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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1803842" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>Well, done, my friend. Love those compare/contrast photos. You and I share a similar, OCD <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> approach to such analyses.</p><p></p><p>Several observations:</p><p></p><p>I visited Memorial Stadium in Bloomington in '90. It still had that grass slope at the north end of the stadium. It was an overcast fall afternoon and the place was open, as was the (fake) Assembly Hall next door. I thought the football stadium had a certain charm. Assembly Hall reminded me of a concert hall the way the seats swept up the sides of the arena. I'd love to see a game there someday.</p><p></p><p>Value City Arena at OSU is IMO the definition of lame. I finally got in there last fall on a weekday afternoon. Went to its gift shop to buy a T-shirt (no one tell @Skyldub that!) and talked my way into the arena, where the men's team was practicing. It's just a large, generic bowl arena. Granted, I've never seen it on game day, but it seems to me that St. John Arena was so much better. (I noted my prejudice to a childhood friend of mine later in the week over lunch and she shot me a glare. Apparently she likes the new arena.)</p><p></p><p>I visited Madison in '88. Camp Randall was many years away from renovation but was interesting. The Field House next door was a wonderful old barn. Later that week I was in Minneapolis and saw The Barn. You're right, the Field House had that vibe, only it was smaller. And, frankly, kinda dilapidated at that point. I read years later that the athletic budget in the late '80s was so depleted from years of mediocre-to-atrocious revenue sports teams that the roof of the Field House had holes that weren't patched. If you sat in the rafters for a game, it was not uncommon for snow to trickle through the holes and onto spectators.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad I saw most of the BT stadiums in the '80s before they were renovated.</p><p></p><p>And let me reiterate: Michigan Stadium, even filled to the brim on game day (v. Illinois, Sept. 2001), has all the character, charm and subtlety of a jack-booted thug.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1803842, member: 2886"] Well, done, my friend. Love those compare/contrast photos. You and I share a similar, OCD ;) approach to such analyses. Several observations: I visited Memorial Stadium in Bloomington in '90. It still had that grass slope at the north end of the stadium. It was an overcast fall afternoon and the place was open, as was the (fake) Assembly Hall next door. I thought the football stadium had a certain charm. Assembly Hall reminded me of a concert hall the way the seats swept up the sides of the arena. I'd love to see a game there someday. Value City Arena at OSU is IMO the definition of lame. I finally got in there last fall on a weekday afternoon. Went to its gift shop to buy a T-shirt (no one tell @Skyldub that!) and talked my way into the arena, where the men's team was practicing. It's just a large, generic bowl arena. Granted, I've never seen it on game day, but it seems to me that St. John Arena was so much better. (I noted my prejudice to a childhood friend of mine later in the week over lunch and she shot me a glare. Apparently she likes the new arena.) I visited Madison in '88. Camp Randall was many years away from renovation but was interesting. The Field House next door was a wonderful old barn. Later that week I was in Minneapolis and saw The Barn. You're right, the Field House had that vibe, only it was smaller. And, frankly, kinda dilapidated at that point. I read years later that the athletic budget in the late '80s was so depleted from years of mediocre-to-atrocious revenue sports teams that the roof of the Field House had holes that weren't patched. If you sat in the rafters for a game, it was not uncommon for snow to trickle through the holes and onto spectators. I'm glad I saw most of the BT stadiums in the '80s before they were renovated. And let me reiterate: Michigan Stadium, even filled to the brim on game day (v. Illinois, Sept. 2001), has all the character, charm and subtlety of a jack-booted thug. [/QUOTE]
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