The outside of the stadium isn't what matters, at all. And ours looks very nice from the front even if you can see under in in places. But no one here would not want this on occasion:





And many couldn't have that even if they wanted it.

The pressbox looks nice in the night pic, maybe I should update my rankings

(07-23-2019 04:14 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  

(07-23-2019 04:12 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(07-23-2019 04:08 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  I personally think the stadium is great looking and the concession overhaul sound excellent. I just wish you guys would have gone ahead and built to 30k.

Constrained by governmental and monetary concerns. The original plan was 35K minimum and on the river. The latter wasn't feasible for a multitude of reasons, and having to build over the original stadium made the former very difficult even if they money was there.

Both reasons make sense.

Man, talk about deflated when everyone heard we couldn't do it on the river. Soil samples proved it just not within reach w/out substantial investment.

(07-23-2019 07:38 PM)herdfan129 Wrote:  

(07-23-2019 02:29 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  To get back on track - here's a look at the concession offerings at the new stadium. Crab cake sandwich, fried shrimp baskets, build your own nachos. Hope it's as good as they make it sound.

https://www.odu.edu/news/2019/7/football...Tder-hKiUm

Not going to lie. Pretty jealous of that. Our concession options SUCKS.

I was pretty excited when they released this article. Our old concessions were the equivalent of a high school's IMO. They compensated by having food trucks parked around but it looks like they are really revamping the options and trying to up the experience. But as another posted noted, they may be very pricey, so we'll see how it plays out.

I still wish we could sell beer to the general public inside the stadium though

(07-21-2019 02:14 PM)odusteeler Wrote:  

(07-21-2019 09:29 AM)herdfan129 Wrote:  LOL....trust me. Marshall would never trade stadiums with ODU or WKU either. High school stadiums.

Then we don’t have an issue, ‘cause we certainly wouldn’t want your stadium either. No way ODU would want a stadium that doubles as a regional stock-car speedway.

Bingo!

(07-22-2019 02:13 PM)wh49er Wrote:  

(07-21-2019 07:49 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  Easily put him on tilt cit. Well done.

Marsha fans gonna be pissed when we announce stadium expansion in the fall, they might need to buy an extra 18 of Busch Light that day to suppress their anger.

Clt weeps for our creeks

(07-24-2019 02:50 AM)MUther Wrote:  The outside of the stadium isn't what matters, at all. And ours looks very nice from the front even if you can see under in in places. But no one here would not want this on occasion:





And many couldn't have that even if they wanted it.

clt says that top pic must be from an appy game. Bet they brought 47,500 To your stadium

(07-24-2019 02:50 AM)MUther Wrote:  The outside of the stadium isn't what matters, at all. And ours looks very nice from the front even if you can see under in in places. But no one here would not want this on occasion:





And many couldn't have that even if they wanted it.

Exactly right. Since they can never have that they just pretend it isn't worth it. Pretty easy to say that when you don't have a choice.

(07-24-2019 05:20 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 02:50 AM)MUther Wrote:  The outside of the stadium isn't what matters, at all. And ours looks very nice from the front even if you can see under in in places. But no one here would not want this on occasion:





And many couldn't have that even if they wanted it.

clt says that top pic must be from an appy game. Bet they brought 47,500 To your stadium

Wrong Mountaineer

(07-24-2019 05:23 AM)odu09 Wrote:  The pressbox looks nice in the night pic, maybe I should update my rankings

You should check out Toledo's stadium...one whole side is a pressbox.



It looks awesome at night though, too.

Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

(07-24-2019 08:41 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

No hate...very happy for them. Someone showed pictures of the backside of our stadium and said they didn't like it so I responded. Only one Herd fan is busting on ODU for this.

(07-25-2019 02:49 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 08:41 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

No hate...very happy for them. Someone showed pictures of the backside of our stadium and said they didn't like it so I responded. Only one Herd fan is busting on ODU for this.

I get that. No one from ODU should be busting anyone's chops about the 'backside of a stadium'. The backside of their previous visitor section wasn't anything to brag about. Heck, the backside of Va Tech stadium where students sit is nothing to brag about.

clt loves a good stadium architecture chat

(07-25-2019 06:32 AM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt loves a good stadium architecture chat

Now, now. CLT has gone into detail about UNCC standium and how it is built to expand to 150k seats in preparation for it's jump to the SEC.

