Yeah, the problem is ours are colored. Most other stadiums just use plain silver, the better route to go so fading isn’t an issue.
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The entire west side has suites in it already though between decks so unlike other stadiums where all their suites are in the sky box, requiring a huge sky box, ISU doesn't necessarily need that because all our except for a few are between the decks.
I dont think those benches are painted though, not sure paint would stand up and you would have a maintenance nightmare.
Not a hawk, but I really like what they did to their north end zone. Not a fan of the building at JTS north end.
Hills are staying- can't stop that w/o replacing the AD.. The opportunity to use the Jacobson Building to our advantage is here. Make the NEZ hills rounded to match the grade of the SEZ prior to covering the ground with seats. Next, terrace the Jacobson Bldg second level back to match the terrain. Band seats in front, suites and glass and then suites and glass on second level. Use that glass to retain noise. Add the balcony seats to the NEZ to match the SEZ. That added 5,800 seats to the SEZ. Given the narrowing of JTS at the north, this is likely done with less seats than the SEZ-say we add 5,300 seats approx. That is good because the hillsides will likely lose about 1,000 potential seats in the grade change. Now, you have added 4,800 new seats total plus a couple hundred more in suites in the Jacobson Bldg suites. 5,000 seats added.
Next, add an Arrowhead Stadium style two level press tower that looks taller than it is due to lights being on top. Keep elevators from current press tower and add two more elevator shafts on the ends at the NW and SW corners.
Lastly, get rid of the freaking prairie grass on the west side so I am not attacked by insects at our next game. Rod iron fencing and get rid of the cattle panels. Landscape the stadium grounds similar to the Wells Fargo campus in WDM. Looks like a golf course on the outside as if we are a school that actually cares about football
Next, add an Arrowhead Stadium style two level press tower that looks taller than it is due to lights being on top. Keep elevators from current press tower and add two more elevator shafts on the ends at the NW and SW corners.
Lastly, get rid of the freaking prairie grass on the west side so I am not attacked by insects at our next game. Rod iron fencing and get rid of the cattle panels. Landscape the stadium grounds similar to the Wells Fargo campus in WDM. Looks like a golf course on the outside as if we are a school that actually cares about football
Really? I think their north end zone looks like it doesn’t belong. It is awkward and some of the sight lines would be horrible. That stadium is like a puzzle that doesn’t fit together
I wasn’t calling you out man relax, as i stated above I think that we need to demolish the Jacobson and redo the whole end zone.
Are the bleacher seats really faded? When I go to our seats and look at them as I'm standing and looking down at them I do not notice them being faded. The problem is any seat with a back stands out from all of the pictures and makes those seats appear to be much brighter. The complaints about the faded seats are that needing to change are ridiculous.
@UNIGuy4Cy go ahead post the pictures of the stadium that you see every week on Twitter to post it in this thread so we can see all see how terrible it looks.......since it occurs so frequently.
Good ideas except for the prairie grass, respectfully. I LOVED seeing the prairie grass and small patch of prairie restoration. For one, it is very unique and speaks to our shared heritage in this state. I don't know of any other schools that have prairie grass planted within stadium confines. If there are, there aren't many. That sets us apart. Second, it provides habitat for pollinators like butterflies and bees. I loved seeing a butterfly flitting on some flowers when I was walking in to the game last week. Pretty cool. Nearly 98% of the original prairie that covered Iowa prior to white settlers is gone, so preserving a little slice of habitat where there is so much mowed and grass everywhere else around the stadium is really cool in my opinion. Third, I suppose it's a marginal benefit that they don't have to expend the fuel and effort on mowing with the prairie grass. Not that our AD needs to skimp on costs too much these days!
I enjoyed your other ideas though. Lots of cool things going on at Jack Trice these days.
NEZ expansion and west side press box expansion are the next major items to check off the list.
I'm super pumped to see the stadium Saturday, I haven't been to a game in the stadium in 5 years. I haven't seen the new SEZ yet!
I'm super pumped to see the stadium Saturday, I haven't been to a game in the stadium in 5 years. I haven't seen the new SEZ yet!
All this is music to my ears.
And yeah I'm not saying we need more of a "press box" but some sort of sky club where you move the suites to needs to be done. If you go up on that side with a skybox and up on the other side with more seats our stadium becomes a lot better looking and even louder without having to add an incredible amount of seats.
Not nit picking, I thought I would just let you know that it is wrought iron. It has to do with how it is made and what it is good for (forging and rolling). Contrast that with cast iron which is harder and more brittle.
Except it looks really crappy in aerial shots of an otherwise beautiful stadium and field that are taken for promo material when the stadium is empty. Pink seats look tacky! I'm guessing you can't just paint anodized aluminum so would need to be replaced. So I imagine the expense outweighs the need to please those of us that it bothers.
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