Football Performance Center and NEZ
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Ok- daddy needs some renderings. Where the design gurus at??
This is not about expanding. This is about upgrade, and being a first class stadium. The existing scoreboard is mostly a steel structure, and a sunken cost. Most to the money is in the design and installation.
The Clemson EZ probably seats 2-3000 total.
It would also add more luxury suites, which is a money maker for the program.
We should upgrade the sky box too. It looks very outdated
It looks like the NEZ scoreboard is slightly lower (but might just be perspective) than the SEZ. The way the NEZ board is supported, i wonder if they could just slide in another section to raise it up to allow more room underneath? Or wonder if they just raze the existing building and work the scoreboard in somehow.
Steel structures are cheap. Discard or move . As someone else said, move it to the intramural field.
Ive been hunting everywhere to find out how many it actually seats. The best I can find is there was approx 5600 seats in the west endzone that were replaced, which it held over 80,000 prior to project, after project finished it held 81,500. That to me says it holds 6000-6500, but that seams to be high for what it looks like(to me it looks like 4,000 max). If that were true that would be about a perfect match to keep our capacity the same replacing the Hillside and band seating.
Now that is really cool. And, as an ISU architect, I'm normally very critical. I do think that see through concourse should be backfiled with offices with same glass as the top.
It would be incorporated into the building somehow like the SEZ is Im sure if something is done.It looks like the NEZ scoreboard is slightly lower (but might just be perspective) than the SEZ. The way the NEZ board is supported, i wonder if they could just slide in another section to raise it up to allow more room underneath? Or wonder if they just raze the existing building and work the scoreboard in somehow.
I still love the hillsides. I always will. But if they need to revamp the north end zone, then we are going to lose them.
Just something we will have to deal with. I sincerely hope they continue to offer family friendly options in the new NEZ.
I, respectfully, disagree. Architecturally, this is just plain ugly compared to the one posted above. This must be 'timeless' addition with significant impression. KSU's is, well, blah.
Just a point of clarification, when they discuss a 'performance center' it is for the whole athletic department. There are definitely parts the football team would use (like the dining hall), but other aspects they wouldn't use at all like replacing some of the weight training and training facilities other sports use in the Olsen building.
A lot of people agree but that does not appear to be on the immediate agenda for the AD. I am starting to think you are going to see a football facility upgrade about every 5 years, whether that is in JTS or other support facilities. So that may come in a future upgrade, but maybe not as far out as we think. I just think in college athletics to keep up you are going to see constant improvements now on or we will fall behind, like we were 20 years ago.
I'm not sure about that, I've heard it called a football performance center suggesting it is for the football team, and just a performance center suggesting its for more. What I have heard is all plans call for the Olsen to be torn down, the Jacobsen not necessarily but probably changed or built over.
Personally, I love the hillsides. Keep them, keep the band there and do what else is in the picture behind it would be amazing. Here is a really bad paint job of it.
Now you're gettin' it!
Something to bear in mind is we have a row of luxury boxes on the west side between the upper and lower tiers, so the need for expanding the press box hasn't really been there.
Aesthetically though, yeah- it looks tiny. And when we compare ourselves to other stadiums, we get pressbox envy. I suppose cosmetic enhancements are long term goals...
I can tell you with certainty it won't be a second football only building, I assume that's what people mean by a football performance center building (coming from high up athletic department officials). It is possible there are a couple things in it that would be football only though, but that's yet to be determined.
You're absolutely right about the Olsen building being razed and about the Jacobson.
I was going by how KSU incorporated everything to get a big time look w/limited added seating.
Obviously I agree Clemson’s looks better but it’s larger too, which’s helps appearance-wise.
I’m not sure there’s any possible way of renovating the NEZ and making it look nice while leaving the hillsides. The hillsides, while nice for families, is what is preventing JTS looking bigtime.
Hillsides are just a slight step above a track around the field.
