I learned more about the portable seating for MSU. It sounds like we are trying to find a way to add this seating, but both location, cost, and fire marshall rules are proving to be difficult. It is still something being worked on but not decided. And as for the new video scoreboard, they are planning to use the same steel structure for support. Video board will be larger, new sound system, and either one or two video boards to be attached to Seelye depending on cost.
Sell hill seats instead. Infinitely more character.
This game will be a defining moment. I saw some posters on mlive poo-pooing the game since it's not a MAC Game.
But we can convert an entire freshman class (maybe more) with a great game. Hopefully some students who show up in their MSU gear even get punched in the face, and the student section refines itself much like when the Levites had to thin the Israelite herd after the golden calf debacle.
(04-25-2015 12:45 PM)Hiller4Hyz09 Wrote: Sell hill seats instead. Infinitely more character. Absolutely!
This game will be a defining moment. I saw some posters on mlive poo-pooing the game since it's not a MAC Game. Are they nuts? This is a P1G team coming into Waldo!
But we can convert an entire freshman class (maybe more) with a great game. Hopefully some students who show up in their MSU gear even get punched in the face, and the student section refines itself much like when the Levites had to thin the Israelite herd after the golden calf debacle.
If a hotdog wrapper caught on fire is it going to spread to the concrete or the steel bleachers?
UM is a 100k people trapped in a hole in the ground with a buch of tiny escape routes. It's silly that Fire Marshall Bill is throwing his weight around and not allowing portables.
(This post was last modified: 04-26-2015 07:37 AM by Chipdip2.)
(04-26-2015 09:49 AM)Dirty Ernie Wrote: Fire Marshall has a great burden of responsibility.
Agreed. Having worked with our local fire marshal on several occasions, I don't envy the man's job. Always ends up being the bad guy. Often times very frustrating, but in his defense it's wrong -- borderline immoral -- to justify sacrificing convenience for lives and safety. I'm sure they'll find a middle ground eventually, and make this work.
Quote:Often times very frustrating, but in his defense it's wrong -- borderline immoral -- to justify sacrificing convenience for lives and safety.
... but you Can sacrifice lives & safety based on build date -- when it's FAR from safety range?
"Yeah, your house is built out of toothpicks held together by flammable adhesive. But, it was allowed back in 1880, so, we'll allow it... Even expand on the house. Hey, I wasn't the fire marshall then..."
I don't see Waldo flammable. You also have the hills on one side opening it up even more when the entire football field catches fire. :)
I don't think it's about something catching fire At All -- but about people needing to exit without trampling and being stuck for gawd knows how long -- like a rain storm (that actually happened vs MSU and UM).
I don't mind us 'only' being able to add 15k seats instead of 20-25k. Hopefully Fire Marshall Bill isn't a prick and tries telling us what's safe & what's not, being a redneck UM fan.
(04-26-2015 07:13 AM)broncojohnny Wrote: For the first time in my lifetime students will only get in this game via a lottery system......limited number of seats available to our students..
This is not entirely true. The Marshall game also limited student seats. But I think it was just first come first serve. I think it sold out student seats by like Thursday of game week. Certainly not the demand of this ticket.
I was at the scUM - WMU game in AA when is was delayed and then cancelled because of a thunderstorm. They had to empty the stadium during the delay and it was pure mayhem. Throw into the mix that cell phones don't work in that hell hole and you have family that were sitting apart that couldn't find each other. It was like some weird scene from a war movie.
They must pay big bucks in bribes to get that place approved by the city. I couldn't imagine what the scene would be like with a fire.
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