150 Million Dollar Green "Bounce House" for the price of 300 Million??

[bull2saintleo]

32 minutes ago, bullstampede9922 said:

At the firm I work at, that wouldn't have been allowed out the door, although it's a walkway with an arch...kind of difficult to dress that up anymore.  Probably threw something together quickly to get an image out for the BOT meeting.

 

Especially if the donation from USF FCU came recently.

[Friscobull]

11 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

Baylor’e stadium looks boring. Like one of the old school cookie cutter stadiums. No thanks lol

We would absolutely salivate to have that stadium coupled with the shade.  However I am ok with what they put out, it is not the Taj Mahal however we are not exactly royalty either.  The stadium looks good, the location is great, the athletic complex will be impressive IMHO.  There are some picky SOB’s on this board, jeez.

[BULLSHTR]

14 hours ago, Triple B said:

Sure .....

I actually did the math. Their stadium cost $244M 9 years ago. Roughly how much we are spending.

EDIT: adjusted for inflation at 3% each year and then 7% the last year. Comes out almost exact to what we are spending. Could have done something like this with 10k less seats. It even kinda looks like a bull ring. The design we got... idk cool heptagons bro.

Edited December 8, 2023 by BULLSHTR

[USF_Bullsharks]

Y'all need to stop comparing $340MM that we are spending to what other schools spent on their stadium. We are building a football/lacrosse performance facility as well, and the $25MM from TGH is a donation, not covering the cost of the entire project. 

For reference: 

Auburn: $92MM

UF: Estimated $85MM

Maryland (with IPF): $149MM

Cincinnati (with IPF): $134MM

Bottom line is the south side construction of the football/lacrosse performance facility, which would not be part of a "standalone stadium" like these other schools you are comparing our builds to, more than likely cost a significant amount of money and proportion of the total construction cost. My guess is in the neighborhood of $75-$100MM of it will be the performance facility (which will include the locker rooms and medical training facilities as well). 

[KB]

19 hours ago, Bob Loblaw said:

Agree with many here. Exposed stadium beams look el cheapo. No way around that. We all expected more. 

[Brad]

17 hours ago, BULLSHTR said:

I don't think i'm alone in being very underwhelmed by what was shown, considering the price tag.

Whatever "designer" threw this job together in Photoshop doesn't exactly inspire confidence in design capabilities.

Yeah, the people don't look real.

[Brad]

16 hours ago, Outlaw said:

 Ironically  he (Outlaw's uncle) was one of the engineer firms to diagnose  the rust bucket. My cousins one went to usf and ucf . 

TMI

[Brad]

We should all be thankful we're building a stadium...and doubly thankful that USF didn't try to combine football and sailing into the same facility. 

[Ricky the Bull]

Perhaps the way it will be built will also make it easier/less expensive to be expanded?

[TallyBull]

8 minutes ago, Brad said:

Yeah, the people don't look real.

What kind of crap stadium is USF building anyways? One that accommodates fake people only? Such a USF thing to do

(Just following the leitmotif of this thread)

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallyBull