(02-08-2016 06:10 PM)PA-GAMECOCK Wrote:  Watched the 5 o'clock Philly news to night and they had a news piece on protestors at Temple protesting the new stadium. The Temple Board was inside discussing the new stadium. Anyone else see it or hear about it.

Basically the BOT was meeting to discuss moving on with the stadium process and creating designs and measuring environmental impact. The protestors are a small group of uber liberal students who are too shortsighted to not understand the benefits the stadium will have on the school as well as the blighted community. It's the same backlash that happened when Temple built the Liacouras Center basically.

Also the vote was unanimous in favor of going ahead with the preliminary designs

(02-08-2016 06:48 PM)TforTempleU Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 06:10 PM)PA-GAMECOCK Wrote:  Watched the 5 o'clock Philly news to night and they had a news piece on protestors at Temple protesting the new stadium. The Temple Board was inside discussing the new stadium. Anyone else see it or hear about it.

Basically the BOT was meeting to discuss moving on with the stadium process and creating designs and measuring environmental impact. The protestors are a small group of uber liberal students who are too shortsighted to not understand the benefits the stadium will have on the school as well as the blighted community. It's the same backlash that happened when Temple built the Liacouras Center basically.

students gonna student

http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=368025621

(02-08-2016 09:02 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=368025621

There's a whole lot of "if's" in that article...

They haven't even started the design process yet, but you make it sound as if the thing is already built.

I give it about 50-50 chances of ever getting to ground-breaking.

The design is done preliminarily they just can't tell people that. It is getting done.

(02-08-2016 09:39 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 09:02 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=368025621

There's a whole lot of "if's" in that article...

They haven't even started the design process yet, but you make it sound as if the thing is already built.

I give it about 50-50 chances of ever getting to ground-breaking.

And what calculations led you to those percentages

(02-08-2016 09:39 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 09:02 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=368025621

There's a whole lot of "if's" in that article...

They haven't even started the design process yet, but you make it sound as if the thing is already built.

I give it about 50-50 chances of ever getting to ground-breaking.

It will get done. We went through the same circus routine before we got the Liacouras Center built. The community views Temple as its sugar daddy, and wants a handout. Which the trustees will agree on with council president Clarke. Then he will be all smiles at a press conference, and say what a great neighbor Temple is.

Its just usual politics in Philly.

(02-09-2016 08:21 AM)taximan1 Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 09:39 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 09:02 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=368025621

There's a whole lot of "if's" in that article...

They haven't even started the design process yet, but you make it sound as if the thing is already built.

I give it about 50-50 chances of ever getting to ground-breaking.

It will get done. We went through the same circus routine before we got the Liacouras Center built. The community views Temple as its sugar daddy, and wants a handout. Which the trustees will agree on with council president Clarke. Then he will be all smiles at a press conference, and say what a great neighbor Temple is.

Its just usual politics in Philly most major U.S. cities.

FIFY

Traditional design calls for even seating on each side .

The better design is something like Levi or Ford field.
Placing the suites closer and stacked on one side.
End zone seating can be bleachers and similar to the Seahawks stadium. Mid forties is fine for P5 so it needs to be easy to expand to that capacity.