Stadium Expansion??

[ZoomZoom]

Just don't half-ass it, please.

I fully expect if the state gets involved, it will be some blah half ars design that can be copied for Alone Stadium in Monroe to save the state some money whenever the elements overtake their stadium..or worse...something like the student side of CF with the wall built ready to receive the upper deck "in the future"...what an ugly freaking optic.

My expectations and excitement, primed by all the upfront PR designs and discussions, have all gone away. It is getting at the point in my life, I'm almost at the DGAF stage with UL...I've done this dance before in the 80's and I know how it ends. Don't need the emotional investment anymore. We brought our family motor home back in the day when you could count the number of UL campers on one hand...we have traveled near and far...we drifted away for a bit while our children consumed our lives with travel soccer...returned after a major health issue, missing the enjoyment we once had...even despite the fact all our friends from back then moved, died or quit going...it didn't feel like USL, UL was taking steps forward.

Now it's smelling like USL again on several fronts...from marketing to stadium to McNeesing it (hire the bubbas for the non revenue sports because we can get them on the cheap...even McNeese now sees that error). It is getting hard to give the man, who at one time seemed destined to surpass TDP as our best AD ever, the enthusiasm we once had. I've given the whole situation a COVID pass, but really cannot any longer. I already have one sport we go to simply for a date night for my wife and I to get out the house...and it a bad product for some uncontrollable and controlable reasons. Reinhart Drive (athletics) needs to get their ____ together, because Martin Hall won't. Financially, I am a little fish in the RCAF pond...and RCAF needs their own "pond" as many stated at their inception. Nothing I can do to change things.

The Fossil would be so proud of what is happening.

Done ranting...

[RedTails]

Yea, if the options are delay construction by a 2-3 years or cut corners on the design, take a few more years and be transparent about it. Or else we're going to be stuck with a half-ass design for another 40 years. I'm hoping Dr. Maggard isn't treating the completion of CF renovation as his professional finish line here and leaving us with a scaled back renovation that won't be revisited for decades.

[JayWalker]

Bottom line is we still need to raise more money. Nico was the point guy the last year or so and got a lot of things done. His leaving may delay things.

But even if they don't, and we start demolition, 2023 will be a displaced season for everyone. The "new" OLOL stadium wouldn't be available til 2024.

[TammanyCajun]

I second this. Do not settle for bronze when you were selling us gold. I’d rather wait it out to be done right than to hurry and it be anything less than what our program deserves. I’ll enjoy the nostalgia of Cajun Field a little longer. This is a long-haul endeavor.

Yea, if the options are delay construction by a 2-3 years or cut corners on the design, take a few more years and be transparent about it. Or else we're going to be stuck with a half-ass design for another 40 years. I'm hoping Dr. Maggard isn't treating the completion of CF renovation as his professional finish line here and leaving us with a scaled back renovation that won't be revisited for decades.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Yea, if the options are delay construction by a 2-3 years or cut corners on the design, take a few more years and be transparent about it. Or else we're going to be stuck with a half-ass design for another 40 years. I'm hoping Dr. Maggard isn't treating the completion of CF renovation as his professional finish line here and leaving us with a scaled back renovation that won't be revisited for decades.

I agree.

[ZoomZoom]

Bottom line is we still need to raise more money. Nico was the point guy the last year or so and got a lot of things done. His leaving may delay things.

But even if they don't, and we start demolition, 2023 will be a displaced season for everyone. The "new" OLOL stadium wouldn't be available til 2024.

There is nothing realistically out there that says '23 will be a displaced season. Until I see a wrecking ball bashing somehthing on the upper deck or charges going off, then I'll beleive it. I know you and I personally don't know each other, but you do know my passion...I'm the guy that sent you the article regarding the old Mecca Arena, compairing it to Blackham years back during the MBB reunion. Casual fans, non invested fans, don't keep things like that.

[JMV JustMyView]

I fully expect if the state gets involved, it will be some blah half ars design that can be copied for Alone Stadium in Monroe to save the state some money whenever the elements overtake their stadium..or worse...something like the student side of CF with the wall built ready to receive the upper deck "in the future"...what an ugly freaking optic.

My expectations and excitement, primed by all the upfront PR designs and discussions, have all gone away. It is getting at the point in my life, I'm almost at the DGAF stage with UL...I've done this dance before in the 80's and I know how it ends. Don't need the emotional investment anymore. We brought our family motor home back in the day when you could count the number of UL campers on one hand...we have traveled near and far...we drifted away for a bit while our children consumed our lives with travel soccer...returned after a major health issue, missing the enjoyment we once had...even despite the fact all our friends from back then moved, died or quit going...it didn't feel like USL, UL was taking steps forward.

Now it's smelling like USL again on several fronts...from marketing to stadium to McNeesing it (hire the bubbas for the non revenue sports because we can get them on the cheap...even McNeese now sees that error). It is getting hard to give the man, who at one time seemed destined to surpass TDP as our best AD ever, the enthusiasm we once had. I've given the whole situation a COVID pass, but really cannot any longer. I already have one sport we go to simply for a date night for my wife and I to get out the house...and it a bad product for some uncontrollable and controlable reasons. Reinhart Drive (athletics) needs to get their ____ together, because Martin Hall won't. Financially, I am a little fish in the RCAF pond...and RCAF needs their own "pond" as many stated at their inception. Nothing I can do to change things.

The Fossil would be so proud of what is happening.

Done ranting...

[CajunNation]

Remember the Alden Report? I do. We've done a lot of things on that list. The only problem is we left the most important one for last, and we are paying the price.

This was the inevitable outcome. Martin Hall knew it. I knew it. Most Cajun fans were too blinded by the shiny, new, non-football stadium toys they were being given to care.

[anhil8tor]

So am I to understand the Stadium is DOA?

[Fais do-do]

Can we not pass a small entertainment fee on all of Lafayette like most municipalities do for entertainment venues?