Poor Field Conditions @ SDSU......

[06panther10]

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I don't think you'll be very impressed with the facilities at CAS. We love it because the seats are really close to the field, and when there are 15,000 or more people in there (we average about 13,500) it's pretty lively. But the east bleachers are in a sad state. And the west grandstand is 50+ years old.

On the upside, you'll see our $6 million football building in the north end zone (almost done) and a really nice video board (Daktronics is located in Brookings) on the south end. There's a stadium study underway, architects are drawing plans. I hope we'll see FieldTurf soon and a new stadium underway before too long.

But we're under no illusions about the stadium itself. Our fans love it (and we're sick of Bison fans moaning about it) but we all know it needs replacing.

Is a new stadium in the works or what? What type of size/setup would you expect?

[Thumper 76]

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Is a new stadium in the works or what? What type of size/setup would you expect?

A new stadium is def in the works, or at least a massive makeover of CAS. The west side grandstands only supposed to last something like 10 more years. I'd call it a new stadium, but it will be right where CAS is and more of a major rennovation. I think fieldturf is in the works in the next couple years from what people are hearing. From the numbers people are throwing around on sdsufans, Id say somewhere in the 18-20,000 range with the ability to expand, making it a horseshoe of sorts.

[Purrrrrfect]

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horseshoe wooden bleachers...Yeehawww!!!

[JimmyJack]

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Here's what I hear: It'll have to be a phased-in thing, since we'll need to keep playing there during construction. Phase 1: East side (bleacher-side) grandstand, seating about 8,000 and with a row of luxury boxes (with boxes being used for press box for a year). Then identical West grandstand with new pressbox. Once it's built to 16,000, I suspect they'll take a break and wait for attendance to build before building the south portion linking the grandstands together and bringing capacity up.

I have no idea what it would cost, but the City of Sioux Falls just unveiled a preliminary plan to build a new stadium there with similar dimensions that would cost $33 million.

And if you want to know what the new stadium would look like, the Dykhouse Center in the north end zone is the basis for the stadium's look.

[Neighbor]

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A note from Jack fest...
"Just got back from the Brookings High School game at CAS and the field was firm, no muddy spots, and the cleats were not digging up divots..."

let's get it on!

[bobsboy84]

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Here's what I hear: It'll have to be a phased-in thing, since we'll need to keep playing there during construction. Phase 1: East side (bleacher-side) grandstand, seating about 8,000 and with a row of luxury boxes (with boxes being used for press box for a year). Then identical West grandstand with new pressbox. Once it's built to 16,000, I suspect they'll take a break and wait for attendance to build before building the south portion linking the grandstands together and bringing capacity up.

I have no idea what it would cost, but the City of Sioux Falls just unveiled a preliminary plan to build a new stadium there with similar dimensions that would cost $33 million.

And if you want to know what the new stadium would look like, the Dykhouse Center in the north end zone is the basis for the stadium's look.

Sounds like something the Cap'n would appreciate.

[Cap'n Cat]

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Sounds like something the Cap'n would appreciate.

I only watch Dykhouse stuff in the, ahem, warm-up phase.

[bobsboy84]

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I only watch Dykhouse stuff in the, ahem, warm-up phase.

I was referring to the outdoor stadium........

[Cap'n Cat]

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I was referring to the outdoor stadium........

Well, then I stand erected!

[JimmyJack]

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Took a look at the field today. It looks fine. The HS game didn't tear it up much, and it's sunny and breezy today, so it should be nice and dry tomorrow afternoon.

BTW: Dykhouse is pronounced "dike-house" which probably only prompts another 20 good jokes. It's named after the former player who gave $6 million to build the student athlete center. The Bison fans had fun with that name on their fan site, but they were assuming it was "dick-house". Not dick. Dike.

Insert joke here.

[JayJ79]

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Took a look at the field today. It looks fine. The HS game didn't tear it up much, and it's sunny and breezy today, so it should be nice and dry tomorrow afternoon.

Any idea what the weather forecast is for tommorrow afternoon up there?
(yes, I should stop being lazy and just look it up myself, but I figured I'd just ask you. haha).

Of course, I imagine that the weather up there is much like the weather down here in regards to how often it changes, so I'd probably bring along gear to account for a variety of weather conditions.

[Mountain Panther]

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Any idea what the weather forecast is for tommorrow afternoon up there?
(yes, I should stop being lazy and just look it up myself, but I figured I'd just ask you. haha).

Of course, I imagine that the weather up there is much like the weather down here in regards to how often it changes, so I'd probably bring along gear to account for a variety of weather conditions.

High of 52, partly cloudy, 20% chance precip.

It literally took me 20 seconds to look that up. C'mon Jay, you're better than that!

[JayJ79]

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High of 52, partly cloudy, 20% chance precip.

It literally took me 20 seconds to look that up. C'mon Jay, you're better than that!

pshaw. I'm the stats guy.
weather isn't stats.

[lakesbison]

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field is a joke, it'll be ripped up by end of 1st quarter, not to be confused with the crappy muddy tailgate lots.

dont fool yourselves, sdsu does all they can to make the field to favor their fat slow team.

[BCPanther]

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Go away, I thought we were done with you until week two next year...