(07-25-2019 06:23 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 02:49 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 08:41 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

No hate...very happy for them. Someone showed pictures of the backside of our stadium and said they didn't like it so I responded. Only one Herd fan is busting on ODU for this.

I get that. No one from ODU should be busting anyone's chops about the 'backside of a stadium'. The backside of their previous visitor section wasn't anything to brag about. Heck, the backside of Va Tech stadium where students sit is nothing to brag about.

Hmm i don't think anyone from ODU started going into the architectural/aesthetic details of Marshal's stadium before we got dragged into the conversation and its a UTSA fan and a Marshall fan that started this disk measuring contest.

(07-25-2019 06:46 AM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 06:23 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 02:49 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 08:41 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

No hate...very happy for them. Someone showed pictures of the backside of our stadium and said they didn't like it so I responded. Only one Herd fan is busting on ODU for this.

I get that. No one from ODU should be busting anyone's chops about the 'backside of a stadium'. The backside of their previous visitor section wasn't anything to brag about. Heck, the backside of Va Tech stadium where students sit is nothing to brag about.

Hmm i don't think anyone from ODU started going into the architectural/aesthetic details of Marshal's stadium before we got dragged into the conversation and its a UTSA fan and a Marshall fan that started this disk measuring contest.

WKUYG was talking exterior aesthetics, which I agree is somewhat important. You want a good looking stadium from the street. In the new stadium it seems the front (west side) will have some brick architecture and some kind of banners to cover the underside of the bleachers and will look pretty good. The other side will be mostly exposed from what I can tell. But yeah, it's just one Marshall fan taking jabs and I think he'd even admit it's an improvement from what we had. But when a Marshall fan takes jabs, then ODU fans respond in kind and then other Marshall fans have to jump in and defend their school. That's the way these things usually escalate. No big deal, message board bickering in the off season.

(07-25-2019 08:50 AM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 06:46 AM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 06:23 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 02:49 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 08:41 PM)va-eagle Wrote:  Marshall fans... I don’t understand all the hate. ODU is making a facility improvement. It is going to be a lot nicer than their old stadium.

No hate...very happy for them. Someone showed pictures of the backside of our stadium and said they didn't like it so I responded. Only one Herd fan is busting on ODU for this.

I get that. No one from ODU should be busting anyone's chops about the 'backside of a stadium'. The backside of their previous visitor section wasn't anything to brag about. Heck, the backside of Va Tech stadium where students sit is nothing to brag about.

Hmm i don't think anyone from ODU started going into the architectural/aesthetic details of Marshal's stadium before we got dragged into the conversation and its a UTSA fan and a Marshall fan that started this disk measuring contest.

WKUYG was talking exterior aesthetics, which I agree is somewhat important. You want a good looking stadium from the street. In the new stadium it seems the front (west side) will have some brick architecture and some kind of banners to cover the underside of the bleachers and will look pretty good. The other side will be mostly exposed from what I can tell. But yeah, it's just one Marshall fan taking jabs and I think he'd even admit it's an improvement from what we had. But when a Marshall fan takes jabs, then ODU fans respond in kind and then other Marshall fans have to jump in and defend their school. That's the way these things usually escalate. No big deal, message board bickering in the off season.

Pretty much. Can't wait for the season to get underway.

(07-24-2019 08:01 PM)MUther Wrote:  

(07-24-2019 05:23 AM)odu09 Wrote:  The pressbox looks nice in the night pic, maybe I should update my rankings

You should check out Toledo's stadium...one whole side is a pressbox.



It looks awesome at night though, too.

Noticed their pressbox/skyboxes are off-centered also. Must be a new trend.

(07-25-2019 06:35 AM)va-eagle Wrote:  

(07-25-2019 06:32 AM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt loves a good stadium architecture chat

Now, now. CLT has gone into detail about UNCC standium and how it is built to expand to 150k seats in preparation for it's jump to the SEC.

clt says the max capacity without serious demo is 60k