Gies Memorial Stadium

#101      
Fighter of the Nightman
Also RE: my recent rendering with a concourse behind the SEZ, this picture shows the space we would have. Even at the shortest distance (i.e., directly behind the middle of the scoreboard), there is still quite a lot of space between the scoreboard and that small brick wall, let alone the curb.

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You could easily extend the "underground" concourse area toward the current brick wall (right in front of that orange crane) and revamp that area to be a bit nicer, while having an upper concourse above it like in the rendering Chat GPT had done. So in the picture below, I imagine the new brick retaining wall roughly following the footprint / curvature of the smaller one in the photo above, with us effectively replacing that outdoor space where fans wait to get in with an "indoor" (or at least covered underneath the concourse) space. So you wouldn't need a ticket to get underneath the concourse area, just to get past a certain point.

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I really wish I were an engineer / architect / graphic designer right about now, because this would be so fun. :ROFLMAO:
 
#103      
hhoene
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Also RE: my recent rendering with a concourse behind the SEZ, this picture shows the space we would have. Even at the shortest distance (i.e., directly behind the middle of the scoreboard), there is still quite a lot of space between the scoreboard and that small brick wall, let alone the curb.

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You could easily extend the "underground" concourse area toward the current brick wall (right in front of that orange crane) and revamp that area to be a bit nicer, while having an upper concourse above it like in the rendering Chat GPT had done. So in the picture below, I imagine the new brick retaining wall roughly following the footprint / curvature of the smaller one in the photo above, with us effectively replacing that outdoor space where fans wait to get in with an "indoor" (or at least covered underneath the concourse) space. So you wouldn't need a ticket to get underneath the concourse area, just to get past a certain point.

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I really wish I were an engineer / architect / graphic designer right about now, because this would be so fun. :ROFLMAO:
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Changes are coming to below the scoreboard. My understanding is the brick wall is coming down eventually. Not sure what replaces it.
 
#108      
Mr. Tibbs
ChiefGritty said:
The actually-existing NEZ would be workable as a low-cost family-friendly area too, it could really all work together.
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agree

sooner or later , thats it’s destiny

gotta get students back jnto Block I to do what they did for 50 years .

we own the card section & need to bring it back to its glory days & make it a national deal again
 
#111      
Altgeld's Bells
fuddrules said:
The last band I recall visiting Gies, USC last year, was shoved up in section 208.
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I actually think the USC band was on their own island up in 202 or 203, further north and away from their fans in 109. The Marching Illini were able to drown them out. That is the best place for the visiting bands. Why give them a prime location in 109 close to the field at the south end zone where they are loud when we are trying to score in south end zone? That is not a home field advantage.
 
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