As you said to another posture, "It's fine that you disagree with me, but it would be cooler if you posted why instead of just marking my posts dumb."
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What I'd like to see is them remove the current suites between the levels and make them box seating. A long club area behind with separate boxes with 10-12 outdoor seats in front. Then get rid of the 3 level press box and build a 2 level press box with suites (and press and coaches boxes of course) spanning the length of the field. I think that would kind of complete the stadium. That said, it's a huge investment and probably way down the priority list.
My list would be:
1. Hilton concourse expansion.
2. JTS and Hilton video boards
3. P&L area (not sure how much the AD would have to kick in here).
4. Renovating Stephens and Fisher.
5. Expansion of Scheman connecting to Hilton with flat space for conferences.
6. A smaller venue for VB and Wrestling
7. JTS press box
People tried to explain it to you but you still keep doubling down with wrongness. That's when people move on and go 'oh, theyre just dumb'
You know what makes all those "sky boxes" different?
They have all of their suites and club sections in them, on top of press.
You know what we have in ours....our Press...and a couple suites
Because we have suites and clubs located in other areas like between decks that others stadiums dont/cant.
When we need to have more club/suite sections that are not able to be built in other locations more manageable costs we will see a new Sky box. But not until.
There has to be a need for something, and that need has to outweigh other more cost effective options. We arent going to build something just to look cooler, that will cost $100s of millions.
How many suites do we have and how many does your favorite stadium out east have? Just curious how many the average awesome stadium around the country has vs us.
It seems many of you dont realize ours are between decks vs theirs in a sky box.
No offense intended. I understand your perspective, but one must question the underlying objective. Cowtailing to the media for the purpose of glamour can be done in other ways much more cost effectively. I'd even question sky boxes for the elite as the ROI just doesn't seem to be there. And, then throw in advances in technology (ie drones, mulizoned televising, etc) and it just doesn't seem to make sense to spend the money on something which would require significant engineering.
We have 43, Iowa has 46. Another thing people don’t realize is that these suites aren’t like they are at the Iowa Cubs where you can get game by game boxes. These are 10 year lease agreements that cost around $50,000 at minimum, when comparing to other schools around us like Illinois
Illinois Premium Seating | Memorial Stadium
Illinois Premium Seating at Memorial Stadium
Like I said, like you, I’d love to have a fancy tower (or two) that spans the entire length of the field and make the stadium look even more badass, but we have to think rationally here. There is no demand to double our premium suite seething at the moment, therefore it’s pretty low on the priority list of major capital projects.
So now I am an Iowa fan, because I disagree with the idea that JTS has enough suites? Upgrading seating and suites are where the money is being made now, not in selling season tickets for $500 bucks each, but in selling premium seating at $1000 to $1500 a season.
ISU is on the outside looking in if this so-called super conference is formed, the goal of the athletic department should be to make every effort to get into that league if it forms. Because once it's all said and done, fan attendance is going to drop in the schools that are not in that league.
For someone that donates very little to the athletic dept you sure are passionate about premium seating. If it made financial sense Pollard would have already done it.
I'm convinced. I'll be cutting a check tomorrow to cover it. Now let's go out and win, baby!
#4. Knock down Fisher. Make that a several thousand seat arena for wrestling, V-ball, gymnastics, and other non-athletic events.
I think the next football renovation should copying the suites from the West side on to the East side. You can charge more for indoor seating. Especially when football has to add games for TV inventory in August. Air conditioning will be welcome
That would probably do it. Although I don’t know if there’s enough area for a venue that size in that spot. Stephens can handle the stuff Fischer usually does.
Doesn't look possible now that I look at the expanded B and F parking Lots
