Gies Memorial Stadium

#127      
OskieWowWow
Dan said:
"Whitman said there are no current plans to renovate the south horseshoe at Memorial Stadium because the project would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. He said the horseshoe also offers fans an economical price to attend Illini football games, and a renovation to the horseshoe would greatly increase prices. The Illini are looking into further upgrades to the east and west sides of the stadiums and will debut new WiFi, new lights and a new videoboard (the largest in college football) this fall."

https://247sports.com/college/illin...baseball-illinois-field-renovation-287976889/
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Ugh, I was hoping we could at least find some cost-effective way to fill in that void between SEZ and the horseshoe
 
#128      
Mr. Tibbs
Dan said:
"Whitman said there are no current plans to renovate the south horseshoe at Memorial Stadium because the project would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. He said the horseshoe also offers fans an economical price to attend Illini football games, and a renovation to the horseshoe would greatly increase prices. The Illini are looking into further upgrades to the east and west sides of the stadiums and will debut new WiFi, new lights and a new videoboard (the largest in college football) this fall."

https://247sports.com/college/illin...baseball-illinois-field-renovation-287976889/
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in other words ,
we have no plans right now to start any significant renovation or expansion to GMS, unless we get one or two mega donors to pony up & underwrite all or most of it .

any “temp bleachers “ like we had in mid-late 1980’s in front of the horseshoe would only happen if there was HUGE demand and they could sell it out for all home games. my guess is Josh just isn’t expecting that demand to materialize in the next year or two .
 
#129      
Fighter of the Nightman
Mr. Tibbs said:
in other words ,
we have no plans right now to start any significant renovation or expansion to GMS, unless we get one or two mega donors to pony up & underwrite all or most of it .

any “temp bleachers “ like we had in mid-late 1980’s in front of the horseshoe would only happen if there was HUGE demand and they could sell it out for all home games. my guess is Josh just isn’t expecting that demand to materialize in the next year or two .
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How many bleachers would it even take to fill in that ugly empty space, though?? If the concern is not being able to sell the tickets, these new sold tickets in the front rows of the Horseshoe would simply be sold before either the corner nosebleeds in the East Balcony or the very back rows of the "hidden" East Main seats underneath the East Balcony, and we would all be better off for it, lol. In other words, we don't need to be able to sell 63K+ tickets for it to still be worth it to fill in that space.
 
#130      
FGCUIllini
Fighter of the Nightman said:
How many bleachers would it even take to fill in that ugly empty space, though?? If the concern is not being able to sell the tickets, these new sold tickets in the front rows of the Horseshoe would simply be sold before either the corner nosebleeds in the East Balcony or the very back rows of the "hidden" East Main seats underneath the East Balcony, and we would all be better off for it, lol. In other words, we don't need to be able to sell 63K+ tickets for it to still be worth it to fill in that space.
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Why not add the bleachers and have the DIA provide those seats for free to Non-profit/Charities, and Local/Regional Schools to use? At a minimum, those in the free seats could/may still purchase concessions. Furthermore, having SOMETHING there is better than nothing, and it would contribute to the game day experience. Win/Win/Win in my book. For the big marque games (OSU, UM, Iowa, etc) open them up for sale to the general public if demand warrants.

Someone here knows I am sure what the capacity was when we did have bleachers down there in the 80/90's. Was it 1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000?
 
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