Memorial Stadium

Post by **Brad** » Wed May 19, 2010 10:12 am

Stargazer wrote:Maybe we could get our columns back.

Nice Burlington Station Reference!

Post by **Brad** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:35 am

Sea of Red expected to grow

http://www.omaha.com/article/20101007/N ... ed-to-grow

Rich Kaipust WORLD-HERALD BUREAU wrote:In July, Meyers hinted that work done to the East Stadium probably would not move capacity much higher than 90,000. Results of the survey showed that respondents considered the home sellout streak — now at 307 consecutive games — just as important as moving up the ranks in attendance.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:13 pm

On 1110KFAB before the Washington game, they were interviewing Osborne about expansion of the stadium and athletic budget. Osborne said, that to remain competitive in the BigTen, they would need to match the budgets and seating capacity of the leading BigTen schools. He also mentioned a figure of 110K as being a leading BigTen stadium (see O-State and Michigan). Further, to match the athletic budgets, that would mean NU would almost have to double their current budget. He also mentioned a possible construction time line of 2013.

Sounds like there will be some major facility upgrades soon.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:26 pm

Sorry if this is the same article as the OWH, but it is no longer rumor.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5662189

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:34 pm

Funny thread to re-read.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:51 pm

Plan calls for 5,000 more seats

http://www.omaha.com/article/20101008/N ... more-seats

Leslie Reed WORLD-HERALD BUREAU wrote:LINCOLN — By the 2013 football season, Memorial Stadium ought to be able to seat another 5,000 fans or so.

Details of a proposed $55.5 million East Stadium expansion, revealed Friday, said the expansion would include up to 2,800 new general admission seats, along with up to 500 skybox seats and up to 2,250 heated and covered club seats

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 3:18 pm

Perfect addition I think enough suites to bring the money in and enough other seats to keep the streak alive.

JPenny · Post by **JPenny** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:29 pm

looks like the expansion gets the green light!

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110128/N ... plans-ok-d

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:27 pm

AWWW Yeah. Plus the Devaney getting a much needed face lift.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:42 pm

For those of you who have not seen a rough image of the new east stadium conceptual images check out this link below and watch the video on this website:

http://www.expandtheirexperience.com

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:47 am

They are looking at adding even more seats and making it taller:

http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/ ... 0adc1.html

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:54 am

I don't mind it, it sounds like they want to add more suites over normal seats which means much more money for the university. I just imagine how well sound will hold in the stadium with two massive glass fronted structures along two sidelines.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:40 pm

iamjacobm wrote:I don't mind it, it sounds like they want to add more suites over normal seats which means much more money for the university. I just imagine how well sound will hold in the stadium with two massive glass fronted structures along two sidelines.

The new soundsystem in Memorial is freaking horrible, they need to upgrade that as soon as possible.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:53 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:I don't mind it, it sounds like they want to add more suites over normal seats which means much more money for the university. I just imagine how well sound will hold in the stadium with two massive glass fronted structures along two sidelines.
The new soundsystem in Memorial is freaking horrible, they need to upgrade that as soon as possible.

I meant more the fans noise, but I agree I never liked having the sound come out of a single location on top of the video board. It is like that at Arrowhead too and it really sucks.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 2:03 pm

iamjacobm wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:I don't mind it, it sounds like they want to add more suites over normal seats which means much more money for the university. I just imagine how well sound will hold in the stadium with two massive glass fronted structures along two sidelines.
The new soundsystem in Memorial is freaking horrible, they need to upgrade that as soon as possible.
I meant more the fans noise, but I agree I never liked having the sound come out of a single location on top of the video board. It is like that at Arrowhead too and it really sucks.

Oh, got ya. Agreed.

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:54 pm

iamjacobm wrote:I don't mind it, it sounds like they want to add more suites over normal seats which means much more money for the university. I just imagine how well sound will hold in the stadium with two massive glass fronted structures along two sidelines.

Add another row of suites on the South Stadium and that noise would be NUTS.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:30 pm

Big announcement at 7 PM. Looks like there may be renderings with this announcement of east stadium. Also check out the site they have a bunch of updated renderings of the rest of the facility upgrades.

http://www.expandtheirexperience.com/projects.php

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:36 pm

Looks amazing!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:41 pm

Wow! That's way up there!

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almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:01 am

looks cool, but i'm gonna need some Dramamine after that.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:04 am

almighty_tuna wrote:looks cool, but i'm gonna need some Dramamine after that.

