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<blockquote data-quote="1970 John" data-source="post: 2007643" data-attributes="member: 589602"><p>Lower the playing field. Remember the stadium was build to me multipurpose and included a track between the field and the stands. That wasn't uncommon back in the day. Most of us probably went to high school with a quarter mile running track between the bleachers and the field. When I was a student, members of Block I (then the card section only) entered the stadium through the northeast gate. It's where the football team enters the stadium now, went from completely outside the stadium (at that time a grass field) to the track, and we entered the Block I section (East Main, about the 40 yardline) from gthe track. In four years of attending games, I never once stepped into the concourse under the stands. </p><p></p><p>Lowering the field would allow more seats closer to the field (and to the home and visitor benches). Lowering the field would allow horseshoe seats to come down closer to the field. Or the whole horseshoe could be moved closer to the field with a plaza at the back of the top horseshoe seating. I'd find a way to leave that open at other than gametime as an attraction, the ability to see inside the stadium other than gametime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1970 John, post: 2007643, member: 589602"] Lower the playing field. Remember the stadium was build to me multipurpose and included a track between the field and the stands. That wasn't uncommon back in the day. Most of us probably went to high school with a quarter mile running track between the bleachers and the field. When I was a student, members of Block I (then the card section only) entered the stadium through the northeast gate. It's where the football team enters the stadium now, went from completely outside the stadium (at that time a grass field) to the track, and we entered the Block I section (East Main, about the 40 yardline) from gthe track. In four years of attending games, I never once stepped into the concourse under the stands. Lowering the field would allow more seats closer to the field (and to the home and visitor benches). Lowering the field would allow horseshoe seats to come down closer to the field. Or the whole horseshoe could be moved closer to the field with a plaza at the back of the top horseshoe seating. I'd find a way to leave that open at other than gametime as an attraction, the ability to see inside the stadium other than gametime. [/QUOTE]
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