Zip Watcher Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 I have no photos, nor do I have time to search for them, but if you're inclined, do a google on Harvard Stadium. A few weeks back when I was pissed to find the Purdue - IU game on ESPNC was blacked out, I found the Harvard - Yale game on HDNet in full HD glory. It was a good game .. but the stadium looks cool as hell & I think would make a great model for a modern adaptation.It's something like 104 years old now, but it's a simple bowl, with columns along the top. The seats are right on top of the field, there's not much empty space around the field. Fits somewhere in the neighboorhood of 30K. You could take the style & bury it halfway in the ground. Drop a pressbox on one side & then ring the thing with loges / suites either when it's built or later on. The structure could be laid to easily accommodate a second deck if it's ever needed, but it doesn't need to look like there's something missing.I know this isn't the way things will go, but it seems cool to me.Ok, found a picture .. If you find an aerial view, you'll see that the field is at ground level (outside), I think it might be cheaper to split the difference & sink it 20 feet or so. I would also make it just big enough to shoe-horn a soccer pitch in there .. just in case it's something that could be used for Porter's club down the road. No sense in not giving a bit of consideration to that on the front end. Won't cost anything. Here you go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indians06 Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Stambaugh is probabaly one of the nicer college football stadiums I have been to as much as I hate to say. It's jumbotron is clear, loges are nice and pressbox is great. It reminds me of Northern Illinois. I'll give Youngstown this, they have a nice stadium. GOOOOO Appy State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indians06 Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 maybe the locker rooms and patron restrooms, but I still prefer the RB that that! That looks worse than Massillon's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium! Are you crazy man? I hate the RB it's terrible I can't wait for our new stadium. Paul Brown isn't nicer than that, Fawcet isn't even nicer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eguins Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 This is another stadium you guys could do: DIVISION 1 [AA] Georgia Southern.If you add about 20 rows to each side like your drawings look like, that would be a nice design! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 Last time I checked YSU has outdone Akron in attendance for the last 8 years.... And with that being said: You guys are posting about 35-40,000 seats when you can't get 15000 to your games. Start with a 21,000 seat stadium like YSU and if you sell it out, you can bowl it... Little did you know they had drawings made to make Stambaugh a bowl, the only thing that stopped that from happening is the veto by Akron-Can't to allow YSU into the MAC.THANKS!Start small and build up. Stambaugh is nicer than the Rubber Bowl and Dix Stadium---and I am not the only one saying that, your boosters at your games tell me that. why waste our time with something small. we're going to be dishing out a lot of money to build the damn thing, and if we want to expand our athletic department (like i know mack does) then we're going to have to build for the future. i think we'd be spending more money down the road to try to expand it (not to mention the hassle of construction, etc.). you can throw attendance at us all you want, but it's still not going to make your crap high school stadium look any better. bring the stadium on campus and attendance will go up. you can say that the rb is crappy, but the feel of sitting there (not the literal splinters in the ass) is a lot more cozy and makes me at least feel more into the game than open bleachers at dix. we're building something new, no need to waste time or money looking at crap. i'm not saying we need to build a 50,000 stadium, but starting as small as you suggest is a horrible idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 why waste our time with something small.I asked Mack that exact question, simple answer is cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 then why are we still waiting to build? i was told that we were waiting 1. for land and 2. for more money so they can design and build something decent. well, whatever they decide upon someone is going to be upset in one way or another. it will be impossible to please everyone in a matter as big as this. (but seriously...we can do better than a pos rip off of ysu) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballingirl Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 If you're gonna build a new stadium, you want it to be better then the one we have. The RB is falling apart, but it's a good design. I think along with moving it on campus, put some nice seats in it will increase attendance. With the older people that support the team, they would enjoy it more if they could, with paying a little more for the seat, sit in chaired seats with backs. Those hard benches don't do much for comfort while watching the game. The other thing is, you are paying more go watch a college team...you don't want the feel of a high school game. Grandstand style feels like Friday night at a HS game. Bowl the stadium. Just because it's a bowl doesn't mean it has to be built to seat 50k. It can be scaled down to seat what we could possibly fill in the future. I say build a bowled stadium, possibly a horseshoe design like the RB, build it to seat 25k, add some sections with comfortable seating, it will be a successful project!! What the hell was the one picture with grass seating? I am not paying money to go watch a game from the grass!!! Even for students, that sucks! Part of a good student section is cramming in the seats, shoulder to shoulder, high-fiving the person next to you after a great play. I don't want to run across the open grass to find someone to high five!!! Any stadium with open grass seating should be bulldozed.And P.S. YSUers need to stay on their own damn forums!! Work on your own POS stadium before criticizing or designing ours!