Board passes $22M for stadium design

[Triple B]

15 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Build Ray Jay but with green seats. Easy. Eliminate the club on the one side and the upper deck.

Simple solution but I like it, with a few tweaks. Somehow extend shade out on both sides and bleacher seating for students and visiting section ............. and sinking the pirate ship went without saying obviously.

[Outlaw]

14 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Simple solution but I like it, with a few tweaks. Somehow extend shade out on both sides and bleacher seating for students and visiting section ............. and sinking the pirate ship went without saying obviously.

Maybe we bring the pirate ship to the new stadium in the lagoon.

[79 Bull]

44 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Build Ray Jay but with green seats. Easy. Eliminate the club on the one side and the upper deck.

I'm all for this with additional shade and leaving one endzone with an open concourse to walk around and still be able to see the field.  A bit smaller at 35,000-40,000 seats instead of 44,000-46,000 like RayJay.   200 level on the visitor side (and one endzone) could be nice plastic bleachers like Tulane has.  I still think the students and band (6,000-8,000?) should wrap around one endzone with mostly standing rows with rails and cup holders like a soccer supporter section.  They want to stand and mingle anyhow.  And for concerts, either the stage is in that endzone where the standing seats are not sold or many people stand for a whole concert anyway, might be a plus.

GO FAZA!  GO BULLS!

[John Lewis]

16 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

I'll be in a focus group the designers are holding on Monday

What time is your session?

[Sk00b]

Shade would be amazing. I don't care what it looks like.  There has to be a lot of thought put into Florida weather/heat.

Kid zone as someone else stated would be cool.

[hm101]

Fire. baton. twirler.

[Jim Johnson]

18 hours ago, FazaUSF said:

I'll be in a focus group the designers are holding on Monday,

Same here Faza. Should be interesting. 

[Triple B]

3 minutes ago, hm101 said:

Fire. baton. twirler.

I'd say start a website but round these parts I don't think the site name would convey your intentions ....

[Brad]

I attended some Arizona State games out here over the years.  One of the things I first noticed, not being a donor there, was there were not enough concession lines.  You literally could miss a quarter of the game waiting in line for the food/drink/water.  And there were NO video boards to watch while in line and no audio.  A total miss.  I never bought concessions there because I couldn't be in line for 30 minutes.  Same in the bathrooms.  Lines as long as ever, and no way to see or hear the game, only the roar of the crowd.  ASU's stadium is decades old and they have tried to update it.  Nothing about it looked like a home stadium because of the bleachers and concrete.

I'm 6'4" so I also don't fit in their bleachers or seats without my knees going into the backs of the people in front of me.  My seats in Raymond James accommodate leg room.  All I really want in a home stadium is to be able to comfortably get to my seats and sit/stand, but that is second to it being a true home advantage with a lot of green and gold and maybe only a touch of lemongrass  (  ).   I say go all out on the interior design.  I want it to be all Bulls all the time all over it.  If I see anything that resembles a pirate ship.....

[michibull]

I just want palm trees in the stadium and a lot of them!!