If so what are the latest plans?
aggiepaintrain said:
Is hear they are going to over build it like Kyle Field so it's never full. Makes sense.
Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:
Is hear they are going to over build it like Kyle Field so it's never full. Makes sense.
You're right
They should demolish 3/4 of the existing seating
At 1500 capacity, it will ALWAYS be full
First off, "never" is a long time. It won't be full every game, but it will be full at times
When the team plays well, tickets are scarce, people are in the grass. Give them bleachers. Treat them like you appreciate them
7500 capacity is not unreasonably large. Put a good product on the field and people will come.
And like I said, return 1B to GA.
MOGA
Make Olsen Great Again!
aggiepaintrain said:Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:
Is hear they are going to over build it like Kyle Field so it's never full. Makes sense.
You're right
They should demolish 3/4 of the existing seating
At 1500 capacity, it will ALWAYS be full
First off, "never" is a long time. It won't be full every game, but it will be full at times
When the team plays well, tickets are scarce, people are in the grass. Give them bleachers. Treat them like you appreciate them
7500 capacity is not unreasonably large. Put a good product on the field and people will come.
And like I said, return 1B to GA.
MOGA
Make Olsen Great Again!
I guess it will be full every 2 years when we play our "never again, non rival"
Add 500 seats, that's fine. 1400 more? That's fools gold.
And we do put a good product out there, Baseball has been our best men's major sport for a decade
Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:
Is hear they are going to over build it like Kyle Field so it's never full. Makes sense.
You're right
They should demolish 3/4 of the existing seating
At 1500 capacity, it will ALWAYS be full
First off, "never" is a long time. It won't be full every game, but it will be full at times
When the team plays well, tickets are scarce, people are in the grass. Give them bleachers. Treat them like you appreciate them
7500 capacity is not unreasonably large. Put a good product on the field and people will come.
And like I said, return 1B to GA.
MOGA
Make Olsen Great Again!
I guess it will be full every 2 years when we play our "never again, non rival"
Add 500 seats, that's fine. 1400 more? That's fools gold.
And we do put a good product out there, Baseball has been our best men's major sport for a decade
Baha
We put a very mediocre product out there, relative to what we should, given our resources and geography
7000 seats would prove scarce if we actually contended every few years
"Best men's sport in a decade" at A&M
What's that, like a tallest little person contest?
Bulletin ....major men's sports at A&M have been pretty mediocre for most of the last quarter century
We've taken steps to fix it in football and basketball recently
Baseball? Hmmm....
aggiepaintrain said:Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:Captain Pablo said:aggiepaintrain said:
Is hear they are going to over build it like Kyle Field so it's never full. Makes sense.
You're right
They should demolish 3/4 of the existing seating
At 1500 capacity, it will ALWAYS be full
First off, "never" is a long time. It won't be full every game, but it will be full at times
When the team plays well, tickets are scarce, people are in the grass. Give them bleachers. Treat them like you appreciate them
7500 capacity is not unreasonably large. Put a good product on the field and people will come.
And like I said, return 1B to GA.
MOGA
Make Olsen Great Again!
I guess it will be full every 2 years when we play our "never again, non rival"
Add 500 seats, that's fine. 1400 more? That's fools gold.
And we do put a good product out there, Baseball has been our best men's major sport for a decade
Baha
We put a very mediocre product out there, relative to what we should, given our resources and geography
7000 seats would prove scarce if we actually contended every few years
"Best men's sport in a decade" at A&M
What's that, like a tallest little person contest?
Bulletin ....major men's sports at A&M have been pretty mediocre for most of the last quarter century
We've taken steps to fix it in football and basketball recently
Baseball? Hmmm....
So according to this expert:
1. we are not very good
2. a good product is required to have butts in seats
3 and he wants to add 1400+ seats
got it
Nice find.Architelico said:
an Olsen remodel is not currently on the CIP. But Athletics can work in the grey area for capital planning, especially with donations, etc. so it is plausible that when/if it shows up, the project ( programming, design, construction) begins shortly thereafter. Looks like we are getting a new $30M indoor tennis center though...
http://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/treasury/pdf/FY20/TAMU.pdf
they've started on the swimming stuff, I haven't paid attention ,but I think they're working on tennis too.Architelico said:
an Olsen remodel is not currently on the CIP. But Athletics can work in the grey area for capital planning, especially with donations, etc. so it is plausible that when/if it shows up, the project ( programming, design, construction) begins shortly thereafter. Looks like we are getting a new $30M indoor tennis center though...
http://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/treasury/pdf/FY20/TAMU.pdf
Foxo said:
Not full ? Or sold out and not full? Too many existing seats not used by season ticket holders.
uncover&humpit said:
There were no singles even available when I went in to renew my tickets. I got invited to the donor presale on tickets and here is what the email said.
"Baseball individual game inventory includes a very limited quantity of upper reserved seating in section 201 and Lawn/SRO/GA tickets only. "
Not sure where those came from, but there may have been a few singles that didn't sell as season tickets. They dont have any problems selling tickets for actual seats, the grass and berms areas may actually keep some from buying because they dont want to sit in the lawn.
I'm pretty sure that these tickets are not sold as season tickets so that we have them available for visitor comps if we host in the post-season. A host team has to have a certain number of tickets available in the infield for visiting teams at tournament time. From what I've heard, not everyone does this--LSU, for example, kicks a rotating section of season ticket holders to the bleachers every year in order to accommodate visitor comps in tournament play, so that they can sell the maximum number of season tickets.uncover&humpit said:
There were no singles even available when I went in to renew my tickets. I got invited to the donor presale on tickets and here is what the email said.
"Baseball individual game inventory includes a very limited quantity of upper reserved seating in section 201 and Lawn/SRO/GA tickets only. "
Not sure where those came from, but there may have been a few singles that didn't sell as season tickets. They dont have any problems selling tickets for actual seats, the grass and berms areas may actually keep some from buying because they dont want to sit in the lawn.
TxAggieBand85 said:
I bought a pair of season tickets this year as those are indeed in short supply. Have no plans yet to attend any of the games. I will attend as much as practicable, love the Olsen Field games. Will post tickets available as the season gets closer.