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSU_Nut Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I also like Pitt State (D-2) Stadium. Remove the track and have the double decks on both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Zips Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 I also like Pitt State (D-2) Stadium. Remove the track and have the double decks on both sides.are you kidding me?!?!?! that's awful! it must have at least three sides. a bowlish type of stadium creates the most noise inside and in the most intimate. get that pitt state crap off the board who do you think we are, K ent State? and so does this pitt state stadium... what a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userduders Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 New to the forum, but how about checking out SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Seats 30,000 and construction begun in '97 and ran a cost of about 42 mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaFanzips Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 Fresno St is also nice as well or TCU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 New to the forum, but how about checking out SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Seats 30,000 and construction begun in '97 and ran a cost of about 42 mill. That is the perfect stadium! Check out this link to see what I mean. http://www.ellerbebecket.com/portfolio_template_121.htmlThat is exactly what i have envisioned for a long time. The brick facade, the grass end zone and believe it or not a definite "RubberBowl" feel. Look at the phot of the press bow and it kinda reminds me of the RB. In all seriousness that is a fantastic stadium that I think everyone could be proud of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 I love it! When can we start building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 I love it! When can we start building? That is a nice one...lets break ground tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 Nice. Have Mack & Luis seen this one, I hope?http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9iby4Dpk3dFwAcA...try/Stadium.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted December 7, 2006 Report Share Posted December 7, 2006 New to the forum, but how about checking out SMU's Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Seats 30,000 and construction begun in '97 and ran a cost of about 42 mill.That is the perfect stadium! Check out this link to see what I mean. http://www.ellerbebecket.com/portfolio_template_121.htmlThat is exactly what i have envisioned for a long time. The brick facade, the grass end zone and believe it or not a definite "RubberBowl" feel. Look at the phot of the press bow and it kinda reminds me of the RB. In all seriousness that is a fantastic stadium that I think everyone could be proud of. I like that one too. I agree that the exterior design would fit in (and comliment) our campus....yet obviously, we wouldn't copy... but it would be great for inspiration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Roo Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 University of Washington Husky Stadium concept: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Nice! I think the overhangs might improve attendance if we were to incorporate something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno aka Menace Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 University of Washington Husky Stadium concept: I like that design, a cover over the stands!!! Man that would have come in handy during last years Can't game. Instead of frozen soild i would have just been freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXZipFan Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 http://www.collegegridirons.com/mountainwe...clesStadium.htmThis stadium would be PERFECT just make a few adjustments and I would be very pleased. I also love the amount of Boxes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryno aka Menace Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 This is nice!!! Just repaint the stands Blue and Gold and the would be awsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXZipFan Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Also if you look at the cost it's right in our price range too. Which makes me wonder why we think 40 mill will only get us a smaller stadium (25k-30k) rather than the 45k that Rice-Eccles seats, and it had sky boxes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip81 Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Also if you look at the cost it's right in our price range too. Which makes me wonder why we think 40 mill will only get us a smaller stadium (25k-30k) rather than the 45k that Rice-Eccles seats, and it had sky boxes!!! The Utah stadium appeared in 1998...no doubt, costs have increased since then....but this is a nice stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eguins Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Anyone watch ESPN2 last night. Yes it only holds 24,000... but a stadium like Montana's would be perfect for Akron....Just look at this place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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