New Northwestern Stadium

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The Galloping Ghost

The Galloping Ghost
Washington, DC
The Galloping Ghost
Northwestern is looking to build an $800 million stadium. That is in rather stark contrast to our inability to raise funds to renovate the south endzone.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575244089779490816
Edit: No friggin' chance they ever actually fill that stadium with Northwestern football fans like in the rendering. Maybe for a concert or if Michigan is having a particularly good season.
 
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Mr. Tibbs

Mr. Tibbs
southeast DuPage
Mr. Tibbs
my son who lives in Boston sent me that 15 mins ago

that’s good for the league and the city

Pat Ryan undoubtedly paying for a lot of it . Good for them

if that doesn’t help us to get going with the east side & horseshoe , then what will ?
 
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Mr. Tibbs

Mr. Tibbs
southeast DuPage
Mr. Tibbs
redwingillini11 said:
Hopefully this ups the pressure on the relevant folks to get the SEZ ESL AND NEZ fixed up. We can’t afford to be shown up by Northwestern’s facility AND stadium.
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agree

this helps the league AND it will force us to act

win - win
 
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NoRival

NoRival
NoRival
The Galloping Ghost said:
Northwestern is looking to build an $800 million stadium. That is in rather stark contrast to our inability to raise funds to renovate the south endzone.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575244089779490816
Edit: No friggin' chance they ever actually fill that stadium with Northwestern football fans like in the rendering. Maybe for a concert or if Michigan is having a particularly good season.
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Northwestern's proposed new stadium will only seat 35K. Geez!

They are looking for a temporary home while it is being built. What about Evanston high school?
 
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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
The Galloping Ghost said:
Northwestern is looking to build an $800 million stadium. That is in rather stark contrast to our inability to raise funds to renovate the south endzone.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575244089779490816
Edit: No friggin' chance they ever actually fill that stadium with Northwestern football fans like in the rendering. Maybe for a concert or if Michigan is having a particularly good season.
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35k, god that's embarrassing, and for the Big Ten really, not just Northwestern.

Think about what this says. "Well, we have no hope of ever attracting a full house, but we could bilk way more money out of the people who we've already got"
 
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Mr. Tibbs

Mr. Tibbs
southeast DuPage
Mr. Tibbs
dbeaverfg said:
Are they shooting for a similar atmosphere to basketball where the stadium is 50/50 NU and the opponent?
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pretty much
keep a fair amount of seats open to the visiting school and charge up the arse for them . it’s not a stupid strategy .

they attract lots of visitors’ fans because they are 35-40 minutes from downtown or the airport and people can make a reasonable weekend trip out of it and spend a night or two in the city . no other B1G school can offer that
 
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dbeaverfg

dbeaverfg
dbeaverfg
Mr. Tibbs said:
pretty much
keep a fair amount of seats open to the visiting school and charge up the arse for them . it’s not a stupid strategy .

they attract lots of visitors’ fans because they are 35-40 minutes from downtown or the airport and people can make a reasonable weekend trip out of it and spend a night or two in the city . no other B1G school can offer that
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If they stay on the same track as this year's football team it will be 70/30 opponent/NU!
 
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the juiceman cometh

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the juiceman cometh
ChiefGritty said:
35k, god that's embarrassing, and for the Big Ten really, not just Northwestern.

Think about what this says. "Well, we have no hope of ever attracting a full house, but we could bilk way more money out of the people who we've already got"
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Eh, Vanderbilt has a full capacity of under 40k and typically it's only 50-75% full. Every conference has a team or two like this.
 
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illini80

illini80
Forgottonia
illini80
illini0440 said:
We literally can’t afford it.
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I wonder how many people that say the big money donors need to pony up for coaching salaries, pony up for NIL, pony up for new training facilities and stadium improvements give a substantial amount of money to those very things?
 
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BretMyBeachHouse

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illini80 said:
I wonder how many people that say the big money donors need to pony up for coaching salaries, pony up for NIL, pony up for new training facilities and stadium improvements give a substantial amount of money to those very things?
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As in all of life some people are fast to spend other's money.

The most important thing for the program is to put a winning team on the field. That really means that stadium improvements are in the flatbed of the trailer and coaches, NIL, and player facilities each get a luxury car.

For those that complain how about we set aside generated revenue from ticket sales over 50k for stadium improvements.
 
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Illini in Italy

Illini in Italy
Illini in Italy
The Galloping Ghost said:
Northwestern is looking to build an $800 million stadium. That is in rather stark contrast to our inability to raise funds to renovate the south endzone.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1575244089779490816
Edit: No friggin' chance they ever actually fill that stadium with Northwestern football fans like in the rendering. Maybe for a concert or if Michigan is having a particularly good season.
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Will they still have “We Still Suck” painted in the end zones 🤣
 
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altgeld88

altgeld88
Arlington, Virginia
altgeld88
I wonder what the Mildcats would draw to the current stadium (I'm a geezer and still think of it as "Dyche Stadium") if they weren't located in Chicago, home to legions of alums from the various Big Ten schools (Including NU) and a fairly easy drive from Madison, Iowa City, Champaign, WL, as Lansing as well as BT population centers Milwaukee, Detroit, Indy, Northern IN and Western MI.

Put NU in Iowa City and I can't see them drawing much. Then again, put NU in Iowa City and perhaps they'd become Iowa. ;)
 
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ChiefGritty

ChiefGritty
Chicago, IL
ChiefGritty
BretMyBeachHouse said:
The most important thing for the program is to put a winning team on the field. That really means that stadium improvements are in the flatbed of the trailer and coaches, NIL, and player facilities each get a luxury car.
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This is correct, and the thing is, MS doesn't really need new space, it needs to maximize the functionality of the space it already has.
 
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Shief

Shief
Champaign Area
Shief
As a engineer that also loves stadium architecture, I gotta say that the renderings of NW's stadium look amazing.

As for the arms race and improving Memorial Stadium, I have my thoughts. I was in the Marching Illini for 3 years (Fall 2007 - 09) and watched the addition of the NEZ and renovations to the west sideline and upper deck. I hope that the DIA eventually considers lowering the field a few feet and replaces the horseshoe with a similar structure that brings the crowd closer to the endzone, updates the east side hall to somewhat mirror the west, adds a floor/walkway to the east upper deck to allow for facilities and vendors to be up there (don't make people go all the way down for a hotdog), and removes the NEZ structure (the weight room can stay below for Olympic sports) and replace it with a lower stand, walkway, and upper stand for students and young alumni. The student/young alumni stand will include a section for the band and potentially a cutout for a recruiting seating area, I could sketch this out at a later time if asked.