadium? I know some would argue that we are not filling the seats in the stands to justify it. However, I think filling the stadium seats could be the end result of up grading our stadium!

Think about this...How much would it cost to add more aluminum benches to increase our seating capacity to say...50 thousand? Redesign our consession area? Or even create a covered lobby that goes completely around the arena or just connects both sides of the stadium...Kinda like a "walk of fame" with pictures of past players and replica trophy's, etc....with our fight song playing through speakers...or with monitors showing football clips from the past.

I think if we seriously update our stadium...market it like crazy to the acadiana area...People will come just out of pure curiosity! Kind of the place to be before going out to experiance Lafayette's wonderful night life!

I also think a larger seating capacity will be encouraging to larger schools to come and play use here in the swamp....and Finally, Image is everything...If we want to get better player's on our team...we have to give the appearance of being big time! Our stadium is not that much bigger than some of these high schools in Florida and Texas...



More food for thought....

Half time....maybe we can develop more interesting half time shows...Add something a little more interesting in addition to our wnderful marching band! Maybe sky divers, fire works, cajun/zydeco bands...I don't know....Maybe make every home game something like a mini superbowl for our area! Let's be creative!

One out of two requests granted.... and it only took twenty years