We Need An Outdoor Stadium, Part II

[Iowagriz]

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Montana doesn't have a FBS team to compete with for attendence and UNI has 2 so it isn't the best comparison.

but you don't have the hunting to compete with. Ask most Montana fans why they aren't at certain games and it's the opening day of deer/elk season. Queue the redneck jokes..... I'm not a hunter, but a large portion of the population is.

[r54uni]

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We could dress up the dome with a National Championship banner. That might look nice. I'm going to need a few more bikini clad pictures to sway my vote of not moving outside. (but I can be swayed!!!)

[BCPanther]

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I disagree on the Dome looking real dated. The projects above the north endzone and the west stands have helped a ton.

Your right about the concourses needing to be redone but I would imagine that would take more money than the entire McLeod Center project and until the economy comes around that money isn't available (I will save the political discussions...)

[ryan19]

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[GonzoCat]

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Second, some o' youz jamokes missed the above brilliance of mine: "...our football reputation is the great recruiting tool..."

I caught it. I also caught your brilliant: "...New Indoor Stadium..."

As soon as you are willing to donate a couple hundred million Cap'n, I'm sure Dannen will entertain your thoughts on a new outdoor stadium, probably even name it after you.

[JayJ79]

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So the Dome is "dated".
Perhaps we should start calling it the "historic UNI-Dome". If Iowa can do that with Kinnick.....


Personally, I have zero problem with "dated", just as long as it isn't rundown.

[clenz]

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So the Dome is "dated".
Perhaps we should start calling it the "historic UNI-Dome". If Iowa can do that with Kinnick.....


Personally, I have zero problem with "dated", just as long as it isn't rundown.

The only real outdated things are the seats backs and scoreboards.

[panther2317]

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I can't believe some would want to give up "Dome Field Advantage".

[06panther10]

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The dome is one of the biggest reasons for the UNI football powerhouse. Without it, we are dead. It is one of the finest facilities in the FCS and continues to get better with the upgrades. Also, it is one of the single most difficult places to play in the FCS, and that advantage would be gone with an outdoor stadium.

Cap'n you are a legend, but you are way off on this one. Not having the dome would kill UNI football. And the Montana example is terrible because of the reasons already talked about.

[JayJ79]

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The only real outdated things are the seats backs and scoreboards.

I much prefer seatbacks, even "outdated" ones, to backless bleachers that many stadiums have. I would kind of like to see the seats be a tad wider (I'm not exactly a small person, and the person that sits next to me is larger, so it gets a bit smooshed at times), but that would cut back our capacity a bit. (of course, MadCat is convinced that won't be an issue, since we aren't going to sell many tickets this year..... ).

And as long as the scoreboards can show the score, time, down and distance, I'm happy. Sure, fancier ones would be nice, but we don't have a scoreboard manufacturer as a sponsor like some of our conference mates, and there are better things to spend our already-stretched budget on. So I can live with the boards we have.

[clenz]

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I much prefer seatbacks, even "outdated" ones, to backless bleachers that many stadiums have. I would kind of like to see the seats be a tad wider (I'm not exactly a small person, and the person that sits next to me is larger, so it gets a bit smooshed at times), but that would cut back our capacity a bit. (of course, MadCat is convinced that won't be an issue, since we aren't going to sell many tickets this year..... ).

And as long as the scoreboards can show the score, time, down and distance, I'm happy. Sure, fancier ones would be nice, but we don't have a scoreboard manufacturer as a sponsor like some of our conference mates, and there are better things to spend our already-stretched budget on. So I can live with the boards we have.

I don't want seatbackless seats either, I can imagine the *****ing about it already. I would just like to see them either without paint or with purple/yellow paint.

[06panther10]

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I don't mind the seats. I just wish they were painted purple.

[paMANther]

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RETRACTABLE ROOF that solves all of our problems right there

[clenz]

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RETRACTABLE ROOF that solves all of our problems right there

Get John and Sabi to donate the money for it and we will call it the Sarwar roof....

[Jonsoup]

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The bank is a nice stadium! I had the opportunity to go to the opener. Only negatives is they didn't have any users and entering the stadium was a nightmare as was the concession stands. It took me 30 minutes to get food during the game. And hour and half to get to my seats.