Both UNT and FAU facilities are turning out to be beautiful stadiums. Here are some of my random advantages of both facilities.

Cement verse Steel Construction - Advantage UNT
Bleachers verse Seats – Advantage FAU
Colorful – Advantage FAU
Grass verse Turf – Advantage FAU
Tailgating – Acres of Park verse smaller palm lined areas – Advantage UNT
Scoreboards - 2 Jumbo Trons verse 1 Jumbo & 1 LED – Advantage UNT
Mean Green Village verse Innovation Village – Wash (Housing only)
End Zone – Grassy knoll verse Palm Trees in Corner – Advantage FAU
Press box – Tall verse Long – Advantage UNT
Smell - Sea Breeze verse Cut Grains - Advantage FAU
Environmental - LEEDs verse Not LEEDS - Advantage UNT

Add on…….

(07-25-2011 12:43 PM)UNTdude Wrote:  Both UNT and FAU facilities are turning out to be beautiful stadiums. Here are some of my random advantages of both facilities.

Cement verse Steel Construction - Advantage UNTBleachers verse Seats – Advantage FAU
Colorful – Advantage FAU
Grass verse Turf – Advantage FAU
Tailgating – Acres of Park verse smaller palm lined areas – Advantage UNT
Scoreboards - 2 Jumbo Trons verse 1 Jumbo & 1 LED – Advantage UNT
Mean Green Village verse Innovation Village – Wash (Housing only)
End Zone – Grassy knoll verse Palm Trees in Corner – Advantage FAU
Press box – Tall verse Long – Advantage UNT
Smell - Sea Breeze verse Cut Grains - Advantage FAU
Environmental - LEEDs verse Not LEEDS - Advantage UNT

Add on…….

What is the benefit of the Concrete over Steel? I see lots of hate on steel stadiums around but I dont think there is a huge difference. Now i will say that if you dont use facades or covering and just have exposed steel construction, then yes it does look like crap.

If I recall as well I think FAU has a larger number of "club" seating then UNT. Dont have the exact numbers but I seem to remember that reading the UNT board.

Thats a big source of revenue that FAU will have the advantage of.

As you said both stadiums are beautiful and enhance our programs as well as the 'Belt. Picking out the diffences between 2 super-models and saying which one is better. Both are great an in the end it doesnt matter since we both got to bring one home.

(07-25-2011 12:53 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  If I recall as well I think FAU has a larger number of "club" seating then UNT. Dont have the exact numbers but I seem to remember that reading the UNT board.

Thats a big source of revenue that FAU will have the advantage of.

As you said both stadiums are beautiful and enhance our programs as well as the 'Belt. Picking out the diffences between 2 super-models and saying which one is better. Both are great an in the end it doesnt matter since we both got to bring one home.

Curious, what are FAUs prices ?

UNT has 21 luxury boxes and around 720 club seats. Boxes sold out and over 500 club seats sold to date.

Pricing:
Boxes - $20,000 per year with 5 year committment
Club Seats - $25,000, $12,500 or $6,250 (depending on yard line) five year committment with additional $500 annual donation and $350 per seat.

I see no need to debate this topic. Both programs are getting much needed stadiums. Lets hope this motivates a few other Sun Belt programs to step up and improve their stadiums or build new ones. Investments in facilities can only help to improve the conference.

(07-25-2011 01:01 PM)MG61 Wrote:  Curious, what are FAUs prices ?

UNT has 21 luxury boxes and around 720 club seats. Boxes sold out and over 500 club seats sold to date.

Pricing:
Boxes - $20,000 per year with 5 year committment
Club Seats - $25,000, $12,500 or $6,250 (depending on yard line) five year committment with additional $500 annual donation and $350 per seat.

Taken from http://www.faustadium.com

Suites: (Unsure on Sales figues, Last I heard 8 sold, and 7 more "reserved" but that was months ago.)

A total of 24 suites will be located on the west side of the stadium in the press box area.

•First priority given to donors that make a minimum contribution of $100,000 (over 5 years).
•Suite commitments are for five-, four-, or three-year terms:
◦5 years ($26,760 Annually), 4 years ($29,760 Annually), 3 years ($32,760 Annually)

Loge Boxes: (All sold out)

A total of 26 loge boxes located on the west side of the stadium will offer spectacular views of the game and provide a memorable venue to entertain family and friends on football Saturdays

•Loge commitments are for three-, four-, or five-year terms.
◦5 seasons ($8,560 [six seat] and $5,707 [four seat] annually)
◦4 seasons ($9,060 [six seats] and $6,207 [four seats] annually)
◦3 seasons ($9,560 [six seats] and $6,707 [four seats] annually)

Premier Seating: (Unsure of sales figues to date)

The Premier Club level will have more than 1,000 outdoor club seats and an interior lounge with restrooms and upgraded food areas for club patrons. Outdoor club seating will feature chairback seats, cup holders and ample legroom.

