SMU has switched from turf to grass:
Athletic Facilities across the Nation
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Nice to see they are putting in individual seats and not bleachers, adds to the experience and comfort. Better to sell at a premium price and lose a few thousand seats than putting in bleachers and try to pack the place. Are they doing the same to the other side of the stadium or just one?
Might be the windowed area in the corner of the endzone of this photo. They don't always put the press boxes in the center of the field any longer. Guessing radio & tv have their own "suites" towards the center of the field.
It does look good and the lighting is unique. I mean still **** ku but what they've done so far looks interesting.
I do believe that Louisville is the the only other on campus FBS stadium with 100% seatbacks (unless something has changed).
The windows at midfield are most likely coaches and TV, possibly also replay. The working press area is in the corner of the end zone. I wouldn't be surprised if radio is in the end zone, too. Some places that ISU has been have the radio booth pushed down around the 10-yard line.
I've been told that a stadium cannot look "big time" unless there is a press box that goes from the 20 to the 20 on one side whether it is needed or not.
Didn't JTS (before it was named JTS) locate the press box on the West mezzanine? I kinda recall that. If so, it has another use today, no doubt. Perhaps an accessibility area?
BTW, once or twice I enjoyed a game from the press box at Clyde Williams. Boy, how things have changed (thank the football gods).
Yes, there was a tiny press box between decks. I specifically remember one summer the stadium's maintenance guy, ****, trying to scrounge a sheet of plywood because the press box's roof was leaking and they wouldn't/couldn't approve purchase of a sheet of plywood to make a stopgap repair. Oh, how far we have come...
*guy's name was Richard.
Rich for short? . . . Hell, even that's a loaded name. Sorry.
D!ck
That might have even been the same time that Julius Michalik was working for him over the summer. Julo had to volunteer because his student visa or NCAA rules - I'm not sure which - wouldn't let him work for pay. He said he was just doing it so he wasn't bored all summer. I'm sure they at least found a way to pay for his lunches or something.
That's what it looks like to me. However, I'll admit it looks nice and I'm happy to see fellow conference members continue to invest in themselves.
So are they proceeding with the rest of the stadium renovations after the season? Last I saw, they wanted to do a bunch of other stuff like a hotel and student housing but they were out of funds.
