Richmond Spiders Football Stadium Upgrade

Richmond Spiders Football Stadium Upgrade#94190

By givemethemic - June 27th, 2007, 3:39 pm

- June 27th, 2007, 3:39 pm #94190

I was going through the Richmond Spiders web-site and stumbled upon this...I don't think that has been posted before...

http://richmondspiders.cstv.com/facilit ... rings.html

#94203

By Sly Fox - June 27th, 2007, 4:07 pm

- June 27th, 2007, 4:07 pm #94203

I hadn't seen them. Those are pretty sweet. But they seem to somehow find money for those types of projects. They have a small but generous alumni base.

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By bigsmooth - June 27th, 2007, 4:45 pm

- June 27th, 2007, 4:45 pm #94228

when you have first market bank putting their name on it and bobby ukrop from ukrops supermarkets giving cash that certainly helps. UR stadium that exists now is a dump though that old place used to host the NCAA men's soccer final four.

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By Stevev - June 27th, 2007, 8:43 pm

- June 27th, 2007, 8:43 pm #94285

It holds 9,000. Not that much when compared to other 1AA stadiums. I don't think that they draw very well anyway thanks to the small enrollment. I am assumming that they are putting field turf down and not grass.

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By PeterParker - June 27th, 2007, 9:24 pm

- June 27th, 2007, 9:24 pm #94298

bigsmooth wrote:when you have first market bank putting their name on it and bobby ukrop from ukrops supermarkets giving cash that certainly helps. UR stadium that exists now is a dump though that old place used to host the NCAA men's soccer final four.

A $1.388 Billion Dollar endowment doesn't hurt either.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.--John Quincy Adams

#94462

By thepostman - June 28th, 2007, 1:59 pm

- June 28th, 2007, 1:59 pm #94462

This might just be me, but i hate when football stadiums include the track...in high school it "ok" but not really preferred for me...in college, especially if you are Division I; put the track somewhere else....its brings the fans closer to the field...its just better...

ok thats my opinion...i am done here

#94497

By Sly Fox - June 28th, 2007, 4:16 pm

- June 28th, 2007, 4:16 pm #94497

Obviously it is preferred to have a separate track facility. But that really didn't become commonplace at all up until the past 15-20 years. And some schools don't have the financial wherewithal to be creating track-specific facilities.

#94498

By jimflamesfan - June 28th, 2007, 4:22 pm

- June 28th, 2007, 4:22 pm #94498

I'd like to see JMU, Richmond, ODU, Coastal, Appy State, or some others, and LU jump to 36,000 stadiums.

It'd be great if we could all form a conference and go 1-A together. (I know it's not probably...but I can dream, can't I?)

#94501

By Sly Fox - June 28th, 2007, 4:23 pm

- June 28th, 2007, 4:23 pm #94501

Its not that crazy of a dream, jim.

#94504

By SuperJon - June 28th, 2007, 4:26 pm

- June 28th, 2007, 4:26 pm #94504

jimflamesfan wrote:I'd like to see JMU, Richmond, ODU, Coastal, Appy State, or some others, and LU jump to 36,000 stadiums.

It'd be great if we could all form a conference and go 1-A together. (I know it's not probably...but I can dream, can't I?)

JMU - couldn't fill it
Richmond - definitely couldn't fill it
ODU - they haven't even played a game
CCU - they have trouble filling an 8000 seat stadium for day games
App - they could in a heart beat
LU - let's average full capacity for 12,000 first