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.
 
#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.
 
#113      
fuddrules
Altgeld's Bells said:
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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You a probably right. I just remember seeing them up at the top of the East Balcony.
 
#116      
Marshall_Lucky
Duke game was my first of the year, at my usual haunt in the west balcony. Unpopular take maybe, but I don't really like the new board. It distracts from the actual field and feels like it is now the product instead of the game itself
 
#118      
Mr. Tibbs
it will say “ The home of the fighting illini “

i’ll pick a nit - there should be more spacing between the words. esp in the name Gies Memorial Stadium
 
#119      
BalloonsTheElephant
Not specifically related to the Memorial Stadium experience, but watching a 3.5hr long football game with 45-60min of media timeouts really kills the energy in a stadium. Especially when you get the touchdown followed by a quick 3 and put or turnover. The new scoreboard adds a lot of excitement and visual stimulus to the GameDay experience, but football as a whole is getting tougher to sit through. MLB is now about 2.5 hours with shorter breaks, and college basketball is about a 2hr experience.

I may get hate for this, but this is my hot take for the season. Shorten the overall length of the contest. You sit 210 minutes to watch 10-15 of action.
 
#120      
Marshall_Lucky
BalloonsTheElephant said:
Not specifically related to the Memorial Stadium experience, but watching a 3.5hr long football game with 45-60min of media timeouts really kills the energy in a stadium. Especially when you get the touchdown followed by a quick 3 and put or turnover. The new scoreboard adds a lot of excitement and visual stimulus to the GameDay experience, but football as a whole is getting tougher to sit through. MLB is now about 2.5 hours with shorter breaks, and college basketball is about a 2hr experience.

I may get hate for this, but this is my hot take for the season. Shorten the overall length of the contest. You sit 210 minutes to watch 10-15 of action.
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The stoppages are getting nuts. Between the long timeouts after scores, possession changes, reviews, timeouts, injuries, challenges etc there is no flow to the game at all.

Makes it hard to get into the game, especially when the weather is unfriendly (you really notice it during the dead time).

I complained a few posts above but the board almost made it seem worse to me. The crowd is all watching TV instead of field action
 
#121      
IlliniCaboose
BalloonsTheElephant said:
Not specifically related to the Memorial Stadium experience, but watching a 3.5hr long football game with 45-60min of media timeouts really kills the energy in a stadium. Especially when you get the touchdown followed by a quick 3 and put or turnover. The new scoreboard adds a lot of excitement and visual stimulus to the GameDay experience, but football as a whole is getting tougher to sit through. MLB is now about 2.5 hours with shorter breaks, and college basketball is about a 2hr experience.

I may get hate for this, but this is my hot take for the season. Shorten the overall length of the contest. You sit 210 minutes to watch 10-15 of action.
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It's more time, but less football. I can't remember when this happened, maybe 5-10 years ago, the clock no longer stops when the ball carrier runs out of bounds except maybe the last 2 minutes of each half. So more time runs off the clock faster, but more media timeouts make the games take 30-45 minutes longer.
 
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