◦5 year term: Total $1,080 per seat - Deposit $540 (10%) - $972 (90%) due annually
◦4 year term: Total 1,180 per seat - Deposit $472 (10%) - $1,062) (90%) due annually
◦3 year term: Total 1,280 per seat - Deposit $384 (10%) - $1,152 (90%) due annually
◦2 year term: Total 1,380 per seat - Deposit $276 (10%) - $1,242 (90%) due annually
◦1 year term: Total $1,480

Priority Seatin: (Unsure of sales figues, But I bought 3 of these)

The 4,000+ outdoor club seats (chairback) are located on the lower level on the west side and will have access to a 16,000-square-foot, covered outdoor lounge to view the game.

•Your seat location will be determined based on your priority points
•5 year term: Deposit $192.50(10%) - $346.50 (90%) due annually
•4 year term: Deposit $154 (10%) - $346.50 (90%) due annually
•3 year term: Deposit $115.50 (10%) - $346.50 (90%) due annually
•2 year term: Deposit $77 (10%) - $346.50 (90%) due annually
•1 year term: Total $385.00

So to surmise, it looks like FAU has roughly 5,000 "club seats", and a total of 50 "suites" both Outdoor and Indoor.

I do know that when FAU talked to UCF about thier stadium, they really stressed that the one thing they wished they had more of was club level seating, as thier sold out and there was demand for a lot more. I think FAU really took that to heart with all the different levels of "club" level available.

Both FAU and uNT will see a nice uptick in $$$$$$$$$

(07-25-2011 01:08 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  I see no need to debate this topic. Both programs are getting much needed stadiums. Lets hope this motivates a few other Sun Belt programs to step up and improve their stadiums or build new ones. Investments in facilities can only help to improve the conference.

Exactly!!!
it's beating a dead horse...
We are going to think ours is better,
NT is going to think theirs is better...
and Troy is still going to think theirs is BEST!!!


Point is it's good for both our schools, congrats to both of us.


the real question is scenery...

Ladies of NT


or Ladies of FAU

Not to look a gift horse in the mouth....but those women could have been the 'ladies of Destin, St Pete, Hollywood, etc'.....how do we know otherwise?

(07-25-2011 02:31 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Not to look a gift horse in the mouth....but those women could have been the 'ladies of Destin, St Pete, Hollywood, etc'.....how do we know otherwise?

they all have FAU tattoos on their butts, but if I showed that, it would be NSFW, and we can't have that now, can we?

I just think we need further proof these ladies attend school at FAU.....and no one would say a word about that kind of photo.

(07-25-2011 02:17 PM)NCowl Wrote:  

(07-25-2011 01:08 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  I see no need to debate this topic. Both programs are getting much needed stadiums. Lets hope this motivates a few other Sun Belt programs to step up and improve their stadiums or build new ones. Investments in facilities can only help to improve the conference.

Exactly!!!
it's beating a dead horse...
We are going to think ours is better,
NT is going to think theirs is better...
and Troy is still going to think theirs is BEST!!!


Point is it's good for both our schools, congrats to both of us.


the real question is scenery...

Ladies of NT


or Ladies of FAU

Only about 8% of your population is between the age of 18-24. 20% is over the age of 64. Boca is like one big retirement home. Most of your women are wrinkled, sagging, and have no teeth.

North Texas has TWO Ms.Americas. You should try making fun of a different school's girls.

And, FIU probably doesn't like you posting pictures of their girls in Miami.

I'm sure both stadiums are/will be nice . . . but I was surprised to see that UNT didn't have many chair-back seats near the field. Wouldn't those be a revenue generator?

(07-25-2011 08:41 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  I'm sure both stadiums are/will be nice . . . but I was surprised to see that UNT didn't have many chair-back seats near the field. Wouldn't those be a revenue generator?

I wouldn't rule out those middle sections changing to chair-backs in the future.

Give FAU the nod on having some bad ass options for donor giving levels. I don't know another school that has that many different ways to enjoy a game. I think it will be a hit.

(07-25-2011 08:21 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  And, FIU probably doesn't like you posting pictures of their girls in Miami.

if they were FIU girls, they would not have blond hair!

(07-25-2011 08:41 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  I'm sure both stadiums are/will be nice . . . but I was surprised to see that UNT didn't have many chair-back seats near the field. Wouldn't those be a revenue generator?

Chair backs for individual seats will be sold for $50.

FAU and UNT both have great stadiums and significant upgrades over what they had before. That being said....

What I like about FAU's stadium:

Chairbacks
Seat colors
Nice video board

What I don't like:
Corners: Why are they shorter than the rest of the stadium. It looks odd. Why not just add a few more rows in the corner to make a horseshoe?
Deck on Press box side: It makes the stadium look unfinished. Why not build seating all the way to the endzone?
Erector Set: Looks cheap

(07-26-2011 09:19 AM)NCowl Wrote:  

(07-25-2011 08:21 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  And, FIU probably doesn't like you posting pictures of their girls in Miami.

if they were FIU girls, they would not have blond hair!

are we sure that's their natural hair color???