[Kolzilla41]

Have they started clearing the land or done anything for the new stadium site yet? I hope they don't wait for all that white stuff to get on the ground to start this project.

Hey Trot. From what I remember, this construction will not start until sometime in the spring to be ready by Spring 2012.

Oh hey, I wonder who said Spring 2012

[bigsmooth]

the big questioni was told from the project mgr is whether or not to tear down david's place or remodel it for the clubhouse.

[BJWilliams]

The big question he is no doubt asking is which would be more cost effective but at the same time would fulfill the purpose for the baseball team.

[logic]

David's place needs to go, otherwise the clubhouse will end up looking like the one we already have. And shouldn't a clubhouse go underneath the stadium, attached to the locker room, that is then attached to the dugout?

Go big baby, go big. Spend the money. Christian....better, etc. Go big or go home!


http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewA ... LID=187022


We don't need something quite that big, but we need luxury boxes and a second deck for club/luxury seats. Let us build this thing for 20-30 years from now, not thinking just 5 years down the road. Construction costs are low right now, right? Build baby build!

[jbock13]

Sounds like they are accounting for possible snow.

It doesn't snow here anymore beej. It makes me sad

[bigsmooth]

The big question he is no doubt asking is which would be more cost effective but at the same time would fulfill the purpose for the baseball team.

im sure everyone was aware of that BEE-JAY

[ballcoach15]

Does any LU Guru know when they are gonna start work on new stadium ?

[SENOREIDA]

According to the Wikipedia entry on the Big South Conference, Worthington Stadium is now listed with a 2,500 seating capacity, which will make it the largest stadium in the Big South Conference (even bigger than Coastal's).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_South_Conference

Not to rain on your parade but, Coastal approved a brand new stadium today.
It will be able to accommodate 5-6,000 people come the 2014 season
http://www.goccusports.com/sports/m-bas ... 12aaa.html

[BJWilliams]

Does any LU Guru know when they are gonna start work on new stadium ?

My guess is they wanted to wait until after winter for much of the work to begin but I dont think anyone planned for a much milder winter like we have been having (course one good snowstorm and even if they did start now itd be set back)

[PAmedic]

According to the Wikipedia entry on the Big South Conference, Worthington Stadium is now listed with a 2,500 seating capacity, which will make it the largest stadium in the Big South Conference (even bigger than Coastal's).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_South_Conference

Not to rain on your parade but, Coastal approved a brand new stadium today.
It will be able to accommodate 5-6,000 people come the 2014 season
http://www.goccusports.com/sports/m-bas ... 12aaa.html

congrats to your guys and Coach Gilmore- great program down there... but lets be honest about the seating capacity. from your own SID:

The 33,000-square-foot baseball project expands the 850-seat Watson Stadium to include 2,500 permanent seats, with the potential to accommodate between 5,000-6,000 for events like an NCAA postseason tournament. The current configuration will accommodate the extra 3,000-plus fans as a result of grass berms down the right and left field lines and a boardwalk around the outfield wall.

LAWN seating. Its cool though- we have tons of lawn seating as well. But we're talking about seats: 2500 is 2500. A good number. The rendering looks sweet tho. http://www.goccusports.com/view.gal?id=110032

[jcmanson]

Speaking of renderings, where's ours?

[PAmedic]

Speaking of renderings, where's ours?

guess they need to decide where to put it before they figure out what it will look like?
this is LU after all

[movement20]

[Sly Fox]

From the podcast posted in General Sports forum, here is Jeff Barber with the latest on the stadium project:

Baseball stadium is, there's some work being done now and a lot of work being done behind the scenes. And there has been for quite some time on the design and the building phase of all that. There's a road being built right now that will be bringing in a lot of dirt. Just by the location, we have to bring in 90,000 cubic yard of dirt. And there will be a big retaining wall out behind the leftfield wall. But that's moving along nicely. We're really, really excited about that. It will be 2500 chairback seats, a couple of suites and a club room. A new baseball office building with hitting tunnels with weight room and training room and all. And we are opening up, I believe, it is February 22nd with Penn State. We do expect to meet that deadline, of course. Probably the baseball building would not be quite completed. But we expected that from the beginning. But the field and the pressbox and everything else should be. We have several concessions stands, restrooms, souvenir booth. Just a lot of different things there. It will look like a very, very nice minor league stadium. We're excited about that.

[jbock13]

It's LU lol, did you really think it would get built in time???

Thank you for posting Sly. Can't wait to see it next Spring.

[krh44]

Very excited about the new stadium. I love the seats at Coastal with the umbrellas in the outfield, wish we would add those.

[krh44]

I like the souvenir booth. I have been trying to find a LU baseball shirt but the bookstore has not had one in XL forever. I have been trying for the last several years to find one........

[therealbodoyle]

Looks nice other than the netting in the outfield. Reminds me of Goodwin Field as CSF.

[drumnColby757]

Just a thought but will we now need our flames pass to get in the stadium? Will parents and community have to pay to attend the games?

[skywalker5291]

Yes to all of the above

[therealbodoyle]

Just a thought but will we now need our flames pass to get in the stadium? Will parents and community have to pay to attend the games?

Your baseball games are free?

[BJWilliams]

Oh yes...always have been that I can recall.

[LUconn]

Just a thought but will we now need our flames pass to get in the stadium? Will parents and community have to pay to attend the games?

Your baseball games are free?

aside from the very few seats that currently exist, there's no way to keep people from just sitting down on the hillside. Think of it as a softball field at the park. How could you charge people who just walk by and sit down?

[drumnColby757]

So the new field will be turf....thoughts?

[Cider Jim]

So the new field will be turf.

Is this confirmed? If so, what's your SOURCE?