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Al Bula
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In reply to MarathonAg03 • 11:21a, 7/14/15
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From that high up, you can still see how disjointed the West stands and South End Zone are where they meet.
They're supposed to be disjointed.
Agreed. Because some moron designed it that way.
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11:22a, 7/14/15
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11:29a, 7/14/15
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Like I've said... Segregation between poors and the rich
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In reply to Al Bula • 11:34a, 7/14/15
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What's wrong with the design?

Is non-disjointedness the most important consideration in the design of stadium seating?
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In reply to Al Bula • 11:47a, 7/14/15
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Agreed. Because some moron designed it that way

Do you ever do anything besides complain?
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In reply to Al Bula • 11:51a, 7/14/15
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From that high up, you can still see how disjointed the West stands and South End Zone are where they meet.
They're supposed to be disjointed.
Agreed. Because some moron designed it that way.
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In reply to 95_Aggie • 12:39p, 7/14/15
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Agreed. Because some moron designed it that way
Do you ever do anything besides complain?
You are in no way obligated to respond or acknowledge my posts. In general I avoid commenting on stuff I find dumb or childish, but I believe that shows your own lack of self control if you can't just skip over things which annoy you.

Kyle Field's design should have been thought out better so there were no gaps in level/decks.

Instead we have put lipstick on a pig all because a bunch of B/CS flatlanders were so freaked out about missing out on ONE football season.

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In reply to Al Bula • 12:41p, 7/14/15
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Will you now please answer the substantive questions that have been asked to you, please?
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In reply to Al Bula • 12:55p, 7/14/15
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Agreed. Because some moron designed it that way
Do you ever do anything besides complain?
You are in no way obligated to respond or acknowledge my posts. In general I avoid commenting on stuff I find dumb or childish, but I believe that shows your own lack of self control if you can't just skip over things which annoy you.

Kyle Field's design should have been thought out better so there were no gaps in level/decks.

Instead we have put lipstick on a pig all because a bunch of B/CS flatlanders were so freaked out about missing out on ONE football season.
I think if you actually stopped and studied it you would find that every last "oddity" in the stadium is the result of logical thought and consideration. An OCD-friendly cookie cutter stadium wouldn't achieve the goals implicit in the renovation.

We saved somewhere around $60-80 million by reusing the stadium parts that we did, that's money that was saved and able tot be poured back into making the stadium better. The reason for the majority of the oddities stem from the fact that the Zone was terribly designed in the first place and limited sight lines - necessitating the field to be moved and thus the student section is off-centered. The student section couldn't be lengthened to fit the new field because federal building codes would have dictated the seating be reconfigured and we would have lost thousands of seats where people only stand. If the west side perfectly aligned with the SEZ then the most expensive (i.e. revenue producing) seats in the stadium - second deck - would have been cut in half.

Does it look a little off, well yeah. That doesn't come from laziness or keeping all games in BCS, it came from having an extremely customized design that met all of our demands.

It's going to be the single best venue in the nation when done. A couple of quirks aren't changing that.
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1:00p, 7/14/15
I give the new kyle a 7/10. Would have been a 9/10 had they started from scratch. But a 7 ain't bad and is a lot better than the 3/10 we had.
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In reply to chipotle • 1:06p, 7/14/15
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I give it a redass 10/10
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In reply to Al Bula • 1:36p, 7/14/15
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From that high up, you can still see how disjointed the West stands and South End Zone are where they meet.
I know! Awesome, isn't it?
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2:25p, 7/14/15
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It's doubtful that we'll be hearing from 3rdCoastAg anytime soon.
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2:39p, 7/14/15
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It looks good. It's peer stadiums also have these same issues, its just the way they are built. The only teams building all-new stadiums are programs like Baylor, Houston, Minnesota. Programs only thinking about maybe drawing 50,000 people and certainly without requirements to seat 35,000 student level seats along a sideline.

