Nebraska renovating Memorial Stadium and.....

[exCYtable]

Probably should use that half billion to buy themselves a competitive football team

 

[nfrine]

Probably should use that half billion to buy themselves a competitive football team

That would take a lot more than that for Nebby.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I went to a game there and sat in that south endzone I think in 2015. Absolutely atrocious to be honest. It was a maze getting to your seats. No concourse, just a winding path through a bunch of girders. Reminded me of Memphis' stadium for those that went to that bowl game.

The price tag is absurd but they could use a pretty huge renovation there. They got Big 10 money coming and a hefty NIL situation so now is not a bad time.

I went to a game there back in the Troy Davis years. Sat in the south end zone as well. Crammed in there like sardines. Once you were in your seat you weren't going anywhere until halftime.
At that time I think there were more seats in the end zones than there were on the sides

 

[aeroclone]

Penn State chose to renovate after it estimated a $1.5 billion cost to build new. They are spending $700 million to renovate. A and M spent $500 million ten years ago to renovate Kyle Field (Had to have higher capacity than UT).

I wonder what Penn State was looking at building for that much. Jerry's World in Dallas was only $1.3B back in the mid 2000s.

 

[VeloClone]

I wonder what Penn State was looking at building for that much. Jerry's World in Dallas was only $1.3B back in the mid 2000s.

AT&T starting to look like a deal. MetLife was 1.7B, Allegiant was 1.9B and SoFi was a whopping 5.5B.

 

[JP4CY]

AT&T starting to look like a deal. MetLife was 1.7B, Allegiant was 1.9B and SoFi was a whopping 5.5B.

US Bank was a deal considering all that glass.

 

[psycln11]

Where's their volleyball team going to play during the renovations?

 

[Kinch]

I wonder what Penn State was looking at building for that much. Jerry's World in Dallas was only $1.3B back in the mid 2000s.

Construction costs have almost doubled in the last 15 years. 15 years ago, Pella Christian paid $20 million for a new high school. SE Polk just paid that for a high school football stadium. A new elementary for a Class 1A school, built on land that the district already owns now costs $35 million.

 

[aeroclone]

AT&T starting to look like a deal. MetLife was 1.7B, Allegiant was 1.9B and SoFi was a whopping 5.5B.

I was wondering if the 5.5 for SoFi was just the stadium itself or if they had some additional development around that. Given the price it seems like that could be stadium plus something.

Also curious if the Bears have put up a potential price tag.

 

[c.y.c.l.o.n.e.s]

For those of you who haven’t been to a game there (and consider yourselves blessed), it is essentially Wrigley Field pre-renovations. Really bad.

Agree. I've only been to two games and that was over 20 years ago but from what I saw it seems they'd be better off starting over at a new location.... Although I must say it was an incredible atmosphere both times.

 

[c.y.c.l.o.n.e.s]

I agree Nebby needs to do something to modernize the football stadium. But for that price tag, I'm in the camp of building from scratch. They would have a blank canvas to create a stadium/experience fans would enjoy. But maybe land isn't available for them to do so. It's been a while since I've been in Lincoln, but the current stadium seemed to be in a dense part of campus

It is a lot like Iowa in that there almost no public parking near the stadium.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I was wondering if the 5.5 for SoFi was just the stadium itself or if they had some additional development around that. Given the price it seems like that could be stadium plus something.

Also curious if the Bears have put up a potential price tag.

$4B is the number that keeps popping up for the Bears but I'm pretty sure that includes a new Halas Hall and some other development.

 

[dafarmer]

Look at all the money the donors will save on not having to buy tickets for their sell out “streak”.

 

[GoldCy]

I thought the new capacity actually reflected current attendance

 

[clonedude]

$4B is the number that keeps popping up for the Bears but I'm pretty sure that includes a new Halas Hall and some other development.

I thought $1B was insane when the Giants/Jets stadium was built.... but now it's already up to $4B for a stadium.

 

[cydsho]

My in-laws have had tickets in the south end zone for a couple decades. They have lost 3-4 different tailgating spots due to the expansion of the downtown area and really don't have a place to go. Losing their seats for a year is going to probably have them rethink renewing at all.