Jerry Richardson stadium capacity is not going to be 30,650 thats phase 2 because phase 3 which has the stadium capacity at 45,680 its gonna be so beautiful and also the baseball stadium expansion is very nice more than doubling the current capacity and halton arena has very good upgrades as well
the way Jerry Richardson stadium is right now the current seating is sunken in and now adding the extra seats will make the sound be trapped in which means it’s gonna be LOUD
It’s an aesthetic feature. If someone else that likes it want to foot the bill I’m sure Mike will listen, but the money could be spent on more useful parts of the stadium.
I’m sure a donation of 1 million or so dollars could change their mind about loosing the gate.
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Phase 1 reminds me an awful lot of this, to be honest:
I think Phase 1 basically gets us to a WKU level stadium (maybe a little nicer).
We won’t have an AAC stadium until Phase 2.
On the positive side, that new tower should block a big chunk of the afternoon sun (hallelujah!)
I get why you think they are similar press towers, but:
They really aren’t. The obvious is ours is will be straight, 2 levels of suites, and looks like nearly twice the outdoor seating.
There’s only so much variation you can have in buildings that are designed to perform the exact same functions.
I mean yea it is, you could make the entire thing out of concrete, ditch the bricks and finishing touches and it’d be cheap, could probably add a few more seats but aesthetics have a place/purpose as well a good memorable game day experience is important
I’d argue the best gameday experience possible is winning. 
Im not sure what we build that would make us do that consistently
I agree on the # of seats vs WKU, but I have never been inside their stadium to see what kinds of suites etc they have.
They do have premium seating though. Of that point I am sure.
I think they’re in the same stratosphere in terms of facilities, regardless of those points.
I don’t think 21k is an AAC stadium. It’s what got ODU left out of AAC consideration.
This announcement is HUGE!!! I hope it hets the press and media attention it deserves. Each of us need to share in social media, text messages and general discussions. This should be a catalyst for our progression.
Yep, that is part of the original design that I liked as well, especially how it matched the existing architectural design of the Judy Rose football center and the proposed outer high rise bleacher structure, it gave the stadium more of a coliseum look instead a modern design
I’ve always thought shutting sports down for a year and having an AD constantly whining publicly about travel for them left out of aac consideration.
Everyone that can, log on right now and donate to the project of your choice (or all of them). I’m starting will football expansion, will probably hit baseball next. Big button in the middle of the page that says “give now”
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Thank you Mike Hill and athletic department staff for releasing a plan that can excite and inspire us fans!
Their stadium renovation which was expensive but limited in scope telegraphed their aspirations then their COVID actions confirmed it.
Pretty sure ODU tapped out their resources to rebuild the stadium as well.
