JTS Improvements - Want More
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The ISU equipment Semi has to have a pathway to access the Bergstrom. Not sure how they could do that and expand into the West entrance. I doubt that Western entrance is used my many though so maybe I'm not seeing it correctly
Are any of the interior spaces completed and being used yet? Like the dining center, locker rooms, offices, academic center etc.
A massive Matt Campbell Statue needs built in the middle of the new north walkway entrance before any more money is spent on the stadium.
While not used as an entrance much, it certainly is used as an exit. When you couldn't go north from the west gate due to the construction it was an ordeal to get out the north west gate.
Granted now the northwest walkway will be wider than it was during construction which will help the flow.
By Jove, I think you’ve unraveled the location of where they’ll place the woodshed! No wonder I couldn’t find it on the Performance Center renderings!
Any bets on how fast he’d veto that one?
I happened to catch two different “styrofoam runs” this morning. The one with what looked like a single block seemed to go one heck of a lot faster than the one with a stack of them.
Maybe he got bored.
Yep; think you raise some additional questions in my mind. Is there room between SPC and new ramp to access a walkway to the west gate. When I used that gate, most of the fans came from the North; although there were some "heavy hitters" S7&S8 parkers who came from the south. This was also a location for the pass gate, where recruits, players friends and family seemed to enter. They used to "lift" ropes to block fans from crossing the path between the Bergstrom door and tunnel entrance, sometimes that worked well, sometimes not as some fans didn't like being held up getting to seats, or tailgate lots on exit' but kids got to high five players! I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to eliminate that intersection between players and fans, as it really didn't work that well and I believe Big12 has put an emphasis on player safety. Maybe they just allow recruits and heavy hitters access to practice field and create a smaller egress on the west side, and keep players and fans separated better.
Wonder where they will park the visitors equipment truck, as THAT needs to be in a protected area, not that any younger fans would be nefarious, but as with the locker room and band situations from the TOE, we need to document our innocent behavior
Anyway, will be interesting to see how all plans come together.
Given it’s Finals Week, I’ve been hoping for one of Friley Beach.
Waitasecond—the last bikini-clad gals I saw there are probably all grandmothers now. Never mind.
Is there even such a thing as “Friley Beach” nowadays?
There is actually a stall for the visiting semi now created east of the Jacobson Bldg in the newly poured walkway up from the fieldYep; think you raise some additional questions in my mind. Is there room between SPC and new ramp to access a walkway to the west gate. When I used that gate, most of the fans came from the North; although there were some "heavy hitters" S7&S8 parkers who came from the south. This was also a location for the pass gate, where recruits, players friends and family seemed to enter. They used to "lift" ropes to block fans from crossing the path between the Bergstrom door and tunnel entrance, sometimes that worked well, sometimes not as some fans didn't like being held up getting to seats, or tailgate lots on exit' but kids got to high five players! I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted to eliminate that intersection between players and fans, as it really didn't work that well and I believe Big12 has put an emphasis on player safety. Maybe they just allow recruits and heavy hitters access to practice field and create a smaller egress on the west side, and keep players and fans separated better.
Wonder where they will park the visitors equipment truck, as THAT needs to be in a protected area, not that any younger fans would be nefarious, but as with the locker room and band situations from the TOE, we need to document our innocent behavior
Anyway, will be interesting to see how all plans come together.
I heard the fields are going to expand south and west. West is replacing the current access road and parking. South I am just not sure how far they go. In between the Bergstrom Bldg and the practice field will be added space for vehicles to pass and that parking that was lost along the back of the practice field will be replaced alongside the old west stadium fenceline and treeline.
Again, not sure how that all looks when done.
Yes, I wish the stupid prairie would go away- if they want one of those, just plant it in the large triangle northeast of the stadium that is usually wetland anyway.
Again, not sure how that all looks when done.
Yes, I wish the stupid prairie would go away- if they want one of those, just plant it in the large triangle northeast of the stadium that is usually wetland anyway.
HA! That's what we used to call runs back to the keg before plastic Solo cups took over!
Thanks for the info! Just doesn't seem like there is a ton of space, but harder to tell when you aren't there in person.
Not sure how bad they want to keep that row of bushes/trees along Beach and the current practice field, but if they dug into those, it really gives a lot more space. They have space for 3 full fields if they could utilize all that room. And they keep the West entrance and truck access.
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The new turf and maintenance shop is where your box is on the top left. They had to move it from the basement of the Jacobson building
Ah ok, I wasn’t sure how dated that satellite photo was.
But, it does look like they can fit 2 full fields there if they went into that hill along Beach Ave with those trees and bushes.
