Hopefully that's not a sign that over half the board will be ads at all times during the games.
Gies Memorial Stadium
movies are made in an aspect ratio that doesn’t translate to our super wide board
I have no idea how many ads they will sell , but I hardly expect they will be shown while the gsme clock is ticking
filling up that board with valid content all game long is a full time job for someone though
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
^^ Just another annoying reminder that if the appetite never arrives for some massive SEZ renovation, we can choose to make this massive scoreboard the focal point going forward, VERY cheaply bring the first row of Horseshoe seats down to field level, add some sort of wall behind the last row of the Horseshoe to help trap noise / make the stadium look more complete, wrap a bow on GMS and call it a day!
Of course, the DIA would probably elect for something cheaper than the beautiful brick / column architecture that makes the rest of the stadium so beautiful, but ... you get the point. Such a relatively tiny "project" would make Memorial Stadium look about a million times better in my book.
Then some day if we are somehow trotting out 10+ win teams like it's nothing and demand is there for like 80k seats, you can add a second deck in the same style of the rest of the stadium and, of course, you have the whole NEZ with which to work, as well.
Of course, the DIA would probably elect for something cheaper than the beautiful brick / column architecture that makes the rest of the stadium so beautiful, but ... you get the point. Such a relatively tiny "project" would make Memorial Stadium look about a million times better in my book.
Then some day if we are somehow trotting out 10+ win teams like it's nothing and demand is there for like 80k seats, you can add a second deck in the same style of the rest of the stadium and, of course, you have the whole NEZ with which to work, as well.
I really like this idea! I’m starting to resign myself to the fact that I don’t think a SEZ renovation is going to happen. I would love to be proved wrong though. If we used all of the 100 million on the SEZ what would that look like minus the big new scoreboard? With the new scoreboard doesn’t that signal that there is no long term plan for a SEZ renovation? I would have been ok with the work done in phases just as long as there is a plan. What am I missing here?
One thing to keep in mind is we are the upper 1% of obsessed Illinois sports fans, so the things we talk and care about might not even cross the mind of the average fan. If this was an issue that the larger fan base cared about I'd like to think it would be something Josh cared about as well, but every time I've heard him asked about it in interviews or press conferences (and it's been at least a couple different times) he's seemed fairly dismissive of the idea. He HAS TO know how bad it looks, especially compared to the rest of the stadium, and even the rest of the big ten. How many other teams have a large portion of there stadium that looks unfinished and just slapped together? Not to mention how it effects fan interaction in game.
So my only theory is that he knows it's bad and wants to fix it but he also knows the money/ donors just aren't there right now and doesn't want to get anyone's hopes up that it'll get fixed any time soon as it would take multiple 9 figure donations or a decade of increased demand for more seats.
So my only theory is that he knows it's bad and wants to fix it but he also knows the money/ donors just aren't there right now and doesn't want to get anyone's hopes up that it'll get fixed any time soon as it would take multiple 9 figure donations or a decade of increased demand for more seats.
Shief
- Champaign Area
I support closing in the SEZ's lower bowl - there may need to be a middle or corner field access tunnel kept through - and some kind of brick wall at the back. If we want to keep in sound, I can see there being banners/advertisement signs on either side of the scoreboard.
Yep. More seats closer to the field, however possible. I’m 199% with ya on that.
I will say…
I took the little guy down to watch (Mirk’s favorite movie at fam-night)…and wow! I was pleasantly surprised how much more imposing that makes things feel. Also, it’s much much more echo-y…which is obviously a double win! If you haven’t experienced it yet…I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised too! A HUGE step in the right direction-to say the absolute least.
The tunnel is getting a little rehab so it's staying. They're doing work on nearby parking as well.
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