Maryland Football Stadium Expansion

Maryland Football Stadium Expansion#79951

By TallyW - April 25th, 2007, 8:31 am

- April 25th, 2007, 8:31 am #79951

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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#79964

By bigsmooth - April 25th, 2007, 9:14 am

- April 25th, 2007, 9:14 am #79964

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.

#80020

By TDDance234 - April 25th, 2007, 1:07 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 1:07 pm #80020

Maryland and "nice" don't belong in the same sentence.

#80055

By BrysOn_G - April 25th, 2007, 3:06 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 3:06 pm #80055

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.

#80062

By thesportscritic - April 25th, 2007, 3:27 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 3:27 pm #80062

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.

JT

#80080

By Sly Fox - April 25th, 2007, 4:30 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 4:30 pm #80080

A BCS school that wants to raise its seating capacity to 60k?

#80144

By bigsmooth - April 25th, 2007, 9:37 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 9:37 pm #80144

save it sly

......baylor is in a BCS conference and what is their stadium capacity?? im sure their are others in the big 12.

#80147

By Sly Fox - April 25th, 2007, 9:51 pm

- April 25th, 2007, 9:51 pm #80147

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.

#80177

By El Scorcho - April 26th, 2007, 7:54 am

- April 26th, 2007, 7:54 am #80177

Sly Fox wrote:Maryland on the other hand doesn't have any excuses.

Oh they have one big excuse. Maryland sucks.

#80184

By TallyW - April 26th, 2007, 8:04 am

- April 26th, 2007, 8:04 am #80184

I didn't realize there were so many Maryland haters on the board...

#80186

By LUconn - April 26th, 2007, 8:17 am

- April 26th, 2007, 8:17 am #80186

everybody tends to hate Maryland. They're pretty unlikable folks.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#80189

By bigsmooth - April 26th, 2007, 8:31 am

- April 26th, 2007, 8:31 am #80189

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.

#80198

By givemethemic - April 26th, 2007, 8:49 am

- April 26th, 2007, 8:49 am #80198

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....