So when you say SEZ will happen... will it be the first thing and if so will it happen prior to the 2016 debt freedom?
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So when you say SEZ will happen... will it be the first thing and if so will it happen prior to the 2016 debt freedom?
Don't know and don't know. Given what I knew before all the conference reallingment, TV deals, etc., I would say that the SEZ will happen before the press box. I will say that most likely we won't see anything done until 2014 and it will take two years to complete making 2016 the first season.
Now there are so many things that can change on a daily basis. Donations my move things up. Coaches salaries could delay things.
Bring people back down to earth a little.
JP will have to get permission from the BOR before anything could be started. JP has permission to plan it and that is all. He will have to get permission to go beyond planning. At this point that has not happened and JP will not make an announcement about the endzone without prior approval. The next BOR meeting is in February so there will not be an announcement after the bowl game.
I personally don't think they will begin construction this year. February is getting a little late to be making the big changes that will be required, from a ticket standpoint.
Are there any estimations as to what a two level bowles in SEZ would bring capacity up to or how long it would take to build?
It's been stated many times that a two level SEZ puts capacity ~60k. No time frame given to how long it would take.
And I recall Pollard saying something along the lines of 'we're not going to do it unless we do it right', which I took to mean, either do both, or make east to add the 2nd level later.
I'll post these here. There have been some changes made, but these are the original plans that came out back in 08 I think.
Lower Deck
Upper Deck
Also I've been doing some digging and this might be happening sooner than I said. Sounds like the athletic department has been getting things ready for this over the past year.
Thanks for all the info. Do you think its possible an announcement could come this offseason for a fundraising effort and then they start building following next season? Or is that too optimistic?
From the looks of it, we were able to do a early repayment of several projects. The renovations to Hilton and JT were paid off this past year and some of other projects were paid off using a portion of the bond for the training facility. These were several of the items that were going to get paid off in 2016.
A couple of other interesting notes. The Athletic department is expecting a decrease in ticket sales next year. Not sure why, but they are allowing themselves nearly a $1.5 million cushion over this year and half million under previous budget. Also $4 million is planned of capital improvements over last year (I'm guessing part of that is Jacobson renovations, but 4 million is a lot to renovate a building of that size. That is almost the cost of the scoreboard.
A couple of other interesting notes. The Athletic department is expecting a decrease in ticket sales next year. Not sure why, but they are allowing themselves nearly a $1.5 million cushion over this year and half million under previous budget. Also $4 million is planned of capital improvements over last year (I'm guessing part of that is Jacobson renovations, but 4 million is a lot to renovate a building of that size. That is almost the cost of the scoreboard.
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That's odd.
Considering we have a favorable home schedule, with UNI, Iowa, and Texas.
And if Sam plays out of his mind for the bowl game, there will be some nice excitement for next season.
Thing also is if they built new we would need somewhere else to play assuming the new stadium stays in the same location. No location in Ames is good enough unless they build it in the floodplain across the street. Gophers played in the dome, Baylor will be a new location, and the Vikings are using TCF stadium while their new one is built.
Meh...JP is going to have to have the money secured for the BOR to approve it and as I said before, it won't be "announced" until after it's approved, making fundraising (although helpful) unnecessary for the project itself to continue.
It seems like these usually go before the BOR about 6 months before JP wants to start the construction. It can be speed up, but when your talking a bigger project like this they probably want to have a nice cushion so that they can get everything prepared. I would be looking for announcement this spring for construction to start during or after the season if one is going to be made.
It is possible they will start taking out the scoreboard and endzone bleachers toward the end of the season so the earth moving equipment can start late November. That might explain the small drop they are expecting in ticket sales for next year.
Well...one explanation for a decrease in ticket sales would be if the South bleachers have been taken out...for some reason....and not able to be sold all season.....
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