What’s not helping draw fans is 4 straight years without a B1G win at home. Difficult to generate interest from casual or potential new fans with such a dismal record at Shi Stadium.
I personally like it. It brought life to what was a very sit on your hands fan base. Some people hate it. They seemed to have found a balance between the two. It seems like night games and big games it trends more to music while day games and rent a victim games they let the band play more.
You will get no arguments from me. Beaver stadium is a dump. It in major need of renovations or building a entire new stadium. I think you will hear more about the plans I. The next year or two. Like I said before in this thread likely there will be a reduction in capacity and focus on fan amenities. The days of adding more seats for more revenue is over.
Do you think it is a divide between older fans (liking the less frenetic/noisy atmosphere) and the younger fans liking the constant barrage of song samples and DJ blasts? Does the PSU stadium have a distributed sound system (speakers throughout the stadium), or a set up like SHI Stadium, where the sound is directed from one end of the stadium by a single bank of speakers?
Have heard that the stadium seating is very crowded/tight. Some people call it an "erector set."
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This is the best post in this thread. The days of stadium expansion are over.
Been saying this for years. The light stanchions need to have better lights or a longer length.
Yes the older fans tend to not like it. I am about the dividing line is at 45. Penn State also has a single point speakers with a few distributed under some of the upper decks.
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The stadium seats are very cramped. Erector set is great but the best I have heard is a high school stadium on steroids. I laugh when people suggest it hold events like an nhl game.Have heard that the stadium seating is very crowded/tight. Some people call it an "erector set."
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The ol’ Erector Set could stand a few upgrades
Seems other B1G stadiums are being renovated with more premium seating and hospitality clubs, like Camp Randall.
CR Future Project: Camp Randall Stadium South End Zone Renovation
The renovation of the South End Zone at Camp Randall Stadium is a step Forever Forward in modernizing one of the best venues in collegiate athletics. Our goal is to transform the game-day environment for our fans and to provide an unrivaled Student–Athlete experience.
Wish we could do like at Great Adventure where you buy their mug/cup and use it for the whole season. For fountain drinks and maybe a hot chocolate or coffee option.
Maybe they can do better lighting and distributed speakers a the same time. The scoreboard speakers are way too loud, though they do drown out the dying transformer sounds from the lights from time to time. The two combined are like we're being subject to extreme interrogation... some of the games have been torture too.
That would be good for the environment too. Surprised that Rutgers has not already implemented and encouraged this?
I am trying to remember this but I can’t recall when it was?
You could do in a few ways…colors or number/design etching.
Yeah, nobody cares…
Disney makes a fortune off their refillable popcorn buckets. I was there once for the first day of some "Figment" popcorn bucket at Epcot and the line, I kid you not, was at least 6 hours long. Lunatics. Its $20 for the hunk of plastic and you refill for a $1. It is supposed to be while you are there staying at a resort... but most people seem to never put popcorn in it.
The PSU music volume makes our stadium music volume seem like a quiet lullaby 😃
I don't think Homeland Security will allow us to use those refillable cups 😉 😂... Our concession stands need major upgrades to add a full tap system for various drinks and actual cooking equipment.Disney makes a fortune off their refillable popcorn buckets. I was there once for the first day of some "Figment" popcorn bucket at Epcot and the line, I kid you not, was at least 6 hours long. Lunatics. Its $20 for the hunk of plastic and you refill for a $1. It is supposed to be while you are there staying at a resort... but most people seem to never put popcorn in it.
Disney does have the scale to make something like that work.
As for the hot chocolate/etc at Shi.. I recall they always had trouble keeping the stands supplied... especially upstairs. Maybe they need a way to put the refillable stuff on tap.. hot coffee and hot chocolate pipes from some central brewing location as the stands don't seem to have the equipment nor recipes.
If you think this is remotely true I have a bridge to sell you. First of all UPMC medical system has a completely independent budget apart from the university. The athletic department is not giving money to build hospital.
I'd be very surprised if we ever downsized to below 50K. Like UNC, we should convert most seats to full individual chairbacks, except for the student section. I think our current seats are 21" wide (could be wider at 22" or 24"), but someone please correct me if I'm wrong. UNC chairbacks with armrests are 22" wide, so we'd only lose ~2,000-2,500 seats, if we converted the 39,000 seats in upper deck (~10,000) and lower bowl (~29,000), excluding south end zone. Current capacity is 52,454, so losing 2,000-2,500 keeps us at 50K and adding suites or more club seats on the west side would add 500-1,000 seats.
Yes. Just get top quality that doesn't fade too much and too quickly and is pink in 2 years.
The ones at Giants Stadium I sat in for years stayed pretty red.
