Agree to disagree then. Just throwing some thoughts out there.
JTS Improvements - Want More
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I was there last week (nephew on campus visit) and just a quick drive by of JTS. It does look more massive, also lots more landscaping etc kind of stuff around the south side and Elwood.
Could NOT be more excited for Fall !
When the stadium is full the red walls definitely do look better and blend in better, but there is no doubt if we have something similar to what Texas has it would look great!
Not too far... there's definitely something being done to the West end of the tunnel. It has my attention piqued.
Will there be additional entrances/gates or is the paved area around the outside just a road for service vehicles?
The paved paths up the hillsides outside of the retaining walls will be entrances for fans.
There will be an entrance into the Jacobson building for REG and others who sit/dine in the building on gameday. Otherwise it will be the same entrances as usually going up to NE and NW sides
You can see the gate/fencing if you look closely in the picture on the middle left, just in front of the precast concrete
My point is that there is way too much signage. It's just in bad taste. Take that hideous scoreboard back that faces north, with the big electric company logo. Or the big red wrap going down the side of the upper balcony promoting a credit union. Even the giant Pioneer logo on the floor of Hilton. Where does it stop? Why can't these companies just write a check and place an ad in the program like they used to do? I guess it's just people selling out. I imagine you would let a feminine hygiene product company tattoo their logo on your forehead for the right amount of money.
Since we sit in Sec 3 with the precast wall on the right it looks like there is no entrance to the lower deck like there use to be, unless the drawing is just showing us the front of the Jacobson with the precast walls. I guess we will have to see when it is done.
If you watch the video in the link, https://static.cyclones.com/custompages/SportsPerformanceCenter/spc.html, it will show the walkway up. It should be the same as before but you walk on the outside of the new precast wall.
Just curious. Is this a “tunnel” (presumably for the players)—or is it a future stairwell from field level to the new encircling concourse?
Just looking at how the forms being set line up with those around the video board supports.
Just looking at how the forms being set line up with those around the video board supports.
The gap is where the player entrance tunnel will exit. The retaining wall will be "beamed" (no, Mr. Scott, not that kind) over the tunnel so there will be a straight continuous wall and earth on this side covering the tunnel.
We drove by the stadium a couple of weeks ago, loved the way its looking. Really liked they got rid of old bleachers for the band and poured some perminate ones.
The big crane is back close to the NW wall probably to lift the next pre-cast concrete sections once more dirt is moved. The foundation supports for the NW walkway are being set inside the wall. I'm anxious to see the tunnel extended to the new wall by the Jacobson Building.
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WebCam - Stark Performance Center
I just watched a guy push dirt around for about 1 hour... Happy Friday!
There is something about machinery and dirt and a webcam.
Yeah, you can see the end of the current tunnel just to the left of that gap. They'll bring in a few more sections to extend through the gap and then finish the retaining wall over it.