South End Zone remodel?

by KevinJ on Oct 28, 2008 3:47 PM CDT Comment 12 comments

I don't want to jinx anything or celebrate prematurely, but with such an awesome season so far, and an amazing renovation job in the North End Zone, anyone else think now is the time for Mack to push for a South End remodel? The team's on fire, recruiting is (as always) off the charts, season tickets are being scooped up (even in these horrible economic times), and the students finally seem to get how to be a factor. If ever there was a time to make the move for an enclosed South End Zone I think this is it. Seats, noise, amenities...it would just be too cool.

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Renovation plans

Probably not the extent you’re talking about, but renovation nonetheless:

The university hopes to raise $100 million for a variety of athletics projects, including constructing an indoor tennis center, renovating the swimming center and, at Royal-Memorial Stadium, adding 4,000 steel bleacher seats near the south end zones and expanding medical and training areas.

Source: Austin American-Statesman

by TexasTexasYeehaw on Oct 28, 2008 4:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Right now I think their goal is to get us over the 100k mark for attendance, and then see if it is sustainable enough to warrant some brick & mortar in the south end.

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stros!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

DeLoss says...

DeLoss Dodds talked to our program the other day. He said they were going to renovate the south endzone, but not in the way you are thinking. He said they were going to add some more seats, maybe make them permanent seats, but it was going to focus on adding an academic center for the football team what not.

by bignick573 on Oct 28, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

future

Bignick is right in the fact that they are wanting to make the temprorary South end bleachers permanent very soon but eventually they want to completly enclose the stadium bringing capacity to 112,000. But no timeline has been officially announced, nor any funds raised.

by JMCG on Oct 28, 2008 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this pic is old..

..One “little” problem w/ this setup..Godzillatron?

I’m sure it’s not that easy or cheap to remove it.

by vy til i die on Oct 28, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obsolete

It will be obsolete by then. Think of all the new technologies that will be available for delivering ads while not showing any stats or scores from other games in the country.

by JohnsonUT on Oct 28, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs