scUM adding upper deck

[jwinslow]

Michigan
After announcing plans this past January to eliminate 4,000-6,000 seats due to renovation projects, the University now plans to put an upper-deck in the south end-zone, which would allow Michigan Stadium to maintain the largest capacity in the nation … Detroit Free Press

Hmm, we're gonna spend a ton of money and add an upper deck that doesn't fit... where should we put it? Oh yeah in the end zone! Don't bother putting it on the sideline where it would add good seats...

[BuckeyeNation27]

not that this validates the post somebody made earlier about scum and tennesee fighting for biggest stadium or anything

[jwinslow]

can anyone envision a scenario where this would not look bad?

In case you have no imagination... here's a first glance of how stupid this design decision is...

[AJHawkfan]

It'll just make the place suck that much worse. Sweet.

[3yardsandacloud]

Just yesterday or the day before I read an article saying that Texas A&M is expanding their stadium to 115,000+ seats. Looks like the war is on.

[daddyphatsacs]

Originally Posted by 3yardsandacloud

Just yesterday or the day before I read an article saying that Texas A&M is expanding their stadium to 115,000+ seats. Looks like the war is on.

Damn, that will be a nasty environment. They can generate some noise down there at A&M, too bad they suck for the most part.


The big house is lame as hell, sound travels out of the stadium.....and there is no room. Junk.

[Zurp]

Originally Posted by jwinslow

Hmm, we're gonna spend a ton of money and add an upper deck that doesn't fit... where should we put it? Oh yeah in the end zone! Don't bother putting it on the sideline where it would add good seats...

Didn't Penn State do that, too? I never understood that. Do they not want people to complain that "those people got better seats than I did," so they cram everyone in the endzones?

[jwinslow]

Yeah but their sidelines are expanded too... apparently Michigan is starting to build towards 180,000 or so, b/c you know they will keep upping their numbers to match anyone else

[Bucky Katt]

Originally Posted by jwinslow

Yeah but their sidelines are expanded too... apparently Michigan is starting to build towards 180,000 or so, b/c you know they will keep upping their numbers to match anyone else

Well, they have to have pride in something. Lord knows it won't be their football team.

[cincibuck]

In the 50's and 60's OSU led the nation in attendance with a stadium capacity less than 90,000 and a ten game schedule (I remember this little ma and pa diner, Ptomaine Tommies, down around 13th and High, had a neon sign in the window: "seating capacity 87,568 [which was the stadium capacity at the time] 35 at a time" )

Michigan stadium was bigger but they weren't putting the butts in the stands and then along came Don Canham and Bo Schembechler and all of that changed.

The horseshoe design is unique and I guess if I had a seat in the Huntington box I'd think the revamp job of Ohio Stadium was super, but we may come to regret that we did not tear the thing down and start over from scratch. We could have spent two years with games split between Cleveland and Cincinnati while they re-did the thing from the ground up. they could have made a 200,000 seat stadium, could have kept the horse shoe motiff, gotten rid of those huge, field-blocking posts in B Deck, elevated A deck enough that I wouldn't have to yell at all the assholes who insist on standing up, kept the running track inside and Columbus would be Olympic host certified... ask New Yorkers about that... and we'd have the capacity needed to match the growing demands on Athletic Department monies by Title Nine.

[Brutus1]

I've heard that the new upper stand will be retractable. They wanted to keep the current theme of the stadium so it would still maintain it's present look, so it's going to look something like this:

[scarletandgrey]

Originally Posted by Brutus1

I've heard that the new upper stand will be retractable. They wanted to keep the current theme of the stadium so it would still maintain it's present look, so it's going to look something like this:

This gives a new meaning to [censored]-hole of a stadium

[jwinslow]

Originally Posted by cincibuck

elevated A deck enough that I wouldn't have to yell at all the assholes who insist on standing up

um... it's called school spirit and being into the game... if you want a comfy view with others who want to sit all game, they make seats on the 50 for that...

[strohs]

Originally Posted by cincibuck

gotten rid of those huge, field-blocking posts in B Deck, elevated A deck enough that I wouldn't have to yell at all the assholes who insist on standing up.

Please, stay home and watch the game on TV.
If you go the game, your ass better be standing up cheering.

[cincibuck]

That's why they're called seats. I cheer, I care, I pay my alumni dues and then some... that's also called school spirit too. If you want to stand up the whole game, regardless of where your seat is go to Texas A&M...