that we all have likely attended at one time or another is undergoing a major facelift. This is the home field side. The big press box and now appears to be the west side stands are taking the first hit. Will be interesting to see how it all ends up in a year or so.......
Looks like the Liberty Bowl.....
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Memphis State should have built a 30,000 seat on campus stadium years ago.
Wonder if the whole stadium is coming down? That would be pretty epic. I've seen a lot of games in that stadium. The way the stadium was designed had pretty good views from most seats. They're supposed to build a soccer stadium on the Fairgrounds for the 901 FC professional team also. A lot of the blighted areas surrounding the east area of the fairgrounds is being bought up and revitalized. So they're investing a lot of money in the Fairgrounds sports complexes.
The city of Memphis should’ve committed to a new stadium 35-40 years ago for the NFL expansion bid. Instead they put lipstick on a pig.
West side of Davis Wade stadium. However &tate never will..... doesn't have the private and corporate financial backing Memphis does.
Already planned to add suites and eliminate the press box. Just pushed back due to the ruling on revenue sharing.
....because they don't have the money to do both.
They were never close to getting a NFL Team. They probably should have spent all the money they wasted chasing the NFL to lobby a major conference into admitting Memphis State.
State is 2-0 when Taylor Hicks performs. Also performed halftime at Auburn when we won.
Nobody is building that didn't already have it all locked in. Alabama has put off building a new basketball facility, TN has delayed building, OM has done the same. It's all over college athletics. Building costs shot up and then the revenue sharing ruling. It's called being smart.
I truly don’t understand this. You knock out the seats people will actually pay to sit in and replace them with…a flat tailgate area??
Surely the end zones would have been a smarter play for this nonsense.
They are spending $57 million on a practice facility announced June 6, is that what you're referring to or was there supposed to be a new arena?
I'm with you on this, what a great idea, take out the best seats and replace it with a slab.
I get it, but shirley they did the math/surveyed demand. That plaza is ground level, and I'll bet will be made a grand entrance. Plus that's the away side in the renderings.
They were scheduled to build a whole new arena and backed off of it. Coleman is bad and they wanted to build a new one but backed off.
Never seen anything remotely like this. Will be interesting to watch and see how their fans respond to it.
Just because it's Monday and Monday I procrastinate......
Latest article I saw on Tennessee said they upped their budget to $387 for the total renovation project of Neyland and are in the phase 1 of 3. No mention of anything being on hold.
Speaking of Alabama, so what on their plans for Coleman coliseum..... I haven't been there since 2003.... but rode over there this past weekend. Wow. Everything from Bryant Denny to the student union to their dorms is first class. Lots of money on that campus.
But comparing UT and Bama really isn't fair. However I envy Memphis St being able to upgrade their stadium. Whatever our reasons for not doing so.... it seems to be the same mantra in Starkville as always...do without today to save for tomorrow.
Latest article I saw on Tennessee said they upped their budget to $387 for the total renovation project of Neyland and are in the phase 1 of 3. No mention of anything being on hold.
Speaking of Alabama, so what on their plans for Coleman coliseum..... I haven't been there since 2003.... but rode over there this past weekend. Wow. Everything from Bryant Denny to the student union to their dorms is first class. Lots of money on that campus.
But comparing UT and Bama really isn't fair. However I envy Memphis St being able to upgrade their stadium. Whatever our reasons for not doing so.... it seems to be the same mantra in Starkville as always...do without today to save for tomorrow.
Tend to agree. They are clinging to a lost hope and a relic of the old era (Liberty Bowl). I'd have cancelled that long ago, they are going along the wayside. Should have invested in the University, especially with the playoff coming.
The major universities already have these monstrosities of football stadiums, so that's where first round games will be. Then the big bowl games will be concentrated in the cities like Atlanta and Dallas, who have exponential funds.
Memphis should have concentrated on their prize jewel, the Grizz. And then obviously the soccer route is a good idea. But middling and minor bowl games?....man, that's a dead end street.
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