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Author Message colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,158 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 8:57:35 AM  Uncle Wes wrote: This will make the stadium more competitive recruiting against programs with 40,000 seat stadiums out on the recruiting trail. No longer will it look like a High School stadium. This and the upgraded student lounge is the last piece of the puzzle to start bringing in WMU type recruiting classes IMO. The place will still look like a high school football stadium, only dilapidated. Can't believe the poor condition of the place. Back to Top Campus Flow General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 4,952 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 9:07:43 AM  No. There is a lot of space in the endzone that is part of the stadium without seats. Its 5,000 between the corner seats and another 2,500 in front that isnt filled in. The stadium footprint with Sook will be a 34,000 seat horseshoe with 30,000 SRO capability. It will be a decent presentation for recruits. Last Edited: 8/6/2017 9:46:22 AM by Campus Flow Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top Campus Flow General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 4,952 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 10:23:37 AM  colobobcat66 wrote: Uncle Wes wrote: This will make the stadium more competitive recruiting against programs with 40,000 seat stadiums out on the recruiting trail. No longer will it look like a High School stadium. This and the upgraded student lounge is the last piece of the puzzle to start bringing in WMU type recruiting classes IMO. The place will still look like a high school football stadium, only dilapidated. Can't believe the poor condition of the place. That bad? It does need some paint. It's going to be light years from the Peden Ping had at the start of his tenure. I like how Sook isn't going to be a building at the stadium as the case in most of the MAC but integrated into the stadium. Miami built a football operations building at the stadium taking out seats in the process. Home stands at Miami are 30 years old so the new football ops is not architecturally consistent. Sook will make Peden look more finished than it does with the gap between the corner seats. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top Robert Fox General User Member Since: 11/16/2004 Location: Knoxville, TN Post Count: 2,039 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 10:53:28 AM  What is the projected start and completion date of this? I can't remember if, or where, that has been published. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 3,754 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 11:17:05 AM  Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 11:25:02 AM  SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? Great - so we'll have 18 months of protests and complaining. Can't wait. :( Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,158 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/6/2017 10:45:32 PM  Uncle Wes wrote: colobobcat66 wrote: Uncle Wes wrote: This will make the stadium more competitive recruiting against programs with 40,000 seat stadiums out on the recruiting trail. No longer will it look like a High School stadium. This and the upgraded student lounge is the last piece of the puzzle to start bringing in WMU type recruiting classes IMO. The place will still look like a high school football stadium, only dilapidated. Can't believe the poor condition of the place. That bad? It does need some paint. It's going to be light years from the Peden Ping had at the start of his tenure. I like how Sook isn't going to be a building at the stadium as the case in most of the MAC but integrated into the stadium. Miami built a football operations building at the stadium taking out seats in the process. Home stands at Miami are 30 years old so the new football ops is not architecturally consistent. Sook will make Peden look more finished than it does with the gap between the corner seats. I was there last fall camp when essentially nobody else was there and looked the place over pretty good. Cracked concrete, rusty pipes. Antiquated restrooms and concessions. Dark concourses under stands. Man it's old, but it's ours. I'm sorry, but the place needs a lot more than a little paint. Now we'll have gaps between Sook and the flying bleachers. Even more fragmented IMO. Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,320 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 9:47:19 AM  SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,016 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 1:03:44 PM  OU_Country wrote: SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Timing of construction projects around here is always odd. They were supposed to repave East State Street this summer. Now it looks like it won't start until fall or spring -- probably just in time for student move-in or move-out. Maximum confusion and disruption is the motto. