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I love the stadium design, but all the unexessary stuff that is being put around the stadium will take away from it. Keep it simple

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Unless this is just the column piece for the statue. That piece was to be limestone or something and wasn't sculpted like the figures.



Column really looks like the front portion of the statue in question. Guess we will find out on Sept 11

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Is it an "n" or "h"?

Will someone please clean the lens on the west exterior camera?

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And why do we need that statute outside of our Football stadium? It would go better on a different part of campus

I love the stadium design, but all the unexessary stuff that is being put around the stadium will take away from it. Keep it simple

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Just need to take Kyle Field statues to the next level....surround the stadium with bronze Bonfire Perimeter Guard Statues linked together so no one can get into Kyle Field at all.

Any new pictures? It looks like they've gotten a lot of site work done since the last set.

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When are they putting that adidas zig zag crap in the end zones?

It's so beautiful

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What's with the diagonal aisle section?? Was that there last year??

Is that a new font for the numbers?

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What's with the diagonal aisle section?? Was that there last year??

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The rows above the diagonal were raised to allow for the standing students in the line of sight. They're new this year.

EDIT: Sorry for the thumbs down, I fat fingered the icon.

You never disappoint.

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Is that a new font for the numbers?

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Looks like it matches the new Texas A&M font that'll match the signage & uniforms.

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The rows above the diagonal were raised to allow for the standing students in the line of sight.

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That would only happen at A&M!

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The rows above the diagonal were raised to allow for the standing students in the line of sight.

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That would only happen at A&M!

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#AggieWorld"Problems"

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What's with the diagonal aisle section?? Was that there last year??

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The rows above the diagonal were raised to allow for the standing students in the line of sight. They're new this year.

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Another black-eye for Populous. Im beginning to think that HKS would've done a better job at designing this renovation - never thought I'd say that.

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The rows above the diagonal were raised to allow for the standing students in the line of sight. They're new this year.

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Another black-eye for Populous. Im beginning to think that HKS would've done a better job at designing this renovation - never thought I'd say that.

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HKS doesn't seem to understand the value of shade, at least based upon what they did with Amon Carter. Honestly, all the disjointed stuff you see at Kyle is the result of 2 decisions: (1) we had to have a bigger stadium than t.u., which meant we had to keep east 2nd and 3rd deck so as not to lose that grandfathered seating density; and (2) we wouldn't play a season away from Kyle.

Change those two things, and we could have knocked down everything but the upper levels of the north endzone (rip out the lower deck, but leave the concourse, club level, and upper deck) and ended up with something that would have been a little more pleasing to the eye. However, we didn't go that direction, so a bunch of compromises had to be made in order to work within the parameters set by Sharp, et al.

Sure... Lose that seating... Err standing density. You would lose thousands of seats that the university/athletic program loses who knows how much revenue on student tickets that would not get allocated elsewhere.

It's done.

GET OVER IT

Slight counterpoint... It made sense to keep the 2nd and 3rd student decks we would have lost to ADA standards because they stand...but the upper deck of the SEZ was something added on from the design Loftin approved to boost capacity.

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There's been a concrete edge there for years. It's well outside of the actual playing field. What's grass right now is larger than what will be the painted boundaries.

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Now that I see the lines, it looks pretty close IMO.

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Sure... Lose that seating... Err standing density. You would lose thousands of seats that the university/athletic program loses who knows how much revenue on student tickets that would not get allocated elsewhere.

It's done.

GET OVER IT

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Who peed in your post toasties? I'm just pointing out the reason why we kept those sections. I've got some long-term concerns about whether we will need that many seats in the future (see the discussion on the ASU game about staying home and watching on TV if you want to know why), and suspect the decision was driven as much by chasing the largest capacity number as by logic, but it's not totally illogical, so I'm OK with it.

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There's been a concrete edge there for years. It's well outside of the actual playing field. What's grass right now is larger than what will be the painted boundaries.

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Now that I see the lines, it looks pretty close IMO.

Only if the players are skating or trying to not lift their feet off the ground while in motion. Also during a game there are so many people (team, camera, journos, staff) on the sideline there is probably less than 2 feet around the entire field without some type of vertical obstruction.

That concrete edge is at field level and essentially level with the field and track. It is a non-issue, it will operate fine and will look fine.

Not looking fine is the jacked-up Zone Club section with the diagonal row and raised seats. It is ridiculous it was planned and built without the sight-lines from that section taking into account the students on the second deck and the fact they will be standing.

Really that section and the one next to it are poor, they face directly across the stadium to the other sideline. At least on the west sideline the end sections are somewhat angled in toward the 50.

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The field is the memorial.

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lol ... this crap again?

it was a joke....seeing as how this thread gets derailed for the dumbest things, might as well bring that crap up again for no reason

I don't have any pics to offer......sorry

have we had a "G" on the goal line in the past?

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have we had a "G" on the goal line in the past?

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No. It's traditionally been 'K' for kiss/kill yourself, depending on which team was scoring.

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I love how the student section appears indented. Gives it both a framed look, and hopefully works like a megaphone.

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There's been a concrete edge there for years. It's well outside of the actual playing field. What's grass right now is larger than what will be the painted boundaries.

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Now that I see the lines, it looks pretty close IMO.

Only if the players are skating or trying to not lift their feet off the ground while in motion. Also during a game there are so many people (team, camera, journos, staff) on the sideline there is probably less than 2 feet around the entire field without some type of vertical obstruction.

That concrete edge is at field level and essentially level with the field and track. It is a non-issue, it will operate fine and will look fine.

Not looking fine is the jacked-up Zone Club section with the diagonal row and raised seats. It is ridiculous it was planned and built without the sight-lines from that section taking into account the students on the second deck and the fact they will be standing.

Really that section and the one next to it are poor, they face directly across the stadium to the other sideline. At least on the west sideline the end sections are somewhat angled in toward the 50.

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I wonder why that couldn't just move the "courtesy seating" to that portion of the student section so that the people in the zone would not have to look over any one standing up

Or just make that section season ticket holders.