HuskerTrucker Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Bah...the only thing Memorial Stadium is going to need is to upgrade the Visitor's side of the scoreboard to three digits so you can accurately keep up with all the numbers the Mighty Cyclones will be putting up on you in 09.... lol maybe it needs to be "downgraded" to a single digit, jk We got a new drinking fountain at Jack Trice...so THERE smart guy! ...well...actually, one of the construction guys left his hose behind...but it's still an improvement Bet it is one of the soaker hoses with hundreds of holes in it, so the whole team can get a drink at the same time and everything, too... Probably stole it during the Spring Game at the Walmart parking lot ...there hasn't been any money for improvements at Jack Trice Stadium forever, so I don't know what a construction guy was doing there...maybe a demolition dude. Quote Link to comment
skersRmyteam Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 i read some where that we were thinking about adding 10k stadium seats? i don't have a link but has anyone heard any more about this>? Quote Link to comment
skerfan1705 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 10,000 more seats? Naw, I don't think that is going to happen...honestly you might have stumbled upon a link from a few years back. Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I hope they do....I am like 900 on the list... Quote Link to comment
SOCALHUSKER Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I think all this new technology is great!! Hopefully I can get back to a game this season to check it out!! It can't hurt in regards to recruiting either!! Quote Link to comment
HuskerTrucker Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I think all this new technology is great!! Hopefully I can get back to a game this season to check it out!! It can't hurt in regards to recruiting either!! Yeah, I would like to see it, too. I also would like to get down to Royal Stadium in KC and see what they have done there, not sure when or if I will get the chance though this year. I still would like to see more seats though...but there has to be a saturation point somewhere, and I am sure that they look at that too. We DO have a sellout streak to protect. Quote Link to comment
hosker Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. Quote Link to comment
huzkerbob Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. I think they are talking about putting up a structure like on the West side. Quote Link to comment
hosker Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. I think they are talking about putting up a structure like on the West side. please continue, you have my attention.... Quote Link to comment
HUSKER 37 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Think Hovercraft! I'm going to be in Lincoln in about three weeks. How tough is it to get inside the stadium this time of year to show my Son how to run steps? Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. I think they are talking about putting up a structure like on the West side. please continue, you have my attention.... I will see if I can find more, but this is all I could find right now. Buried in this story on the LJS Blog about TT possible expansion is a nugget about NU considering East Stadium Expansion. Post details: Leery of stadium expansion05/12/09 Permalink 03:26:33 pm, Categories: -Football by Steve Sipple Leery of stadium expansion According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas Tech officials have a master plan for an 85,000-seat stadium. Mind you, that's a long-range projection. In the meantime, growth will occur a few thousand seats at a time. Toward that end, Texas Tech is taking the seemingly sensible step of increasing capacity to 61,000 by the middle of next season. Under the current plan, Tech will add 3,000 seats on the northwest corner of Jones Stadium and 3,000 seats on the northeast corner, in addition to the east-side stadium building whose suites and club seats will have room for another 1,000 or so. If I were an athletic administration official virtually anywhere, I'd be leery about adding many seats at this time (there have been discussions about expanding the east side of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln). It's not so much our nation's financial crisis that would concern me -- signs point to the crisis subsiding in a year or so -- it's the proliferation of events and options on cable television. It's become very easy for fans to just stay home and watch games on TV. As far as Texas Tech goes, I'd be leery about any longterm expansion plan because I wonder how much longer Mike Leach will remain at the school. Nebraska's unbelievable sellout streak -- 297 games and counting -- has withstood coaching instability in recent years. Instability at Tech might be another story . . . LJS Blog - TT Stadium Expansion Quote Link to comment
skersRmyteam Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. I think they are talking about putting up a structure like on the West side. please continue, you have my attention.... I will see if I can find more, but this is all I could find right now. Buried in this story on the LJS Blog about TT possible expansion is a nugget about NU considering East Stadium Expansion. Post details: Leery of stadium expansion05/12/09 Permalink 03:26:33 pm, Categories: -Football by Steve Sipple Leery of stadium expansion According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas Tech officials have a master plan for an 85,000-seat stadium. Mind you, that's a long-range projection. In the meantime, growth will occur a few thousand seats at a time. Toward that end, Texas Tech is taking the seemingly sensible step of increasing capacity to 61,000 by the middle of next season. Under the current plan, Tech will add 3,000 seats on the northwest corner of Jones Stadium and 3,000 seats on the northeast corner, in addition to the east-side stadium building whose suites and club seats will have room for another 1,000 or so. If I were an athletic administration official virtually anywhere, I'd be leery about adding many seats at this time (there have been discussions about expanding the east side of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln). It's not so much our nation's financial crisis that would concern me -- signs point to the crisis subsiding in a year or so -- it's the proliferation of events and options on cable television. It's become very easy for fans to just stay home and watch games on TV. As far as Texas Tech goes, I'd be leery about any longterm expansion plan because I wonder how much longer Mike Leach will remain at the school. Nebraska's unbelievable sellout streak -- 297 games and counting -- has withstood coaching instability in recent years. Instability at Tech might be another story . . . LJS Blog - TT Stadium Expansion good find, but the one i was talking about was from the LJS I think... I knew I wasn't way off. would be awesome to get 90+ thousand 'sker fans in that stadium. would be amazing Quote Link to comment
skersRmyteam Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 im pretty sure i read that TO said they're thinking of adding another 6000 seats on the east stadium within the next few years.... i think it was an LJS article or blog, if anyone wants to go dig through the archives. I was going to mention that if they added any more seats they should be on the east side. But how do you do that without compromising the overall aesthetic of the building. The only other option would seem to be to stack up the south endzone, similair to Penn State. Given that they just completed an upgrade a few years ago; I can't imagine another is in the cards for at least the next five years, and it's probably closer to a dozen. I think they are talking about putting up a structure like on the West side. please continue, you have my attention.... I will see if I can find more, but this is all I could find right now. Buried in this story on the LJS Blog about TT possible expansion is a nugget about NU considering East Stadium Expansion. Post details: Leery of stadium expansion05/12/09 Permalink 03:26:33 pm, Categories: -Football by Steve Sipple Leery of stadium expansion According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas Tech officials have a master plan for an 85,000-seat stadium. Mind you, that's a long-range projection. In the meantime, growth will occur a few thousand seats at a time. Toward that end, Texas Tech is taking the seemingly sensible step of increasing capacity to 61,000 by the middle of next season. Under the current plan, Tech will add 3,000 seats on the northwest corner of Jones Stadium and 3,000 seats on the northeast corner, in addition to the east-side stadium building whose suites and club seats will have room for another 1,000 or so. If I were an athletic administration official virtually anywhere, I'd be leery about adding many seats at this time (there have been discussions about expanding the east side of Memorial Stadium in Lincoln). It's not so much our nation's financial crisis that would concern me -- signs point to the crisis subsiding in a year or so -- it's the proliferation of events and options on cable television. It's become very easy for fans to just stay home and watch games on TV. As far as Texas Tech goes, I'd be leery about any longterm expansion plan because I wonder how much longer Mike Leach will remain at the school. Nebraska's unbelievable sellout streak -- 297 games and counting -- has withstood coaching instability in recent years. Instability at Tech might be another story . . . LJS Blog - TT Stadium Expansion good find, but the one i was talking about was from the LJS I think... I knew I wasn't way off. would be awesome to get 90+ thousand 'sker fans in that stadium. would be amazing Quote Link to comment
Cy the Cyclone Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 We bought 20 new folding chairs for the hill.... Actually, we stole em from the Methodist church but they're new to us.... Quote Link to comment
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