I think everyone knows that Akron is an awful football program, but their stadium is an absolute gem. I was really impressed with Rutgers Stadium, but I left Akron jealous last night. I know we do not have an extra $51 million laying around to build the same thing, but it still stings to see a MAC team with a stadium like that. I am actually a little surprised they are so terrible. Their facilities are top notch. Also, each road game makes me appreciate the 110 more. Akron's band was very active during the game, but their halftime show was boring. Kudos to the several 110 members that drove up for the game just as fans. They sat right behind us and were the loudest members of Bobcat Nation yesterday. I would estimate 1/3 or more of the stadium was green and white. Overall, it was a really nice day.
Akron's grass slope, if you were there and noticed, isn't just a random hill like ours is. It's there in the actual context of the stands. In other words, on the off chance that Akron football goes bigger time, they can gut that hill and put the seats in that they'd need to have to boast a bigger capacity. They could do the same thing with those two notches on the other end that currently have shrubs in them. This is what I'd do at Peden before even adding a second deck: 1. Tear down those two curved sections and make the north end of the stadium more inclusive and more closely tied to the area on the north end closer to the field. Include in the structure's "ground floor" a men's and women's restroom and another concession stand or two. 2. Level Victory Hill and establish a south end of the stadium that's more in the same style of the revamped north end. Ditto restrooms and concession stands. Leave some grass, but maybe as a midsection between a couple of sections of seating. 3. Raze the existing scoreboard structure. It's had its day. Hell, if you want, rebuild it bigger and better and in the same look - BUT closer to the action and in the context of the actual stadium. This time, enable camera placement atop it, since it'll be a lot closer. That way, we'll move into the 1980s, when you could see field goal cams on TV broadcasts from both endzones, not one endzone and the other looking all the way downfield toward the other end.
1. Tear down those two curved sections and make the north end of the stadium more inclusive and more closely tied to the area on the north end closer to the field. Include in the structure's "ground floor" a men's and women's restroom and another concession stand or two. 2. Level Victory Hill and establish a south end of the stadium that's more in the same style of the revamped north end. Ditto restrooms and concession stands. Leave some grass, but maybe as a midsection between a couple of sections of seating. 3. Raze the existing scoreboard structure. It's had its day. Hell, if you want, rebuild it bigger and better and in the same look - BUT closer to the action and in the context of the actual stadium. This time, enable camera placement atop it, since it'll be a lot closer. That way, we'll move into the 1980s, when you could see field goal cams on TV broadcasts from both endzones, not one endzone and the other looking all the way downfield toward the other end.
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