Yeah, I know, this has been discussed to ad nauseum, but given Mr. Pollard's pronouncement on last night's call in show that it ain't happening because he can't sell it to the BOR given current attendance numbers, bear with me while I give this tired out subject one more stab. Then we can officially declare it to be a dead horse.
I have a question: Why does the placing of stands in the south end of the stadium have to be some fancy granite and brick high tech structure costing mega millions of dollars? Why does it need to include fancy dressing rooms, athletic offices or any other glitzy amenities to be built? Why can't it just be rows of seats.
Now I freely admit that I am not a building engineer. In fact, I'm no engineer at all. But it seems to me that an acceptable area of seating that expands from each end of the existing permanent structure can be built. Such a structure would be built much like the existing bleachers, but cover a greater area including the grassy areas. I have no clue as to what the cost would be, but I would guess it would be a fraction of the $60M + I've heard mentioned by others.
Now, it is with great trepidation that I mention...................wait for it .................
while I flinch and brace myself against the barbs and insults to be thrown my way.....
Kinnick Stadium utilized such a structure on a very large scale in its south stadium for decades and it served well. That changed once they raised $90m in mega buck to remodel, but the old structure served the purpose. And I dare say that other schools use such structures as I type.
So would someone please enlighten me, with as little cursing and belittling as possible, as to why this adding of seats in the south has to be such a big freaking deal, for now anyway.
Thanks.
I have a question: Why does the placing of stands in the south end of the stadium have to be some fancy granite and brick high tech structure costing mega millions of dollars? Why does it need to include fancy dressing rooms, athletic offices or any other glitzy amenities to be built? Why can't it just be rows of seats.
Now I freely admit that I am not a building engineer. In fact, I'm no engineer at all. But it seems to me that an acceptable area of seating that expands from each end of the existing permanent structure can be built. Such a structure would be built much like the existing bleachers, but cover a greater area including the grassy areas. I have no clue as to what the cost would be, but I would guess it would be a fraction of the $60M + I've heard mentioned by others.
Now, it is with great trepidation that I mention...................wait for it .................
while I flinch and brace myself against the barbs and insults to be thrown my way.....
Kinnick Stadium utilized such a structure on a very large scale in its south stadium for decades and it served well. That changed once they raised $90m in mega buck to remodel, but the old structure served the purpose. And I dare say that other schools use such structures as I type.
So would someone please enlighten me, with as little cursing and belittling as possible, as to why this adding of seats in the south has to be such a big freaking deal, for now anyway.
Thanks.
