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Here's my big concern: With the decrease in foul territory on both sides, will section 205 still be able to interact with the DD's bringing bats back to the visitor dugout?

TexasRebel, you have some of the worst retorts I've ever seen. It's sometimes hard to tell if you're actually serious about how you feel or just trolling, because you do such a poor job of explaining your point of view.

And just for the record, my dad lived in Puryear and while sad to see it go, he realized it had seen its better days and was beyond repair. He's just glad to see a life sciences building take its place.

let me help out the OP a little bit...sometimes switching/upgrading to new stadiums can add an unexpected "corporate" feel to the ballpark and the experience. The ballpark loses its personality and charm so to speak.

Some examples:

Texas Stadium to Jerryworld
Rosenblatt to the new Omaha stadium
Old Yankee Stadium to the new Yankee Stadium

One thing that contributes greatly to this effect is the pricing out of the hardcore blue-collar fan. As long as $Bill doesn't do that, the new Olsen should be okay.

Stevie Wonder can see TexasRebel is a perma-troll

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Tradition that is, apparently, fleeting.

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Bear Bryant had a '56 Chevy. He fleeted to Alabama. I didn't know his nickname was Tradition. ???

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Some examples:

Texas Stadium to Jerryworld
Rosenblatt to the new Omaha stadium
Old Yankee Stadium to the new Yankee Stadium

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With all those they moved to an actual new location, some miles away. With Olsen they are building a structure around the stands. 201-205 will still be there for students to yell at the opposing team. You will still be able to stand in the concourse, now with more room. The people in aggie alley will still have their spot. We will still see the train pass by even though there are tents behind it now. The bases are still 90 feet apart.

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New Yankee Stadium in next to where old Yankee Stadium was

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Doing so takes money, and if individuals aren't stepping up with enough, then corporate dollars will be considered. But regardless of where the money comes from, large donations of that type come with naming rights. It could have just as easily been Olsen Field at LastName Stadium.

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I'd actually be a lot happier with Olsen Field at Kruse Stadium than Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Not as happy as if they'd just kept the name as it was, but...

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I'd actually be a lot happier with Olsen Field at Kruse Stadium than Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park

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With all those they moved to an actual new location, some miles away. With Olsen they are building a structure around the stands. 201-205 will still be there for students to yell at the opposing team. You will still be able to stand in the concourse, now with more room. The people in aggie alley will still have their spot. We will still see the train pass by even though there are tents behind it now. The bases are still 90 feet apart.

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End of thread.

BTW I was sort of against the Blue Bell Park name, but as time has gone on i am ok with it since it is a Texas company that happens to be owned by Aggies. I can't think of a better "corporate" sponsor to have if we have to have one.

Most of the posters on this board are out of touch with what the 12th Man Foundation is working to accomplish. The TMF has made most of these changes working with the baseball head coach and $Bill. These changes are what the AD and coach need to keep attracting quality baseball players. Not all athletes are dying to play for the Aggies. Many are going to play where they get the best deal or at a nice facility.

For the people pissing and moaning about the name change you could have donated $7M to not have a new name, but you did not. Aggies on TexAgs are all big talk. We were not even able to Light the Letters on Kyle Field and that was only $150K.

The coach and TMF are putting their money where they think it will do the most good.

There will be a lot of changes for our athletic facilities in the near future. Soccer has out grown its location, track and field needs new facilities and G. Rollie White will be torn down in the next couple of years.

College athletics is an arms race. Period. I hate it, hate it, hate it...but it's just the way it is. We can get on board or get run over...those are our only two choices.

The corporate sell out stuff bothers the crap out of me...but getting water boarded on recruiting bothers me more. I hate what Kyle Field has become, but unfortunately that's what we have to do just to keep our heads above water in the college football world.

Sucks? Yes, very much so.

Necessary? Also yes, very much so.






But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. – Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)

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Wait what?

"The days of crappy A&M athletic facilities are over!"

They have been over for several years now. We have had the top overall athletic dept. in the Big-12 for the past 2 years. More NCAA NC than the rest of the Big-12 combined in the last 3 years.

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clueless post. they just spent 1 mil upgrading the current facilities, hence the new name Ellis Field.

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I'd actually be a lot happier with Olsen Field at Kruse Stadium than Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. Not as happy as if they'd just kept the name as it was, but...

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why does anyone really care either way? do you have a vested interest in the name? I could not care less if they named the place after someones pet if they donated a ton of money to upgrade our facilities resulting in better players and better results, as long as the game day atmosphere is not trashed. Holding onto traditions that only hold us back is why we are playing catchup in many areas. It's not the name on the outside that counts its whats on the inside.

Because I am dramatic and nostalgic and I live in the past.

"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"

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Texas Stadium to Jerryworld
Rosenblatt to the new Omaha stadium
Old Yankee Stadium to the new Yankee Stadium

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I wasn't around, obviously, but correct me if I'm wrong...wasn't Texas Stadium, when it opened, pretty much what Jerryworld is today? An over the top, build as many fancy suites as we can, keep the big spenders in the suburbs and away from the "nasty" inner city, ego boost for a rich oil man?

Now it's a symbol of the "good ole days"?

Give the new places some time, they'll build their own list of memories, which is what made those old places special. Playing at Texas Stadium wasn't special because there was something inherently spectacular about a locker room with current Olsen Field style amenities and running down a hallway with electric wire running every which way. It was special because long gone Super Bowl championship teams ran down that same tunnel decades ago. It is the memories that make those places special, to me, at least, and there's not a wrecking ball on this earth that can tear down a memory of mine.

Is it sad to see those places go? Sure. But Olsen Field isn't actually going anywhere, anyways. We'll be watching pitchers from the same pitchers mound, batters in the same batters box, from, generally, the same spot we have been watching them. I enjoy a day at Wrigley Field just as much as the next guy, but I can't say I mind comfortable seats and clean, working bathrooms, either.

The bottom line is that people will be upset either way, renovating the place is probably the best way to balance all the viewpoints and meet the goals of A&M athletics.

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TXAggie2011 with perhaps the most rational post I've seen on this topic.

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Then you aren't looking hard enough obviously...

TexasRebel, you must STILL be fuming from when Ag football went from this:



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Think of all the TRADITION we lost through those phases!

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I was unaware we forced students to miss entire seasons while adding onto the existing structure of Kyle.

Yeah, I feel bad for the students that don't get to watch any games at Olsen this year because of the construction.

Who is "forcing"... and seasons? as in multiple?

Sacrifices must be made, we must strive to be the best we can be. I don't think they will be playing out-of-state every game during construction. Ehh, so what, worst case is you'd miss 6-7 Kyle games in your 4 year college experience, or in my case, 5 years!

Hey brad. Come on in out of left field

E. King Gill was called out of the stands 5 years before any portion of any current athletic facility was built. We are The 12th Man. Everything else is secondary. The buildings have and will continue to come and go. They are only tools to facilitate the 12th Man showing its support.

This guy is kidding right? I mean I am not here every day but I am hoping he is playing a schtick of some kind.

What I get out of this thread:

TexasRebel is an idiot.

moses is still standing on northside...though it is inhabited by only freshmen, and half of those freshmen are girls...

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