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[danwbarrett]

Thanks for doing this. Honestly, the Jake doesn't look so ridiculous anymore with the changes being made. It does, however, look very small now...

The Jake just looks built in, connected, and almost buried because of the massive hillsides. That’s similar to the Sukup End Zone Club. I think final judgment needs to occur after the first game when the hillsides are packed with fans. With the higher hillside elevation now, there will be a continuous, connected flow between the fans on the hillsides and those in the permanent seating.

 

[Cloned4Life]

Thanks for doing this. Honestly, the Jake doesn't look so ridiculous anymore with the changes being made. It does, however, look very small now...

Eh, it still looks ridiculous, and small.

• Get rid of the Jake, or I don't know, do something. It looks 'small time'.
• Speaking of 'small time' - Get rid of the speaker covers that faded pink the first week they were put up. Make the ENTIRE width of the scoreboard structure a video board. The. Entire. Width. Hide the speakers in there somewhere. (PS. If you ever need to easily and quickly fade ANYTHING, put it in Jack Trice Stadium for an hour. Bleachers, signage, speaker covers, paint, scoreboards, anything/everything)
• Still speaking of 'small time' - replace or greatly expand the dinky press box on the west side.

Do these 3 things, and Jack will be big time

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Eh, it still looks ridiculous, and small.

• Get rid of the Jake, or I don't know, do something. It looks 'small time'.
• Speaking of 'small time' - Get rid of the speaker covers that faded pink the first week they were put up. Make the ENTIRE width of the scoreboard structure a video board. The. Entire. Width. Hide the speakers in there somewhere. (PS. If you ever need to easily and quickly fade ANYTHING, put it in Jack Trice Stadium for an hour. Bleachers, signage, speaker covers, paint, scoreboards, anything/everything)
• Still speaking of 'small time' - replace or greatly expand the dinky press box on the west side.

Do these 3 things, and Jack will be big time

Sounds good. You be the lead donor.

 

[cayin]

If ticket demand starts to exceed capacity, I was thinking we could lower the field, there is plenty of room to add 5 more rows which would mean and 2500 to 3000 seats. Plus it would bring the fans closer to the field.

 

[Urbandale2013]

Eh, it still looks ridiculous, and small.

• Get rid of the Jake, or I don't know, do something. It looks 'small time'.
• Speaking of 'small time' - Get rid of the speaker covers that faded pink the first week they were put up. Make the ENTIRE width of the scoreboard structure a video board. The. Entire. Width. Hide the speakers in there somewhere. (PS. If you ever need to easily and quickly fade ANYTHING, put it in Jack Trice Stadium for an hour. Bleachers, signage, speaker covers, paint, scoreboards, anything/everything)
• Still speaking of 'small time' - replace or greatly expand the dinky press box on the west side.

Do these 3 things, and Jack will be big time

The Jacobson Building should be replaced long term but it does seem to now look more in scale than before. It still looks small but at least it no longer looks out of place.

 

[Frak]

The Jacobson Building should be replaced long term but it does seem to now look more in scale than before. It still looks small but at least it no longer looks out of place.

With the work they are currently doing, does anyone really think that building is going anywhere? They shouldn’t. It will still be here 20 years from now. Maybe 30. I could see them expanding somehow or changing the roof line, but that’s about it.

 

[nfrine]

This is one of the threads (few) on CF that seems to remain pretty much on topic. It is fun to read and informative. Thanks for all the inputs.

 

[CoachHines3]

press box should be the next project

it would make the stadium feel bigger

 

[KCyclone2010]

With the work they are currently doing, does anyone really think that building is going anywhere? They shouldn’t. It will still be here 20 years from now. Maybe 30. I could see them expanding somehow or changing the roof line, but that’s about it.

Feel like changing the roof line will really help it seem not so out of place. Hopefully in the next 5-10 years the Jake could be expanded and updated with some suites or more seating to make it fit the new esthetic, but it serves it's purpose for now.

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

press box should be the next project

it would make the stadium feel bigger

absolutely...was in BSFS for the 2019 Farmageddon game and K-State's press box puts ours to shame...it looks like someone put a lego block on top of the stadium

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

This is one of the threads (few) on CF that seems to remain pretty much on topic. It is fun to read and informative. Thanks for all the inputs.

so glad it does...so many of the other threads are so hard to follow because people go way off topic

 

[Nor'easter]

I think a quick relatively cheap way to make Jacobsen look more attractive is some sort of modern metal cladding on the sides to match the vibe of the roof more. Right now it is just a kind of cinder block isn't it?
Because, like someone has said on here before, it's just a cinderblock rectangle where all the money went to the fancy roof on top of it.
Obviously this is all very low on a list of priorities.

 

[VeloClone]

so glad it does...so many of the other threads are so hard to follow because people go way off topic

This thread is about the Trice construction work. Please try to stay on topic.

 

[cyclonedave25]

With the work they are currently doing, does anyone really think that building is going anywhere? They shouldn’t. It will still be here 20 years from now. Maybe 30. I could see them expanding somehow or changing the roof line, but that’s about it.

The NEZ probably doesn’t get redone until a big donor wants his name on it and gives a large gift. Same with the pressbox. Im guessing those 2 projects are at the bottom of the list (probably not even on the list), but things could change quickly if some rich person gets sick of looking at either and wants to fund the project.

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Since nobody posted construction photos from graduation inside the stadium, I went in and took a few today.

 

[JRE1975]

Looking at the pictures from inside the stadium sure makes it look easy after all the changes to put in a lower level of seats where the hillsides are now. Not sure how much the capacity would go up because I think they count the hillsides as part of our capacity of 61,500.

Does anyone know how they count the hillsides in the capacity?

 

[Remo Gaggi]

Once they get this project wrapped up later this summer, I would expect the focus will turn to the bridge and the east RV parking lot. After that, back to the north lots and to somehow finalize the Pollard Entertainment District and the new hotel plans. Along with the Hilton remodeling project. Lots to look forward to, let's hope they get some cameras installed so we can all continue to comment and speculate on what's going on, construction wise.

Beat Iowa!

 

[VeloClone]

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This gave me a weird deja vu feeling. I toured Notre Dame's stadium once and while I was there they were setting up for graduation. You tied those elements together here.

I am thankful that I got to see it before the sacrilege of replacing the grass with artificial turf which happened right after that graduation. They said they were having problems maintaining the natural grass turf. I'll bet if they had hired some of ISU's turf management grads they could have kept it natural.

 

[psychlones]

Since nobody posted construction photos from graduation inside the stadium, I went in and took a few today.

Thanks so much for sharing these! I was trying to find an equivalent "before" picture and couldn't quite get the correct angle from photos online, but this still kind of works for a current before/after comparison...

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

This gave me a weird deja vu feeling. I toured Notre Dame's stadium once and while I was there they were setting up for graduation. You tied those elements together here.

I am thankful that I got to see it before the sacrilege of replacing the grass with artificial turf which happened right after that graduation. They said they were having problems maintaining the natural grass turf. I'll bet if they had hired some of ISU's turf management grads they could have kept it natural.

I am completely biased obviously but we have the best turf grass team in the country.