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(08-30-2019 09:26 AM)40smokingcannon Wrote:  Looks good ODU. I hope SB Ballard and his crew got tickets to the first game. Those guys deserve recognition. Be there in a few weeks. See you then.

I agree. I work for a GC and while it's great that we get a lot of the credit and get recognized, often times the men and women who physically built the project get left out. Kudos to SB Ballard and Kudos to all the workers who made this all possible
08-30-2019 09:44 AM
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clt says your FB stadium is almost as nice as the tennis facility
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It's a big deal when one of our conference mates builds a new stadium. I'm super excited for the ODU fans and team. I hate it's going to be a while before USM is back in Norfolk.

Hope the new stadium brings you guys a lot of wins.
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I know this post may look like spam, but I hope its the last.
Here is the glimpse of our new stadium from our fans and media on twitter on the first game on our new stadium (for archive purposes).

light show



light show



A view from the air



check our sound system


view from the pressbox



View from the East stand




View from ground level


View from NEZ


View from East Stands


Another view from from East Stands


from the press pox


View from lower West stand


From the south zone
08-31-2019 10:56 PM
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Congrats on the stadium. It looks great.
09-01-2019 10:00 AM
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(08-31-2019 10:56 PM)xxxoduxxx Wrote:  I know this post may look like spam, but I hope its the last.
Here is the glimpse of our new stadium from our fans and media on twitter on the first game on our new stadium (for archive purposes).

light show



light show



A view from the air



check our sound system


view from the pressbox



View from the East stand




View from ground level


View from NEZ


View from East Stands


Another view from from East Stands


from the press pox


View from lower West stand


From the south zone

Great pictures, especially that last one taken from the North endzone. Really shows how packed the stadium was last night. Great game day atmosphere at ODU.
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(08-30-2019 09:26 AM)40smokingcannon Wrote:  Looks good ODU. I hope SB Ballard and his crew got tickets to the first game. Those guys deserve recognition. Be there in a few weeks. See you then.

Yes, Ballards entire crew were given tickets for last nights game. They even recognized them last night. Had them all stand to be recognized. One was near me. Gave him a thumbs up and a high five. Thought it was the least I could do.04-wine
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(09-01-2019 11:57 AM)Old Blue Wrote:  
(08-30-2019 09:26 AM)40smokingcannon Wrote:  Looks good ODU. I hope SB Ballard and his crew got tickets to the first game. Those guys deserve recognition. Be there in a few weeks. See you then.

Yes, Ballards entire crew were given tickets for last nights game. They even recognized them last night. Had them all stand to be recognized. One was near me. Gave him a thumbs up and a high five. Thought it was the least I could do.04-wine
Everyone who worked on the stadium also were given some nice looking polos that said "I built SB Ballard Stadium" across the back and all of them looked to be having a great time.
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Are both side uniform in the number of seats? How many do the sidelines hold, 9500 or so?
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[Image: NEW-Stadium-Aug-31-2019.png]

The stadium was packed. The announced attendance was 21,980, but they said was a SELLOUT Official capacity is 22,500.

IMO, the stadium looks larger than the 22,500. WE were on the east side not on the 3rd level, but the 2nd level concourse area. WOW, It was a great night for the fans and the opening of the stadium. I'm sorry the team played with no intensity in the 2 - 4th quarters. But the stadium looked AMAZiNG!

Loved the light show at the start of the 3rd quarter.
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ODU faithful, how did you guys like the new facility?

Biggest upgrades? Any issues? Just curious to how it went. Pumped up for you guys.

Full disclosure, I'm thinking about making the trek this year.
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(09-03-2019 09:07 AM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  ODU faithful, how did you guys like the new facility?

Biggest upgrades? Any issues? Just curious to how it went. Pumped up for you guys.

Full disclosure, I'm thinking about making the trek this year.

If you want the full list of complaints, head over here to our gripe thread: https://csnbbs.com/thread-881841.html

If you don't want to read all that, the biggest issues are concessions (think they can iron that out, just incredibly slow service), traffic flow for people, restrooms are only located on the ground floor (sucks for people in wheelchairs and those on the upper deck).

Biggest upgrades is you REALLY feel closer to the field than before. That was pretty awesome. Really felt like there's not a single bad seat in the house with how much closer the stands are and how they are angled towards the field.

Another upgrade is the sound system and lighting. Sound system has some kinks to work out, but having the light show at halftime was pretty sweet. Gone are the lights that take hours to turn on.

I really like how much the field seems to pop at night. Much more vibrant now.

Fan noise is upgraded too, the concrete used to absorb a lot, and now that we are in aluminum bleachers stomping is a nice way to add to the noise.

Hope you make the trip.
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(09-03-2019 09:07 AM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  ODU faithful, how did you guys like the new facility?

Biggest upgrades? Any issues? Just curious to how it went. Pumped up for you guys.

Full disclosure, I'm thinking about making the trek this year.

It's a great place to watch football. Get tickets on the west side.
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(09-03-2019 10:01 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(09-03-2019 09:07 AM)ImfromClayton Wrote:  ODU faithful, how did you guys like the new facility?

Biggest upgrades? Any issues? Just curious to how it went. Pumped up for you guys.

Full disclosure, I'm thinking about making the trek this year.

It's a great place to watch football. Get tickets on the west side.
Agreed. I was in W218 and it still felt like I was super close to the field.

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clt asks if you filled up that Pepsi machine before the game
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