Even peer stadiums that are considered "beautiful" like Ohio Stadium have these elements. They have pressbox/luxury suites slapped on top of what was the old seating bowl on one side, for example. The only symettrical peer stadiums are the ones that were designed as huge boring bowls. There is nobody out there judging stadiums by how closely their seating decks line up. It just doesn't matter unless you're looking for something to complain about.
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3:11p, 7/14/15
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It just doesn't matter unless you're looking for something to complain about.

I'm pretty sure that is all 3rdCoastAg is interested in.
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In reply to MarathonAg03 • 3:16p, 7/14/15
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It's doubtful that we'll be hearing from 3rdCoastAg anytime soon.

Woohoo!
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In reply to rcb05 • 5:00p, 7/14/15
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From @ablack82 on Twitter. Wow...


Just think, it all started with a single decision. I'm so glad we pulled the trigger.

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5:36p, 7/14/15
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Fitch for President
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In reply to duffelpud • 7:16p, 7/14/15
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Please tell me this is a duffelpud 'shop!
If not, I'd love to know the story behind it.
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In reply to Counterpoint • 7:24p, 7/14/15
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I believe that picture was from one of those click-bait articles 'top xx engineering failures of all time'.
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7:57p, 7/14/15
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Whinny *****es be damned!

The only word that will apply come football season is:

SPECTACULAR!
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1:10p, 7/17/15
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Looks to me that what they are installing is a "French drain", both across the field and around the perimeter.

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In reply to torrid • 1:48p, 7/17/15
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what they are installing is a "Freedom drain"
FIFY
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2:14p, 7/17/15
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No, it's French - it helps the water run away.
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The West side deck is getting "Welcome to Aggieland" installed. (Construction Cam; West Side; Archive View)
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In reply to geolag02 • 2:35p, 7/17/15
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The West side deck is getting "Welcome to Aggieland" installed. (Construction Cam; West Side; Archive View)

Since "welcome" is 7 letters and "aggieland" is 9, the "to" isn't going to be centered. WTF!
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In reply to chipotle • 2:43p, 7/17/15
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The West side deck is getting "Welcome to Aggieland" installed. (Construction Cam; West Side; Archive View)

Since "welcome" is 7 letters and "aggieland" is 9, the "to" isn't going to be centered. WTF!
Dag nabbit. More disconnect!!! Will the madness never end????
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In reply to Moe 92 • 2:45p, 7/17/15
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what they are installing is a "Freedom drain"
FIFY

As I was typing it in, I was wondering how many posts it would take for that to happen. I figured three or four.
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In reply to torrid • 3:23p, 7/17/15
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what they are installing is a "Freedom drain"
FIFY

As I was typing it in, I was wondering how many posts it would take for that to happen. I figured three or four.
Underestimating TexAgs
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4:34p, 7/17/15
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Since "welcome" is 7 letters and "aggieland" is 9, the "to" isn't going to be centered. WTF!
WELL COME TO AGGIELAND

fify
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4:54p, 7/17/15
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In reply to duffelpud • 5:05p, 7/17/15
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Since "welcome" is 7 letters and "aggieland" is 9, the "to" isn't going to be centered. WTF!
WELL, COME TO AGGIELAND!

fify
and now it makes grammatical sense
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5:08p, 7/17/15
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WELCOME TO AGGIEL
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Problem solved.












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In reply to chipotle • 11:17a, 7/18/15
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I give the new kyle a 7/10. Would have been a 9/10 had they started from scratch. But a 7 ain't bad and is a lot better than the 3/10 we had.


Agree
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In reply to chipotle • 11:58a, 7/18/15
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I give the new kyle a 7/10. Would have been a 9/10 had they started from scratch. But a 7 ain't bad and is a lot better than the 3/10 we had.


Completely agree. It's never going to be on a "top 10 coolest looking stadiums" list, but it is a significant improvement for us.
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