South stadium removal starting 12/01/23??

[3fingershomer]

Reading that they have a master plan and are ready to move forward. Expect changes if you are a season ticket holder and haven’t been required to also pay a ‘major donation’ to keep your seats that have been in the family for years.
Not a engineer or construction guy, can they demolish and rebuild south stadium in 15 months to be ready for spring game 2025? My dates, not Trev’s.

 

[leodisflowers]

Reading that they have a master plan and are ready to move forward. Expect changes if you are a season ticket holder and haven’t been required to also pay a ‘major donation’ to keep your seats that have been in the family for years.
Not a engineer or construction guy, can they demolish and rebuild south stadium in 15 months to be ready for spring game 2025? My dates, not Trev’s.

On the construction side, that is going to be a stretch. I don't see it. Probably more of a gut than a demolish.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Would be a mistake to screw over generational ticket holders, imo.

 

[ADV1]

Why wait! LOL! Start it now while everything is toast and in turmoil for the season and let's get on with it!


and yes I'm only being funny... not serious

 

[ISUforNU]

If done with precast concrete, there's a small chance. Done with cast-in-place concrete, no way.

 

[cubsker]

Eliminate a fourth of the seats now to keep the sellout streak alive

 

[Pennsyhusker]

Eliminate a fourth of the seats now to keep the sellout streak alive

They should never have added the East stadium upper deck. Stupid move

 

[redwine65]

make the south 2 teir, student at the bottom so the sound echos onto the feild..like a horseshoe
leg room, back rests, cup holders...

or red aluminum benches

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think humans not sardines

 

[dand84]

Put in seats, no benches

 

[bigboxes]

make the south 2 teir, student at the bottom so the sound echos onto the feild..like a horseshoe
leg room, back rests, cup holders...

or red aluminum benches

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think humans not sardines

Maybe. We do need to move the students back down to the field. Dumbest decision. They should be down by the field on East Stadium.

 

[oldjar07]

Isn't there a building under south stadium? What are they going to do with that?

 

[redwine65]

Put in seats, no benches

ok, this then

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[redwine65]

Isn't there a building under south stadium? What are they going to do with that?

1/3rd will be for usc/ucla type cheerleader development to meet the female quota stuff..and 1/3rd nil/transfer offices and 1/3rd trophy rooms for all sports...so it's on the south side..away from the players in the new north east complex...

 

[3fingershomer]

Isn't there a building under south stadium? What are they going to do with that?

That building has been around since the 70’s, met Bob Devaney for the first time there. I suspect it will be demolished for whatever they choose to build in that footprint.

 

[huskerfan66]

They should never have added the East stadium upper deck. Stupid move

Best seats in the stadium personally

 

[redfanusa]

The plan may have changed, but the goal was to renovate South Stadium just like the north. Get rid of the stupid, ridiculous narrow ramps, build wide concourses with actual restrooms, not troughs. Wider gates, wider doorways, better concessions, more amenities, and generally much better fan experience. When you have to enter the stadium 45 minutes early just to get to your seats for the national anthem, that's a problem. God forbid they ever have some sort of emergency, because 85,000 people would never be able to get out of that place in a hurry.

 

[Braves3]

The need a big screen on the south side also.

 

[SkerInCo]

They should never have added the East stadium upper deck. Stupid move

So don't expand the stadium because you're worried about a tired streak?

 

[Pennsyhusker]

So don't expand the stadium because you're worried about a tired streak?

No. Don’t expand it when renovations and improvements should have been done elsewhere first. There were already signs that the demand for tickets was going down a bit. Why then add seats when there wasn’t really a groundswell of folks clamoring to get in? Should have used the money to rip out every old wooden bench seat in the stadium and replace them with real individual seats with backs, cup holders, etc… Better to completely wreckovate south stadium. Better to add bathrooms…

 

[SkerInCo]

No. Don’t expand it when renovations and improvements should have been done elsewhere first. There were already signs that the demand for tickets was going down a bit. Why then add seats when there wasn’t really a groundswell of folks clamoring to get in? Should have used the money to rip out every old wooden bench seat in the stadium and replace them with real individual seats with backs, cup holders, etc… Better to completely wreckovate south stadium. Better to add bathrooms…

Ok, i understand your approach now. I probably agree with you. I do like the thought of more seats on the sidelines but poorly timed.

 

[SeaOfRed75]

The plan may have changed, but the goal was to renovate South Stadium just like the north. Get rid of the stupid, ridiculous narrow ramps, build wide concourses with actual restrooms, not troughs.

Don't knock the troughs. They are what keep us from being like women with ridiculously long bathroom lines. Efficiency man!

