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The photos they have scrolling on their homepage suggest they've done work at Kinnick, which is encouraging to me. I think they've done a fantastic job with that stadium in recent years.
Neumann Monson Architects
I heard from some people that Athletics told Recreation Services not to do any improvements/lighting of the softball fields east of Jack Trice (rec services was thinking about doing so to have more outdoor intramurals at night) because Athletics was probably going to purchase that land from them for more parking when the SEZ is finalized. Nothing really known for certain though
I'll be interested to see what the AD wants to swap Rec Services land-wise. The Southwest Complex isn't nearly big enough and needs a couple million dollars of work to be able to host intramurals. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see RS tell the AD to go screw themselves unless there's a couple million dollars put on the table and some land.
In other news, it's a shame to see how crappy the Lied fields look now after a year of use by Rec Services.
In other news, it's a shame to see how crappy the Lied fields look now after a year of use by Rec Services.
I have little understanding of inter-department politics at ISU, but considering this project isnt just being done by athletics and is a 'whole university' project with the reimans, couldnt leath's involvement limit the ability of rec services to tell off the athletic department on this?
One thing i just now considered on parking thats slightly related (though the rec services land may not be where the solution to this potential problem is solved)... with the stadium potentially losing a couple lots, and with enrollment ever-expanding, the parking needing to be replaced might be a bigger issue than just gamedays, considering how many students have to park their cars at the stadium.
If anyone is interested I have very good info that students are staying where they are. Not moving to the SEZ
I know the idea has been floated to use G7 for student parking and require vehicles to be moved like they are now so I don't see that as a huge issue.
I think the big kicker in all of this is are they able to find additional space for the football team to practice? I personally don't think they'll be able to but if they found a way to have all the practice fields around the stadium they'd have even more space over there to park/etc.
Regardless, there needs to be some infrastructure improvements if they're going to add additional traffic to an area that's already a mess on gameday.
About two weeks ago, the athletic department chose HNTB out of KC as the architect for the project. I do not know if they are working with Newman Monson Architects mentioned in earlier postings. The HNTB stadium projects are impressive:
National Football League[edit]
- Arrowhead Stadium - Kansas City, Missouri
- INVESCO Field at Mile High - Denver, Colorado
- Ralph Wilson Stadium - Buffalo, New York
- RCA Dome - Indianapolis, Indiana
- Giants Stadium - East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Levi's Stadium - Santa Clara, California
- Aces Ballpark - Reno, Nevada
- Cooley Law School Stadium - Lansing, Michigan
- Fifth Third Field - Toledo, Ohio
- Fifth Third Field - Dayton, Ohio
- Louisville Slugger Field - Louisville, Kentucky
- O'Brien Field - Peoria, Illinois
- Raley Field - West Sacramento, California
- U.S. Steel Yard - Gary, Indiana
- Dehler Park - Billings, Montana
- Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium, University of Akron - Akron, Ohio
- Spartan Stadium, Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan
- Michigan Stadium, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Stadium
- Ross-Ade Stadium, Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
- Memorial Stadium, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE
- Memorial Stadium, University of Illinois - Champaign, IL
- Kinnick Stadium, University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
- Sanford Stadium, University of Georgia - Athens, GA
- Memorial Stadium, University of California-Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
That would make sense to me if premium seating is being added to the south end zone. I'm guessing the people paying for premium seats might not want the wild students around them.