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,320 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 2:55:12 PM  OhioCatFan wrote: OU_Country wrote: SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Timing of construction projects around here is always odd. They were supposed to repave East State Street this summer. Now it looks like it won't start until fall or spring -- probably just in time for student move-in or move-out. Maximum confusion and disruption is the motto. Part of the Athens County charm I suppose. It just seems like waiting until after Homecoming, at this point, makes more sense. Having gone by/through briefly on a couple trips south this summer, the US 33 projects are going to make move in weekend and the first football weekend traffic patterns "fun" as well. Thankfully, those of us coming from Columbus have options to take some two lanes and enjoy the scenery. Back to Top Robert Fox General User Member Since: 11/16/2004 Location: Knoxville, TN Post Count: 2,039 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 3:23:33 PM  No matter the actual start date, I would think completion would be scheduled for the start of a football season. I can't imagine the 2018 season is realistic. August of 2019 maybe? Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,504 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 8:22:54 PM  The schedule depends a lot on getting the outer "shell" done. Once the outside is weather tight you can go like gang busters on the interior. Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,023 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 8:26:29 PM  OhioCatFan wrote: OU_Country wrote: SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Timing of construction projects around here is always odd. They were supposed to repave East State Street this summer. Now it looks like it won't start until fall or spring -- probably just in time for student move-in or move-out. Maximum confusion and disruption is the motto. East State/Bicycle Street was always slated to be paved this fall. Believe me, those of us on the east side who tried to stop the bike lanes have been involved with this every step of the way. Unfortunately our council person let us down and the folks in city hall would not listen. Back to Top Campus Flow General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 4,952 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 9:06:35 PM  Robert Fox wrote: No matter the actual start date, I would think completion would be scheduled for the start of a football season. I can't imagine the 2018 season is realistic. August of 2019 maybe? If it takes until fall camp of 2019 to open that will back up the player's lounge renovation until 2020. These facilities really are preparing for life after Solich not with. With the naming of Burrow Associate HC this year he might be thinking succession plan. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,016 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 10:51:37 PM  Alan Swank wrote: OhioCatFan wrote: OU_Country wrote: SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Timing of construction projects around here is always odd. They were supposed to repave East State Street this summer. Now it looks like it won't start until fall or spring -- probably just in time for student move-in or move-out. Maximum confusion and disruption is the motto. East State/Bicycle Street was always slated to be paved this fall. Believe me, those of us on the east side who tried to stop the bike lanes have been involved with this every step of the way. Unfortunately our council person let us down and the folks in city hall would not listen. So you are saying they actually planned it for when the students are here rather than the lighter traffic summer months? Proves my point. Maximum confusion and disruption is the byword in City Hall. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 9,485 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/7/2017 11:13:50 PM  OhioCatFan wrote: Alan Swank wrote: OhioCatFan wrote: OU_Country wrote: SBH wrote: Groundbreaking ceremony mid September. That's all I know. I would guess completion by January 2019? If they were gonna wait for groundbreaking this September, why not, at this point, wait until after Homecoming at least? Seems like this should have been started as early in the spring as possible, and under roof by Homecoming. the timing seems odd to me. Timing of construction projects around here is always odd. They were supposed to repave East State Street this summer. Now it looks like it won't start until fall or spring -- probably just in time for student move-in or move-out. Maximum confusion and disruption is the motto. East State/Bicycle Street was always slated to be paved this fall. Believe me, those of us on the east side who tried to stop the bike lanes have been involved with this every step of the way. Unfortunately our council person let us down and the folks in city hall would not listen. So you are saying they actually planned it for when the students are here rather than the lighter traffic summer months? Proves my point. Maximum confusion and disruption is the byword in City Hall. But, will the Hampton still offer the game day shuttle during construction??? Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,320 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/8/2017 10:25:24 AM  rpbobcat wrote: The schedule depends a lot on getting the outer "shell" done. Once the outside is weather tight you can go like gang busters on the interior. True, which is why groundbreaking in the fall is perplexing. Back to Top Campus Flow General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 4,952 Status: Offline     RE: Sook!    Posted: 8/14/2017 9:39:15 PM  SBH wrote: Yeah, they're not really accurate. The building will be curved to match the curvature of the stands, and the model doesn't reflect that. There will be less gap on each side between the building and stands as well, I believe. I think it's going to be a huge aesthetic upgrade to Peden. New Sook Center picture in the season ticket booklet shows curvature and building around Drew Park instead of relocating it. 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