 

[dinglefritz]

No. Don’t expand it when renovations and improvements should have been done elsewhere first. There were already signs that the demand for tickets was going down a bit. Why then add seats when there wasn’t really a groundswell of folks clamoring to get in? Should have used the money to rip out every old wooden bench seat in the stadium and replace them with real individual seats with backs, cup holders, etc… Better to completely wreckovate south stadium. Better to add bathrooms…

Part of the problem with the east and west stadiums is that even IF you replace the benches with seat backs, there isn't enough leg room. Those tiers of bleachers were built for a population that was about 3 inches shorter on average than our population is today. Even if you add chair backs the majority of people will have their knees jammed in to the back of the chair in front of them. They should have built a whole new stadium back in the 90s. Look at all of the things they've built over the past 30 years. A new stadium could have been built where the practice facility is.

 

[schuele]

The plan may have changed, but the goal was to renovate South Stadium just like the north. Get rid of the stupid, ridiculous narrow ramps, build wide concourses with actual restrooms, not troughs. Wider gates, wider doorways, better concessions, more amenities, and generally much better fan experience. When you have to enter the stadium 45 minutes early just to get to your seats for the national anthem, that's a problem. God forbid they ever have some sort of emergency, because 85,000 people would never be able to get out of that place in a hurry.

Getting to a South Stadium seat using the ramps was always a nightmare. I sat there for a few years and used to go in an East or West Stadium gate, then just work my way up from the field level. Lots of walking, but it usually saved me about 45 minutes.

 

[Huskerfan2112]

will the renovations come with a renaming?

tom osborne field at Scott Frost Stadium?

 

[Bugeater]

My living room is still the best seat, and if for some reason I start to expand, my sofa still has plenty of room for me to be comfortable!

 

[Swiv3D]

No. Don’t expand it when renovations and improvements should have been done elsewhere first. There were already signs that the demand for tickets was going down a bit. Why then add seats when there wasn’t really a groundswell of folks clamoring to get in? Should have used the money to rip out every old wooden bench seat in the stadium and replace them with real individual seats with backs, cup holders, etc… Better to completely wreckovate south stadium. Better to add bathrooms…

You do realize that a few thousand more measly seats wasn't the main reason for that building addition right? That building provides way more to the university and team than any dumbass sellout streak does

 

[huskerfan66]

Part of the problem with the east and west stadiums is that even IF you replace the benches with seat backs, there isn't enough leg room. Those tiers of bleachers were built for a population that was about 3 inches shorter on average than our population is today. Even if you add chair backs the majority of people will have their knees jammed in to the back of the chair in front of them. They should have built a whole new stadium back in the 90s. Look at all of the things they've built over the past 30 years. A new stadium could have been built where the practice facility is.

Man that used to be the weekly Sunday morning day after another foe getting sent home in a body bag conversation. Building a new stadium and where. Lincoln chamber of commerce would have none of that

 

[slwags]

So don't expand the stadium because you're worried about a tired streak?

It’s becoming obvious we need a smaller stadium
Not a bigger one

 

[dand84]

Part of the problem with the east and west stadiums is that even IF you replace the benches with seat backs, there isn't enough leg room. Those tiers of bleachers were built for a population that was about 3 inches shorter on average than our population is today. Even if you add chair backs the majority of people will have their knees jammed in to the back of the chair in front of them. They should have built a whole new stadium back in the 90s. Look at all of the things they've built over the past 30 years. A new stadium could have been built where the practice facility is.

I thought they were going to whack the south seating. I took that to mean the tiers as well and build new ones. NU treats fans like airlines treat passengers. We need something better.

 

[Raptor10]

Remove about 50 rows from south stadium. Put up 2 giant screens that wrap around to east and west stadium

 

[anon_aq2oj9agff6mk]

We don't need to eliminate the troughs. We need to put tv's above them so we can watch decent football during our breaks from the three ring circus we bought tickets to.

 

[mwulf]

Part of the problem with the east and west stadiums is that even IF you replace the benches with seat backs, there isn't enough leg room. Those tiers of bleachers were built for a population that was about 3 inches shorter on average than our population is today. Even if you add chair backs the majority of people will have their knees jammed in to the back of the chair in front of them. They should have built a whole new stadium back in the 90s. Look at all of the things they've built over the past 30 years. A new stadium could have been built where the practice facility is.

Think about the weight that many seats would have. Would the current foundation support it?

 

[Juan Malo]

Think about the weight that many seats would have. Would the current foundation support it?

That would be offset with fewer fat asses in each row.