OU getting $350-400 million renovation

[CycloneErik]

They put lights on poles. How stupid.

 

[Boomer]

August 20th

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August 21

@SoonerClub 18h18 hours ago
Great view overlooking the construction site. It's time to #StakeOurClaim Sooner Nation!

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August 22

Light coming out. CRANE sighting
https://twitter.com/SoonerSportsTV/status/635102729304543232?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

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August 24th

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August 27

Temporary sidewalk today.

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August 28th

Temp Stairs Started

Sept 1

Temp Fences/Work on stairs

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Sept 2

Pouring concrete for temp stairs/mobile light moved into position

 

[Boomer]

Schematics that um got shared

After the season they'll be another webcam put up in the NEZ facing south.

 

[isutrevman]

Re: OU getting $350-400 miillions renovation

This is good for the Big 12. I want opponents having awesome facilities. Makes the conference look even bigger/better/more legit.

Would be nice to catch up to the Big 10 and SEC in terms of stadium size. However, I'm not sure the states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa can really support multiple programs having 80-100k seat stadiums. With Baylor and TCU's recent success and location it still blows my mind they can't get more people at games. I guess their fan base hasn't had time to grow and they have smaller alumni populations though.

 

[Boomer]

http://gfoms.com/aerial-views-from-october/

[video=youtube;gmvoJnbPOiQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvoJnbPOiQ[/video]

 

[Boomer]

24 hour Cam: http://gfoms.com/live-stadium-construction-cam/

8am-6 pm cam (zoom) http://68.71.138.16:8080/Default.aspx?customerID=29&sID=30




[video=youtube;GANItZ68iWc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GANItZ68iWc[/video]


8 months away

 

[cstrunk]

Impressive.

**** iowa.

 

[surly]

It needed renovation. Now, when will Ku follow suit?

 

[CYCLNST8]

 

[Al_4_State]

Looks like the Big 12 is really holding OU back these days.

 

[2forISU]

ISU stretches a dollar like a rubber band compared to our peers in the Big12, kudos to the Athletic Dept. Wasn't our SEZ 1/3 of the price of OU's end zone?

 

[Dandy]

It needed renovation. Now, when will Ku follow suit?

K-State fan talking smack about Kansas in a thread about Oklahoma on an ISU message board.

What a time to be alive.

 

[BigJCy]

Check out the video on the bottom of the page. Their FB Facility is going to be pretty sick:

http://footballscoop.com/news/look-oklahoma-planning-serious-upgrade-football-facility/

 

[CycloneBBFan]

ISU is poor compared to Iowa. ISU has a handful of large donors but it is small compared to just about every team in our conference. Who is the wealthiest grad from ISU? Do more with less, ISU motto.

Iowa historically had the BOR on their side. That I believe is changing now that ISU's enrollment surpasses Iowa. All about the money.

 

[KnappShack]

Re: OU getting $350-400 miillions renovation

View attachment 26505 First off 43k for the spring game http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/7/5590714/spring-game-attendance-numbers-2014

Secondly

View attachment 26506
Lead donors are in the Oil/Natural Gas business. Cannot wait for the renderings, the "fan upgrades" in terms of technology are supposed to rival NFL stadiums. The weightroom/lockerrooms will rival Oregon.

CANT WAIT

It'll be perfect for the jump to the SEC

 

[knowlesjam]

Just another opportunity for OU to hand Texas another s*** sandwich. Shows you the sometimes money (Texas) can't buy you W's. You still have to have coaches that can actually put the pieces together. That being said, the locker room and meeting areas are top notch.

 

[BigJCy]

The team facility is finished. Looks damn nice.



http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=211661157

 

[im4cyru]

Explains why our all-time loss/won record against Oklahoma is so abysmal. Those old WWI Memorial stadiums built by our previous conference mates, Oklahoma , Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are deteriorating.The capacities of those ancient structures that served larger enrollments and fan bases, for the times, is one of the reasons why Iowa State College and Kansas State sucked the hind one for so many years.

 

[SECyclone]

Re: OU getting $350-400 miillions renovation

Hypothetical, lets say my $300 million dollar check that I write to ISU so that I have rib's approval was legit.

What would ISU (athletics) do with it?

We would get a new locker room that cost 11k per locker lol.

 

[Cyched]

Explains why our all-time loss/won record against Oklahoma is so abysmal. Those old WWI Memorial stadiums built by our previous conference mates, Oklahoma , Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska are deteriorating.The capacities of those ancient structures that served larger enrollments and fan bases, for the times, is one of the reasons why Iowa State College and Kansas State sucked the hind one for so many years.

Yeah, that's totally the reason.