New Stadium Updates

[E-Wu Tang Clan]

I disagree, that photo clearly shows no additional seating with a press box/club seats built on top. If they spent ~$6 million on that it’s essentially gonna be there for good!

EXACTLY! Its like those dudes who spend thousands on their 93 Honda Civic.

The 2019 plans added stands but didn't expand the amount of seats that much cause they added seat back chairs to make it look fuller with the same amount of people. It's what we still need to do.

 

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

Maybe someone should speak up before they mismanage this $6 million

 

[Kuttaak]

I disagree, that photo clearly shows no additional seating with a press box/club seats built on top. If they spent ~$6 million on that it’s essentially gonna be there for good! The track will still be there & and there’s no additional seating, which means the issue wasn’t resolved.

Everybody is so scared of that if we build a matching grandstand on the east side we’ll look stupid because “it’ll look empty”, screw that we need a nicer stadium. FYI very few teams have spectacular attendance.

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I personally would prefer moving the grandstands instead of adding club seats to the existing structure but I also don't know specifically the financial pressure the AD is under. We all know they need to raise more revenue, costs are increasing, all colleges are facing an enrollment cliff because of demographic shifts. If adding club seating is part of the solution for more revenue for the athletic department, I can live with that. We have tried to raise money to remove the track for over a decade and don't appear to be in position to do that anytime soon. At this point we might have to accept that we don't have the resources to complete that project.

 

[LDopaPDX]

In my opinion, getting legitimate stands on the Eastside is absolutely the most important part of the equation. Everything else is secondary to that. Club seats would be lovely, as would eliminating the track. But those are wants, while the Eastside stand is a need. The first money should be spent on that.

 

[E-Wu Tang Clan]

So start a petition? Everyone email the AD? Honestly I care more about firing Best atm. I hear a lot of NFL players aren't donating because they hate Best and want him gone so it would help with the stadium too.