Should we have an aqueduct too since the Astros have one and the rangers are copying it?
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TWK said: https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/2820346/5
Arkansas has 8 or 9,000 permanent seats, but the ones down the lines are so bad (they don't angle in down the line, so you face CF) that no one would buy those as season tickets, so you can buy those for individual games. LSU sells bleacher seats as season tickets all the way down the lines.
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dermdoc said: https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/2820346/5
Have you been to Arkansas? Anything past the first and third base lines are horrible. They face toward cf basically. You can not see anything on the infield, the batter, or pitcher. I have been there for every SEC game the Ags have played and it sucks because that is where they always put us. Hell, Vandy does not even have a bathroom, you have to walk about a quarter of a mile to use the bathroom at their fb stadium. And the bleachers at Miss State are the absolute worse. As are the seats where they put us for LSU. All you can see is the outfield.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsen_Field_at_Blue_Bell_Park
A&M capacity - 6,100
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http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/baum-stadium/
Arkansas Capacity - 10,737
Arkansas Average Attendance - 8,335 (third best average in the country)
Max Attendance - Baum Stadium set a new record attendance mark of 12,167 as the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Missouri State Bears 3-2 in an NCAA Super Regional game.
So basically if you have more seats attendance will be higher no matter how bad the seats are. And I agree with that. I want more seating, I just do not want seating like at Arkansas or Miss State. Respectfully, if you have not been to those places I do not think you realize how bad the views are.Aggie1 said:Quote:
TWK said: https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/2820346/5
Arkansas has 8 or 9,000 permanent seats, but the ones down the lines are so bad (they don't angle in down the line, so you face CF) that no one would buy those as season tickets, so you can buy those for individual games. LSU sells bleacher seats as season tickets all the way down the lines.The facts are:Quote:
dermdoc said: https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/2820346/5
Have you been to Arkansas? Anything past the first and third base lines are horrible. They face toward cf basically. You can not see anything on the infield, the batter, or pitcher. I have been there for every SEC game the Ags have played and it sucks because that is where they always put us. Hell, Vandy does not even have a bathroom, you have to walk about a quarter of a mile to use the bathroom at their fb stadium. And the bleachers at Miss State are the absolute worse. As are the seats where they put us for LSU. All you can see is the outfield.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsen_Field_at_Blue_Bell_Park
A&M capacity - 6,100
Arkansas Baum for comparison:Quote:
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/baum-stadium/
Arkansas Capacity - 10,737
Arkansas Average Attendance - 8,335 (third best average in the country)
Max Attendance - Baum Stadium set a new record attendance mark of 12,167 as the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Missouri State Bears 3-2 in an NCAA Super Regional game.
You can argue how bad the view is beyond the infield seating at Baum, but it doesn't seem to dampen the spirit and attendance figures. For SEC games the average attendance typically is "sold out". And the weather can be a lot colder/unpredictable for much of the earlier part of the season. see link posted
No those same people will ***** about how bad the seats are and why should they have to pay full price.twk said:
If your goal is to have the AD build seats that will be available as individual game reserved seats, and not sold as season tickets (which some folks apparently want), then you actually do want them to build crappy seats. Of course, that kind of falls into the "other people's money" category, if you expect the AD to spend money building seats which will not generate enough revenue to pay for their construction.
And I was trying to be nice. You are exactly right. Basically people want other people to give money to build more seats that will lose money so that they have seats to the select games they want to see. Which is fine. The balancing act comes between money from "other people" vs turning off young grads who are future donors.twk said:
If your goal is to have the AD build seats that will be available as individual game reserved seats, and not sold as season tickets (which some folks apparently want), then you actually do want them to build crappy seats. Of course, that kind of falls into the "other people's money" category, if you expect the AD to spend money building seats which will not generate enough revenue to pay for their construction.
probably using the same construction company and track/softball are up first.fidoduga said:
So i've heard it said that the money has already been raised for the Olsen expansion. If that is true, why do we have to wait until the softball stadium is built? Why can we start in June?
The project would go out for bid. I could see a concern with a lot of the same trades being used at the same time. With all of the work going on in College Station right now getting enough people no matter the contrator will be an issue to do all of those at once.Icecream_Ag said:probably using the same construction company and track/softball are up first.fidoduga said:
So i've heard it said that the money has already been raised for the Olsen expansion. If that is true, why do we have to wait until the softball stadium is built? Why can we start in June?
You guys don't think we'd keep up the grass? C'mon now, we know grass when it comes to our AD. Empty seats just look bad.Capt. America said:
If it's kept up well, a berm looks fine. When the grass is thrown by the wayside, it looks worse than empty stadium seats.
I'm saying the berms we have right now are mostly dead grass.RockTXAggie said:You guys don't think we'd keep up the grass? C'mon now, we know grass when it comes to our AD. Empty seats just look bad.Capt. America said:
If it's kept up well, a berm looks fine. When the grass is thrown by the wayside, it looks worse than empty stadium seats.
1: Softball has been a part of the master improvement plan for a while.fidoduga said:
So i've heard it said that the money has already been raised for the Olsen expansion. If that is true, why do we have to wait until the softball stadium is built? Why can we start in June?
greenyjoe said:
Take it for what it's worth, but I'm a current student who just voted for "Expansion of Student seating at Olsen" as my class of '18 gift. That's why I clicked on this thread to see if there's actually any fire to this smoke. Reading it on the ballot was the first I heard of it, although I think it's more than warranted even if I never get to use it.
The " DermBerm"!!dermdoc said:
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