herbie4pres
Five-Star Recruit
do they have a long term plan to finish skyboxes all the way around the stadium?
Memorial Stadium
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Touchdown Tommie
All-Conference
I heard they are worried about the structure on the East side of the stadium...anyone else hear this?
hastingshusker
Special Teams Player
Remember there was this HUGE argument on here because the University announced they will be setting up club seats on the East side this off season and all those people in the balcony got relocated.
As far as the south end. I dont forsee anything ever happening there because the computer science building is now there and i dont know how they could work around that.
As far as the south end. I dont forsee anything ever happening there because the computer science building is now there and i dont know how they could work around that.
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I immediately went searching for the scene from Revenge of the Nerds where the jock frat kicks the Nerds out of the freshman dorm, but came up empty.
illnino
Special Teams Player
shyndy
All-Conference
honestly, if the market is there for it we should find a way to add, seats skyboxes w/e. But I really really really felt like the first skybox addition ruined the aesthetic of the stadium. from the outside the East side is just so much cooler looking than the west side, the new stuff looks like cheap imitation memorial stadium, although I think the north looks good, esp. with all the brick
huskrplaya
Special Teams Player
I think it would be cool if they could make the east balcony bigger and then expand it wrapping it around the south side to the sky box...if you get what I'm saying.
Touchdown Tommie
All-Conference
If NU has some winning seasons again, I am sure the money will be easy to find. Until then, it will be very hard to think expansion. I do like the idea of wrapping it around.....
Blackshirt316
Starter
East stadium has two problems. First the ground as well as the existing east structure isn't strong enough to support the weight of skyboxes meaning the east structure would have to be demolished and the footings would have to be strengthened. That leads to the second problem. The East structure is a protected site as a state historical site and thus cannot be torn down and rebuilt.
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topekahusker
Special Teams Player
Dave knows from his sources, and from a meeting I attended this fall, that the U is going to wait to make sure our present expansions are paid off before embarking on another major project. Especially in light of this economy.
KU and OSU are on pins and needles now with their major donors. Tom Cavisto and T Boone Pickens come to mind. I hope that our major donors are insulated from the rigors of this market and we'll be fine.
Oklahoma's Chesapeake Energy guy has it even worse. He got played Randolph and Mortimer Duke style. Stock tanked so he had to sell all his holdings to meet his margin calls which lowered the stock price even further. (FYI CHK is super cheap right now.)
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