How to shove more fans into the Dome??

[igo4uni]

How about putting some temp bleachers on top of the new locker room??

[TH1974]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Tear the roof off and make it into a proper football stadium.

[Purple Reign]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Tear the roof off and make it into a proper football stadium.

NEVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PR

[01PantherFan]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Tear the roof off and make it into a proper football stadium.

Ya sitting in the rain/snow freezing your keester off is so much better then warm ,dry, no wind, ect....

No thanks we have a great football stadium in the Dome !!

[UNIDadx3]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

We have something ISU and Iowa don't have now, also hosting many of the HS activities they cannot host.

[Durf73]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Tear the roof off and make it into a proper football stadium.

Take our roof ! Never, Never, never !!!!

No wind, no rain, 72 degrees welcome to the dome ! It is our ID !

Plus when they held the high school finals out in the weather one year in Iowa City they had about 800 people for the finals cuz of the weather !!

You won't see crowds of 16,000+ with out the Dome esp. at nite and we know day games can't compete with the Hawks & Clones !

Bad, Bad idea !

[BCPanther]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Tear the roof off and make it into a proper football stadium.

Yep, take away the one main thing that gives the University its identity...

[anthropanther]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Is the MacLeod center being opened up again for viewing the game in anticipation of large crowds?

[diehardCATFAN]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

the dome is UNI.. never "tear" the roof off, it brings in way to much revenue for the university and its good were selling out games, it makes it a hot ticket.. however i can see putting bleachers or something else above the new locker rooms

[JayJ79]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

The attendance this year has been AWESOME.
However, one year of great attendance doesn't warrant the neccessity of major expansion talk.

Temporary bleachers at the north end there could increase capacity a little bit, and might be kind of cool. Though I'm not sure how "deep" that area is, nor how accessible it is (how exactly does one get over there anyway?)

[Cat80]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

While I believe the program is at a new level, there's always the chance of a 8-3/7-4 non playoff qualifier. Will we average 15,000+ if the team stumbles in a couple of years? Tearing out concrete is not something to be done on a whim. Unless there's some way to expand seating in the corners, it doesn't appear much can be done. I'm more interested in keeping the dome up to date and as nice as possible. After swallowing the McLeod and the HPC, what about new turf and seats? The curved seatbacks cause each seat to be as roomy as any place I've been. Taking off the seatbacks could allow a few more 'seats' per row, thus increasing capacity. Some sections could lose seatbacks and gain seats without major disruption.

[Mudrafan]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

removing the seatbacks would be an incredibly dumb idea. that is one of the main complaints about a football stadium. kinnick is a joke that they put $100 mill into it & still have bench seating.

[Cat80]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Some sections could lose seatbacks and gain seats without major disruption.

SOME sections, Mudra. It is a way to increase capactiy without a lot of construction or cost. The thread is increasing capacity, not keeping people comfortable. There's really no good way to increase capacity unless you decrease the width of each 'seat'. That would require removing the seatbacks. Dumb, not dumb, whatever; just addressing the thread topic.

Personally, I think the dome is fine with seatbacks, but one side should be purple and the other gold.

[Durf73]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

Personally, I think the dome is fine with seatbacks, but one side should be purple and the other gold.

I like this idea !

[Blue42]

Re: How to shove more fans into the Dome??

I agree that the rainbow motiff on the seating sections needs to go. Alternating purple and gold, or one side purple and the other gold, would be a big improvement.

Other than that, I don't know what the heck you guys are talking about with expanded seating and tearing out roofs. With the dome we've got a hot ticket and a unique setting. Ask New Hampshire or Eastern Washington what they think of their fabulous outdoor stadiums in December?