JTS Improvements - Want More
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I should have clarified that the retaining wall is the concrete colored shape directly outside of the fence alongside the ramp up to the concourse (circled in picture). The black shape in the background appears to be the existing Bergstrom building. I would assume the sidewalk will still go between Bergstrom and JTS.
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Okay, I admit it. As much as I want the NEZ truly bowled in with seating and amenities (likely ten or twenty years out), we need to add the press box to Jamie’s “Honey-Do” list.
Would love to see a game day rendering about 20 minutes prior to game time. Wondering if the flow of fans into the game will be any quicker than in the past?
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They're going to have to put sod on those hillsides and get that growing, so I'd expect that part to be done in the next few weeks. The rest of it they'll be finishing up all summer, as the only real deadline is the first home game. I would guess that they'll want to have as much of the interior of the SPC done as possible for the June official visits. But I'd imagine that they will be putting finishing touches on things into August.
Spring Commencement is in Jack Trice on May 8 for all colleges. So I am guessing that there is some urgency to complete some of this ahead of 5/8.
Not really. They'll just use the south half of the stadium and block off the north half.
Logistics will be interesting. The ceremonies for each college are basically back-to-back and on opposite sides of the stadium, alternating back and forth from East to West. I'm trying to figure out where the handicapped entrance will be to get my mother in and out.
I would assume the south entrance just like for game days.
From the CALS dean's April 9 newsletter: The Horticulture Station is now collaborating with Turf Extension and ISU Athletics to grow six acres of sod to replace the field at Jack Trice Stadium. This project will help support turf research, the station, and is another example of the university moving towards greater sustainability. Stay tuned via the station’s Facebook page!
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My dream would be to bowl in the NEZ, with bleacher style seats...remove the students from the upper deck completely and have students in the NEZ...would create a great environment imo
I love the smell of fresh concrete in the morning. Smells like victory.
And also going in are the forms for the NW low retaining wall for the walkway to the concourse.
I don't know but last night some dirt was brought in using front bucket loaders over the makeshift road just south of the west tunnel entrance to the NW hill. I can't see that route working for dump trucks.
It was pretty funny watch the circuitous route those two Cats were taking from in front to the SPC around the tunnel entrance, up the hill past the dumpsters, and over to the inside corner. I watched in frustration thinking "that's just stupid".
A while ago folks were wondering what was the work on the NW end of the tunnel. Today it looks like that work was to allow another section of the tunnel to go in which brings the roof to the new low retaining wall.
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Agreed. While watching that I just thought how expensive that dirt was compared to last Saturday's dirt from the dump trucks.
I watched for a while too. It was roughly 3 min round trips for those 2 loaders. So 40 loads/hr.
I know nothing about this, but thats probably only a couple dump truck loads that could have been done in a couple mins.