twofittyonred
Special Teams Player
Not connecting the concourse on both ends of the south stadium would defeat the purpose of a big part of this project
Memorial Stadium Renovation
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Twinkletoes Flintstone
Four-Star Recruit
Haven't they confirmed though that the concourses will be connected? I simply can't imagine Dannen would scrap that. By all accounts it seems the scope has grown not shrunk. Really curious what inside info Josh Peterson has, because he talked about some seemingly massive changes to west stadium as well.
Lorewarn
All-Conference
No. Again, that was Trev's plan. We don't know what the current plan is, because they haven't laid any of it out in any detail, we just know it won't be the same thing. So there is no confirmation of anything.
Twinkletoes Flintstone
Four-Star Recruit
Dannen confirmed south stadium is still coming down though, I can't imagine doing that and not connecting the concourses. Everyone indicated that was a goal, It doesn't really fit Dannen's MO IMO to scrap something that is completely logical. Again, just my two cents. Be nice if they'd give us some more detail at the August BOR meeting but I guess getting it right first is the most important thing,
Twinkletoes Flintstone
Four-Star Recruit
Bummed, but not surprised. The longer they wait to address this the more expensive it gets.
Journal Star
Journal Star
Lorewarn
All-Conference
Too early to tell, but Dannen better not fumble this or it could end up being a big part of his legacy in a bad way. Memorial needs to be brought into the modern age as best it can and fast. It's a big price tag but it's only going to get worse, as plenty of other schools have already understood and are underway biting the bullet.
Twinkletoes Flintstone
Four-Star Recruit
100% this. Think of the cost increase in just the last 8 months alone.
Toe
All-American
This comes four days after this message from the chancellor about the budget deficit. $450 million for the stadium is a tough sell and bad optics at a time like this.
"A combination of downward trends in state appropriations, net tuition and campus allocations combined with historically high inflation of health care costs as well as property and liability premiums and utilities."
"A combination of downward trends in state appropriations, net tuition and campus allocations combined with historically high inflation of health care costs as well as property and liability premiums and utilities."