If I ever won the lottery I would donate a boatload of money to ISU and tell JP the only way I'm donating it is if none of it would go to a new press box
Are the players going to be airdropped onto the field?Just imagine JTS look something like this!!
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That would be spectacularAre the players going to be airdropped onto the field?
That's what the all black unis are for. They'll H.A.L.O. down in pads Delta style scaring the **** out of the opposing team.Are the players going to be airdropped onto the field?
Does it matter a lot to anyone who can help us win games? No. Does it impact a potential recruits first impression? Yes absolutely. Again highest priority? No. Something that needs addressed? Absolutely.Does it look out of place? Yes.
Does it matter to anyone who can help us win games? No.
There's really only a couple of questions to ask on athletic facility improvement:
1. Does it benefit the student athletes
2. Does it make money
The press box fails on both. Buy hot air baloons and float the press over the end zones. Sell ads. Make money
Does it matter a lot to anyone who can help us win games? No. Does it impact a potential recruits first impression? Yes absolutely. Again highest priority? No. Something that needs addressed? Absolutely.
At about 6 o'clock maybe. By that time, it just turns cold though.Here's something I haven't seen anyone mention.
More press box equals more shade for those on the east side of the stadium.
The SEZ filled a niche for many aging fans who want the football experience but don't have a desire to go to games in every sort of weather. My brother and his wife are retirement age and at some point they will be going from their upperdeck side line seats to the SEZ because she is finding sitting in very hot or very cold weather less and less tolerable. The SEZ gives fans like them an option to still be at games but not have to brave weather extremes for hours on end. Without it many aging fans would likely give up their tickets and watch from home.The SEZ is outstanding and enhances the stadium. But no, it wasn't needed. That 2k figure is due to interest generated by an improved and improving product. If, God forbid we fall back into terrible 1980's form that SEZ could become quite empty. Also, a ticket price increase among the existing seating could have matched the revenue generated by the SEZ.
The single biggest reason that the SEZ was done was for aesthetics/perception, function came second. We wanted JTS to look like a real P5 stadium. And now it does. Perception matters. Recruits do indeed want to play in big time stadiums and now we have one...third biggest in the Big12.
And no, the press box is not and should not be a priority. But to say it's totally inconsequential is wrong.
Plus it also gives more fans the opportunity for a club experience. Not everyone can afford the Jack Trice Club.The SEZ filled a niche for many aging fans who want the football experience but don't have a desire to go to games in every sort of weather. My brother and his wife are retirement age and at some point they will be going from their upperdeck side line seats to the SEZ because she is finding sitting in very hot or very cold weather less and less tolerable. The SEZ gives fans like them an option to still be at games but not have to brave weather extremes for hours on end. Without it many aging fans would likely give up their tickets and watch from home.
I’ll get right on that! I should have it paid in full by 2119 season.
Isn’t it better to have a smaller one that gets used a lot than a bigger one that rarely gets filled?
Tried to read most of this thread...but it got repetitive real quick. So you don't like the way it looks but think recruits care but haven't asked them...okay. Get over it. The Pressbox will be done with demand for it comes and other facilities are done being upgraded. Two things will play the biggest factors. The first is keeping CMC or most seasons going forward ISU is at least 6-6. The second factor will be the new TV deals in several years and how those shake out with conference realignment.
In order for ISU to not get left out in the cold in any shakeup, ISU has to be winning and facilities not including the pressbox aid in that. Pressbox is last on the list.
I love the stadium upgrades that have been going on, but I still think we have a subpar press box. Maybe they should just add 2 smaller press boxes on each side. I don't know, but it looks out of place with all the new things going on in and around the stadium. And it bugs me on NCAA Football 14. Looks funny.