Stadium on campus/ indoor football field

[Petey]

So what happen to all the talk about we are going to build a stadium on campus talk from the ground breaking ceremony.  
Also, mike Kelley athletic director said construction of the indoor football field would start at the end of the summer... it’s October, has construction started , if not what is the reason. 

[Rocky Style]

There was a day when we were flinging simultaneous conspiracy theories but those were mostly debunked.  The last I heard is it will be ready for next season.

[Cornada]

16 minutes ago, Petey said:

So what happen to all the talk about we are going to build a stadium on campus talk from the ground breaking ceremony.  
Also, mike Kelley athletic director said construction of the indoor football field would start at the end of the summer... it’s October, has construction started , if not what is the reason. 

There's a very large thread on the subject; just search for it (hint; latest rumor is the announcement will be made at homecoming)

[BDYZR]

Florida summer does not end in October.

[94 Bull]

Just build a domed, air conditioned stadium and you have both and an indoor space for events and conventions.

[Rocky Style]

4 minutes ago, 94 Bull said:

Just build a domed, air conditioned stadium and you have both and an indoor space for events and conventions.

Eh...  Domes...  Something is unsettling about football in a dome.

11 hours ago, Cornada said:

latest rumor is the announcement will be made at homecoming

[bulloni]

2 possible reasons I see for why construction hasn’t started:

1.) we have 3 practice fields currently. To build an IPF in the middle of the season would probably take up at least 1.5 of those. Jeff Scott might be telling them to hold off until the end of the season because it would put us at a disadvantage limiting our practice space

2.) we’ve heard USF wants to build the OCS near the athletics so it’s central to all our other athletic facilities. They may hold out on starting construction until they have the OCS plans finalized in case they want the IPF in a specific proximity to the stadium.
 

I see number 1 as more likely. They are still pretty confident it’ll be done by the start of next season. If #2 was the case that means they’d have location and renderings of the OCS-IPF-football center area done by the end of this season as that’s when they’d need to start construction. Which feels optimistic

[widerberg]

24 minutes ago, bulloni said:

1.) we have 3 practice fields currently. To build an IPF in the middle of the season would probably take up at least 1.5 of those. Jeff Scott might be telling them to hold off until the end of the season because it would put us at a disadvantage limiting our practice space

 

I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that they're waiting until closer to the end of the season to start construction because they don't want to impede the team practicing on the current fields.

[MaltLiquorBull]

8 minutes ago, widerberg said:

I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that they're waiting until closer to the end of the season to start construction because they don't want to impede the team practicing on the current fields.

...and it's pretty evident that we need all the practice we can get.

Well, at least they probably won't have to worry about us practicing in December for a bowl game, so there's that.

[Rocky Style]

Just now, MaltLiquorBull said:

Well, at least they probably won't have to worry about us practicing in December for a bowl game, so there's that.

How dare you?