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Cider Jim wrote:According to the school paper, with our stadium expansion, we will be tied for the 4th largest college football stadium in Virginia behind:Blink twice, they'll expand it again.
1. Virginia Tech
2. UVa
3. Norfolk State
Both Liberty and JMU will be tied with 25,000 seat stadiums. But I'm really surprised that we aren't adding a few more seats to have a stadium larger than JMU, which is still FCS.
alabama24 wrote:Doesn't JMU still owe us one?
jimflamesfan wrote:If the "footers" are for the lodge seating, then those are like just a step down from the suites, but they are on the student side. So at least part of the student side has to become GA, no?I think the loge seats will be the top rows in front of the club. I don't think they go in until 2019.
JK37 wrote:Make them buy the chair. Very Trump-like.Genius idea! Even if it did come from a guy from Morgantown who was one of my students years ago.
Class of 20Something wrote:So, crazy thought here. The current three sections they're working on looks too large to be footers for the upper deck. They've mentioned loge seating, placing it there could keep it dry in inclimate weather and allow them to install electronics in loge sections.I went and checked out the boxes last week. The large rectangles that are visible are wood painted gray. Only the one closest to the FOC has any concrete poured, and it's a fairly small amount. They made the boxes so large out of an abundance of caution knowing students would be over there. The concrete that is there, I was told last week, is the indeed the footer but will also have a row of seats replaced on it. It's difficult to explain but if you walk over and look at it you may understand. It made sense to me when I saw it.
The footers on the home side are only about 3'x4'.
jimflamesfan wrote:I'm wondering about a couple of things.I could be mistaken but I thought IM said in a recent interview they were planning to move the visitors section to the east side, as well as have room for a band if any team chose to bring one.
1. I like adding the deck to the "Student side". It balances out the stadium. BUT, my question is who will be sitting there?
Are we going to make the new section GA seats?
Are we going to move the "Visitors section" which is currently on the Baptist side closest to the F.O.C.?
I doubt we would put the visitors on the student side.
The visitors section is currently section 109. For teams that bring a lot of away fans (Tech, Syracuse, ODU, Marshall, etc)...does the admin decide to make the away section 108 & 109 and 208 and 209.
And then the new deck becomes a part baptist/part student overflow on the student side.
But then do that have to have another ticket gate?
Thoughts or suggestions?
Class of 20Something wrote:was that before or after we beat them in the playoffs causing a bit of a meltdown on their board?alabama24 wrote:Doesn't JMU still owe us one?
They bought out.
Cider Jim wrote:Aw, shucks! I can feel the love.JK37 wrote:Make them buy the chair. Very Trump-like.Genius idea! Even if it did come from a guy from Morgantown who was one of my students years ago.
Class of 20Something wrote:Last I read, they "bought out" but didn't pay.alabama24 wrote:Doesn't JMU still owe us one?
They bought out.
LUGrad2000 wrote:I asked the ticket office if there would be premium seating in the new deck and they said it would all be GA.I love this.