HuskerFanChuck
Special Teams Player
Since I hadn't seen this linked here (and this seems to have become our defacto stadium/expansion type thread) - thought this was interesting. UNLV looking to build a new 60K facility... with a 100-yard video screen as one of the main features. Like the design of the stadium, and I thought the visuals of their mockups looked pretty stunning. Here's the USAToday link, for those interested:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/16/unlv-new-stadium-100-yard-video-screen/1839537/
The following is a link within that article to the Las Vegas Sun article. That article actually has a slideshow that you can bring up that has seven different mockups of the stadium:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/11/unlv/
An interesting idea I heard proposed at least one place is that this stadium might be the kicker that puts UNLV over the top in terms of pushing for a PAC12 invite. Not sure I buy that, but a project of this scale certainly couldn't hurt their prospects. One thing to tie into Nebraska's expansion:
The new facility would have several traditional suites, just like Nebraska's expansions all have. That's nothing new. But one that I hadn't heard of before was that there would be six 300-seat VIP suites. That just floored me. Can't imagine the luxuries such a suite would have. I've always thought regular suites were posh, but then you talk about something like this. Gads.
Anyhow, thought it was interesting in terms of a new stadium being built. Knapp, if you or one of the other mods doesn't think this should be here, please move to the appropriate venue. Thanks!
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/16/unlv-new-stadium-100-yard-video-screen/1839537/
The following is a link within that article to the Las Vegas Sun article. That article actually has a slideshow that you can bring up that has seven different mockups of the stadium:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/11/unlv/
An interesting idea I heard proposed at least one place is that this stadium might be the kicker that puts UNLV over the top in terms of pushing for a PAC12 invite. Not sure I buy that, but a project of this scale certainly couldn't hurt their prospects. One thing to tie into Nebraska's expansion:
The new facility would have several traditional suites, just like Nebraska's expansions all have. That's nothing new. But one that I hadn't heard of before was that there would be six 300-seat VIP suites. That just floored me. Can't imagine the luxuries such a suite would have. I've always thought regular suites were posh, but then you talk about something like this. Gads.
Anyhow, thought it was interesting in terms of a new stadium being built. Knapp, if you or one of the other mods doesn't think this should be here, please move to the appropriate venue. Thanks!