Amen. Beziers haven't made it in to CAD programs yet?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat May 14, 2011 2:09 pm

The statue on the east side is gone.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:55 pm

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:35 pm

iamjacobm wrote:

Its insane how much that thing protrudes out, its huge. (Go ahead Big E).

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:39 pm

Whats the structure in the lower middle?

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:08 pm

S33 wrote:Whats the structure in the lower middle?

Thats the new skybox.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:54 pm

Linkin5 wrote:Its insane how much that thing protrudes out, its huge. (Go ahead Big E).

When people are filling in their own Big E jokes, my work here is done. Boo-ya.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:44 am

Linkin5 wrote:
S33 wrote:Whats the structure in the lower middle?
Thats the new skybox.

I thought they called those "alumni check-signing rooms"?

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:48 am

When this is done it will be interesting to see how much louder the stadium is. Not just the extra fans but how much more noise will be "held in" with the rise of the East Stadium.

Greg

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:43 am

Greg S wrote:When this is done it will be interesting to see how much louder the stadium is. Not just the extra fans but how much more noise will be "held in" with the rise of the East Stadium.

Greg

It should be pretty crazy. I hope that it makes the sound system a little bit more tolerable, its almost unbearable as it is now.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:36 am

Linkin5 wrote:I hope that it makes the sound system a little bit more tolerable, its almost unbearable as it is now.

I thought the only speakers were in a cluster above the scoreboard, is that correct? Seems very outdated if it is.

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:39 am

Brad wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:I hope that it makes the sound system a little bit more tolerable, its almost unbearable as it is now.
I thought the only speakers were in a cluster above the scoreboard, is that correct? Seems very outdated if it is.

I believe that is correct.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:06 am

nebugeater wrote:
Brad wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:I hope that it makes the sound system a little bit more tolerable, its almost unbearable as it is now.
I thought the only speakers were in a cluster above the scoreboard, is that correct? Seems very outdated if it is.
I believe that is correct.

Yeah they are all in the North stadium, its pretty bad.

The Impaler · Post by **The Impaler** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:18 am

Drives me nuts that there isn't a webcam for the project. There was a webcam for the new turf installation way back when but we can't get one for expansion of the stadium. Anyone else think the endzone design is horrendous? They should have torn down the endzones and rebuilt them to match east and west stadium.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:26 pm

The Impaler wrote:Drives me nuts that there isn't a webcam for the project. There was a webcam for the new turf installation way back when but we can't get one for expansion of the stadium. Anyone else think the endzone design is horrendous? They should have torn down the endzones and rebuilt them to match east and west stadium.

In what aspect? I do agree that it is strange that a bulk of a stadium's seats would be behind the end zones, its due to poor planning when the initial expansions were done in the 1960s.

The Impaler · Post by **The Impaler** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:42 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
The Impaler wrote:Drives me nuts that there isn't a webcam for the project. There was a webcam for the new turf installation way back when but we can't get one for expansion of the stadium. Anyone else think the endzone design is horrendous? They should have torn down the endzones and rebuilt them to match east and west stadium.
In what aspect? I do agree that it is strange that a bulk of a stadium's seats would be behind the end zones, its due to poor planning when the initial expansions were done in the 1960s.

Exactly my point. Very poor planning way back when. The endzones don't resemble any of the character that east and west stadium have. When they did the expansion a few years ago on the north endzone I wish they would have just torn it down (north endzone that is) and rebuilt it resembling east and west stadium more, with an upperdeck and the luxury suites could have been between the upper and lower decks.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:22 pm

Trouble is that couldn't be done in a single offseason. And Nebraska officials aren't going to let millions of dollars every game go away for an entire season. It just won't happen.

The Impaler · Post by **The Impaler** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:15 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Trouble is that couldn't be done in a single offseason. And Nebraska officials aren't going to let millions of dollars every game go away for an entire season. It just won't happen.

Oh I understand, it's the sad truth.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:11 am

iamjacobm wrote:Trouble is that couldn't be done in a single offseason. And Nebraska officials aren't going to let millions of dollars every game go away for an entire season. It just won't happen.

As well it would cost hundreds of millions to tear out those gigantic parts of the stadium and start from scratch.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:40 pm

When this is done it will be interesting to see how much louder the stadium is.

I think they should spend a few million more to throw up a cantilevered roof like Washington used to have... help project that noise to the turf.