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Maryland Football Stadium Expansion
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 8:31 am
by TallyW
Maryland's Byrd Stadium to Add Some Luxury
Wednesday, April 25, 2007; Page E02
University of Maryland athletic officials yesterday unveiled details of a plan to add 64 luxury suites to Byrd Stadium, the first and most critical part of a proposed pay-as-you-go expansion project that would add new amenities and eventually raise the building's capacity to nearly 60,000.
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Posted: April 25th, 2007, 9:14 am
by bigsmooth
it looks nice. it would certainly make that stadium look better instead of that press box on one side, and then a triple deck on the other side.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 1:07 pm
by TDDance234
Maryland and "nice" don't belong in the same sentence.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 3:06 pm
by BrysOn_G
TDDance234 wrote:Maryland and "nice" don't belong in the same sentence.
ever since the maryland fans threw beer bottles at the duke player's parents at a basketball game in MD, i've HATED MD fans.
regardless of who you pull for, that's class-less.
so yea... you'll never hear "nice" in the same sentence as [them] from me.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 3:27 pm
by thesportscritic
BrysOn_G wrote:TDDance234 wrote:Maryland and "nice" don't belong in the same sentence.
ever since the maryland fans threw beer bottles at the duke player's parents at a basketball game in MD, i've HATED MD fans.
regardless of who you pull for, that's class-less.
so yea... you'll never hear "nice" in the same sentence as [them] from me.
Those MD fans can be pretty Hardcore.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 4:30 pm
by Sly Fox
A BCS school that wants to raise its seating capacity to 60k?
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 9:37 pm
by bigsmooth
save it sly
......baylor is in a BCS conference and what is their stadium capacity?? im sure their are others in the big 12.
Posted: April 25th, 2007, 9:51 pm
by Sly Fox
Baylor is a private school that is only in a BCS conference thanks to Ann Richards. Maryland on the other hand doesn't have any excuses.
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 7:54 am
by El Scorcho
Sly Fox wrote:Maryland on the other hand doesn't have any excuses.
Oh they have one big excuse. Maryland sucks.
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 8:04 am
by TallyW
I didn't realize there were so many Maryland haters on the board...
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 8:17 am
by LUconn
everybody tends to hate Maryland. They're pretty unlikable folks.
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 8:31 am
by bigsmooth
sly, you are ripping on maryland for having a stadium of less than 60,000 seats when 6 of your beloved big 12 schools are the same way??. are CU, ISU, KU, KSU, Tx Tech and Ok state all private? i doubt it. what is your excuse???? Put your ACC hating in the closet.
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 8:49 am
by givemethemic
BrysOn_G wrote:TDDance234 wrote:Maryland and "nice" don't belong in the same sentence.
ever since the maryland fans threw beer bottles at the duke player's parents at a basketball game in MD, i've HATED MD fans.
regardless of who you pull for, that's class-less.
so yea... you'll never hear "nice" in the same sentence as [them] from me.
I thought it would have been the F$%# you J.J chant....
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 8:56 am
by TallyW
I grew up in Baltimore... I love MD... I'm sorry for so many on the board who have been blinded with their love for Dook and UNC...
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 9:58 am
by El Scorcho
If I was from the Congo and had never seen basketball a day in my life, I would still hate Maryland. Love for Duke and UNC has nothing to do with it.
Posted: April 26th, 2007, 10:00 am
by bigsmooth
though im defending the terps on the stadium stuff, their fans are pretty classless.