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Post by eagleprophet on Jul 16, 2008 0:31:31 GMT -6
zzzzzzz time!!!
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 16, 2008 0:32:00 GMT -6
i'm out too.....
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jul 16, 2008 7:29:25 GMT -6
Tell us more about this pressbox. Why are they gonna have a merchandise store there? That'll be weird. I know the visitors side in Weslaco definitely has room to go to the sides as I think it only goes to the 15 or 20 yard lines. On the home side, you must go up at least 10-15 rows. That'll help with the crowds that Mishak and Company would attract. visitor side goes to the 10 yd line.  |
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Post by morristhecat on Jul 16, 2008 8:22:19 GMT -6
Let me see if I can describe it. I 've only seen the architects drawings.
1st floor: lobby area, one Panther merchandise store, one Wildcat merchandise store, ticket offices
2nd floor: Athletic Directors office, conference room
3rd floor: Athletic Coordinators offices
4th floor: Visitors coaching area, media room, VIP suites
5th floor: Home team coaching area, all game day workers, VIP suites
Only the last two floors will be visible to the field. The pressbox will run from the 30 to the 30.
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Post by JRG on Jul 16, 2008 8:24:23 GMT -6
Sounds cool there, morris.
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Post by RPM on Jul 16, 2008 8:30:42 GMT -6
lol what is your infatuation with donna corb? From the games you've been too, haven't you only been there ONCE? And donna does NOT have the best facilities, their own fans will tell you that. They might be getting some upgrades though, in which rpm continues to deny lol. Harlingens parking is horrendous, other then that its a nice stadium. Yeah i parked there this past year corb in lf, and sure it was good parking but too bad falcon fans kept talking trash to us the whole way to the car. its not denail..... |
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Post by GO-LF on Jul 16, 2008 8:59:24 GMT -6
lol what is your infatuation with donna corb? From the games you've been too, haven't you only been there ONCE? And donna does NOT have the best facilities, their own fans will tell you that. They might be getting some upgrades though, in which rpm continues to deny lol. Harlingens parking is horrendous, other then that its a nice stadium. Yeah i parked there this past year corb in lf, and sure it was good parking but too bad falcon fans kept talking trash to us the whole way to the car. hey he said it was easy to get in and out of, not that it would be fun and as far as the trash talking goes, he said it minimized the nonsense, and those words were the truth |
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Post by STFF on Jul 16, 2008 9:08:54 GMT -6
i like our stadium....natural grass....good restrooms and enough concession stands on both sides.....also has plenty of paved parking for both the visitors and and home side....scoreboard could use some upgrading..and we defenitly need the fieldhouse for halftime and what not....the other thing would be a nice sidewalk from the visitors parking to there side of the entrance.....cause it gets ugly when it rains.... It's time to have one of the "grass" farms make a donation for a new scoreboard. Big screen and all. ;D |
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Post by JRG on Jul 16, 2008 9:11:41 GMT -6
lol
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Post by STFF on Jul 16, 2008 9:12:00 GMT -6
i like our stadium....natural grass....good restrooms and enough concession stands on both sides.....also has plenty of paved parking for both the visitors and and home side....scoreboard could use some upgrading..and we defenitly need the fieldhouse for halftime and what not....the other thing would be a nice sidewalk from the visitors parking to there side of the entrance.....cause it gets ugly when it rains.... Well Benny La Prade looks to be a very big stadium to me. That one was recently expanded. I remember when Mission would play in Donna and the visitor's side was so small that it was always spilling over to the sides. Extremely nice upgrade. I've gotta make it out there for a game to check it out for myself one day. I'm going to date myself here, but in our third year in 5A (1988), we played Mission High when they had Valdez, Rodriguez , and Hernandez and Dowling as coach. You all packed the visitors side and then some and even had to bring a portable platform for the Dowling (used to coach from the press box) because the bleachers were to low. The stadium is great now, but should have been brought to 5A standards years ago, like right after we became a 5A school. |
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Post by eagleprophet on Jul 16, 2008 11:04:59 GMT -6
Tell us more about this pressbox. Why are they gonna have a merchandise store there? That'll be weird. I know the visitors side in Weslaco definitely has room to go to the sides as I think it only goes to the 15 or 20 yard lines. On the home side, you must go up at least 10-15 rows. That'll help with the crowds that Mishak and Company would attract. visitor side goes to the 10 yd line. So if they were to add bleachers all the way to at least the endzone, it would increase capacity by 1000-1500 seats. And that's just the visitor's side. On the home side you would have to higher. |
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Post by eagleprophet on Jul 16, 2008 11:08:59 GMT -6
Let me see if I can describe it. I 've only seen the architects drawings. 1st floor: lobby area, one Panther merchandise store, one Wildcat merchandise store, ticket offices 2nd floor: Athletic Directors office, conference room 3rd floor: Athletic Coordinators offices 4th floor: Visitors coaching area, media room, VIP suites 5th floor: Home team coaching area, all game day workers, VIP suites Only the last two floors will be visible to the field. The pressbox will run from the 30 to the 30. Well that's gonna be a beauty. It makes sense that you can only see the two levels where the coaches are going to be locates. That is gonna be a first around these parts. Where did they come up with this idea to house the AD and merchandise store from? Did they see it somewhere else?? |
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jul 16, 2008 11:13:25 GMT -6
i think originally the stadium was suppose to be a dome shape but school board members voted another design.
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Post by eagleprophet on Jul 16, 2008 11:16:52 GMT -6
i think originally the stadium was suppose to be a dome shape but school board members voted another design. And then the Dallas Cowboys took that design away from you guys and are building the best stadium in the world instead. What was the school board thinking? The should've gone with that design. Just imagine all the tourists dollars it would've brought to your town. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by morristhecat on Jul 16, 2008 11:26:13 GMT -6
I wouldn't say it was our original idea. Some of the stadiums looked at were Burleson and Comalander.
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Post by eagleprophet on Jul 16, 2008 11:30:19 GMT -6
I wouldn't say it was our original idea. Some of the stadiums looked at were Burleson and Comalander. Where are those located? |
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jul 16, 2008 11:50:40 GMT -6
not a complete dome, but the seats were to be all around the track and field.I believe it was to hold our buses as well. i know members were wanting this design but didnt turn out in their favor.
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Post by panthercrazy on Jul 16, 2008 11:53:33 GMT -6
i like our stadium....natural grass....good restrooms and enough concession stands on both sides.....also has plenty of paved parking for both the visitors and and home side....scoreboard could use some upgrading..and we defenitly need the fieldhouse for halftime and what not....the other thing would be a nice sidewalk from the visitors parking to there side of the entrance.....cause it gets ugly when it rains.... Old School  |
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Post by wp2003 on Jul 16, 2008 16:02:02 GMT -6
i was hoping for rap around bleachers.....could you imagine the atmosphere that would create during a big game.....i get goosebumps just thinking about it...
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Post by ibleedpurple on Jul 16, 2008 16:15:43 GMT -6
yeah it would have looked awesome as well. it would have been all made out of cement too just like mcallen stadium.
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