JT Plans

[jaretac]

FP&M has placed the plans for the east concourse and some of the plans for the S. endzone, on their projects website (go to JT east concourse, bid, drawings to see other plans).

Lower Decks
Upper Decks

According to the plans, the total seating area (excluding press box and handicap) for the stadium after expansion will be 52,382.

S lower deck- 7,730- planned
S upper deck- 5,620- planned
E lower deck- 10,706-current
E upper deck- 8,940- current
W lower deck- 9,232- current
W upper deck- 8,788- current
Lower suites- 926- current
Club section- 440- current

EDIT- links for upper and lower deck not working, I've attached them below at post #9 or you can click on "projects website" above and follow the path.

 

[Aclone]

According to the plans, the total seating area (excluding press box and handicap) for the stadium after expansion will be 52,382.

Gee, no reason to be ambitious, is there? :no:

 

[BigDISU1]

FP&M has placed the plans for the east concourse and some of the plans for the S. endzone, on their projects website (go to JT east concourse, bid, drawings to see other plans).

Lower Decks
Upper Decks

According to the plans, the total seating area (excluding press box and handicap) for the stadium after expansion will be 52,382.

S lower deck- 7,730- planned
S upper deck- 5,620- planned
E lower deck- 10,706-current
E upper deck- 8,940- current
W lower deck- 9,232- current
W upper deck- 8,788- current
Lower suites- 926- current
Club section- 440- current

I get unsupported browser error for all the links using both firefox in IE. Am i doing somethign wrong?

in anycase, thanks for the info, good stuff

 

[BryceC]

Gee, no reason to be ambitious, is there? :no:

I'd rather have a stadium that size continuously full rather than a caveronous stadium that is half empty most weekends. Oregon, who prints money, built a smaller stadium and it works great for them.

 

[dustinal]

Gee, no reason to be ambitious, is there? :no:

I don't follow. What would you propose, having a 60,000 or 70,000 seat stadium that's half empty?

52,000 is fine for now. Get some wins, fill it up to that capacity, then think about expanding even further in the future.

 

[cycloneG]

I get a login screen everytime I try to open one of the links.

 

[Aclone]

I'd rather have a stadium that size continuously full rather than a caveronous stadium that is half empty most weekends. Oregon, who prints money, built a smaller stadium and it works great for them.

Yes. Oregon prints money. They don't need a big stadium.

You don't build a broad fan base without having seats to put butts into.

With this plan, to expand to even 60K, we'd either have to rip out the (just built) south end zone, or tear back the Jacobsen Building.

Planned obsolescence is a bad thing.

 

[chadm]

Yes. Oregon prints money. They don't need a big stadium.

You don't build a broad fan base without having seats to put butts into.

With this plan, to expand to even 60K, we'd either have to rip out the (just built) south end zone, or tear back the Jacobsen Building.

Planned obsolescence is a bad thing.

Or a second deck over the Jacobsen building

 

[jaretac]

I get a login screen everytime I try to open one of the links.

Not sure why the links don't work but here are the .pdf's for the upper and lower decks.

 

[Aclone]

Or a second deck over the Jacobsen building

Pretty sure the Jacobsen Bldg is too close. They'd have to scale it back, at the least for supports.

 

[CYVADER]

have they started the east side yet? havent seen anything mentioned of this yet.

 

[SeattleClone]

Or a second deck over the Jacobsen building

That would be awesome.

I think we should add seats above the pressbox, only accessible by stairs or a ladder. It would be a good place to stick hawkeye and husker fans.

 

[ornryactor]

Or a second deck over the Jacobsen building

Hell yes! I was sure that I was the only person who thought that would be a sweet idea! We're a freaking engineering school; surely we can make that structurally viable. Like everyone else, I can't see the posted plans, but I've always thought that having an unbroken ring of seating as our upper deck would be incredible!

Also, after looking at the one rendering posted in this thread: crap! There's a wall at the top of the hill! We're going to have to figure out how to reroute our gate-opening sprint!

 

[ornryactor]

have they started the east side yet? havent seen anything mentioned of this yet.

Yes, they have. I saw construction trailers already set up in the south parking lots on Saturday.

 

[theshadow]

The first PDF says: "Total Population - 53,004 occupants" and doesn't appear to include the press tower.

Add the two remaining north hills, and you're still looking at 58,000+.

 

[jaretac]

Gee, no reason to be ambitious, is there? :no:

I believe this numbers could be considered a conservative estimate. They don't take into account standing room or north hill sides. I'm sure that more than 60,000 could fit into JT for a game after the S expansion.

 

[chuckd4735]

Is it not possible to completly bowl in the upper deck of the South endzone? I'm not sure I like to gaps on each side...

 

[theshadow]

Current student allotment - 7800

Proposed lower end zone seating - 7730

Hmm......

 

[jaretac]

The first PDF says: "Total Population - 53,004 occupants" and doesn't appear to include the press tower.

Add the two remaining north hills, and you're still looking at 58,000+.

That would of saved me some time. I didn't see that before. My estimate probably differs because I didn't add up the handicap seating.

 

[throwittoblythe]

We're a freaking engineering school; surely we can make that structurally viable.

Just because you can design something doesn't mean you can get someone to pay for it to get built. :wink:

Today's engineers can pretty much design anything. Want a road that last 1,000 years? Ok. Want a building that's a mile tall? Ok.

We can design you anything...as long as you're willing to pay what it costs to build it.