Its happening (stadium renovations)

[high side 3 way 54]

11 minutes ago, BevoSwag said:

Here's hoping they mute the music 

[high side 3 way 54]

For comparison. Wonder what the capacity would have been if they just made the entire lower bowl seat backs in this design?

 

[SuperSport 1369]

11 hours ago, texifornia said:

The gigascoreboard is pretty looming from the field, I think it's a solid look from that angle.

Soooo most renderings have a three-panel layout for the visuals on this thing...in the spirit of naming shit around here, do we dub this Ghidorahtron?

[TxEx84 439]

5 hours ago, high side 3 way said:

For comparison. Wonder what the capacity would have been if they just made the entire lower bowl seat backs in this design?

115,000 is what was stated when this model first came out.

[jTower 251]

5 hours ago, high side 3 way said:

For comparison. Wonder what the capacity would have been if they just made the entire lower bowl seat backs in this design?

 

Good, Real good. Note the symmetrical gaps. 

[Red Five 41738]

And the normal, non-animal head shaped tunnel. 

 

 

[Duval Street 420]

A lot of gooner red going on in that graphic.

[Lat22 4086]

6 hours ago, high side 3 way said:

For comparison. Wonder what the capacity would have been if they just made the entire lower bowl seat backs in this design?

 

Capacity does not equal attendance. Much like positive cases do not equal death (or even symptoms). 

[Huckleberry 34644]

Should have gone for the full 115K buildout and then brought back the $5 seats. Win win.

[Dnaguy 12628]

44 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

Capacity does not equal attendance. Much like positive cases do not equal death (or even symptoms). 

[jTower 251]

On 8/2/2020 at 7:49 PM, Somnio said:

I don't think many would be happy unless they had matched the NEZ, which indeed would have looked better.

However, I believe the capacity of the stadium would have been around 115,000 if they would have gone that route.  That is just too damn big of a stadium.  How often would it sellout?  How many empty seats would there be for South Florida or Tulsa?

leave out the upper deck and make the lower deck all seats, no bleachers. Keeps a party deck above the seats and preserves 3 gaps.

[Pasken 1312]

On 8/3/2020 at 8:54 AM, high side 3 way said:

For comparison. Wonder what the capacity would have been if they just made the entire lower bowl seat backs in this design?

 

You would have to demolish and find another place for the football offices and training facility if you did this. It's also boring and you lose the views of downtown out of the corner of the stadium. Thank you, Next.

[cdain3 3454]

Godzillatron 2.0 is complete

[Pasken 1312]

I wonder if they are going to try to get the 2 side videoboards up before the first scheduled game. 

[The University 852]

[high side 3 way 54]

7 minutes ago, The University said:

[David Dennison 19538]

15 minutes ago, cdain3 said:

Godzillatron 2.0 is complete

I wasn't sold at first because of the renderings, but from what I can tell from the pics, I think when it's going to be really cool when it's finished.

[Dnaguy 12628]

7 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I wasn't sold at first because of the renderings, but from what I can tell from the pics, I think when it's going to be really cool when it's finished.

Was Godzillatron bigger than that?

 

I feel like it was.

[Pasken 1312]

28 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Was Godzillatron bigger than that?

 

I feel like it was.

It was just 4 square panels larger so pretty much the same size. There should be two side screens going up next to this one.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

1 hour ago, The University said:

hmmm... Italian hotel?

[Dnaguy 12628]

2 hours ago, The University said:

 

1 hour ago, Doc Reeves said:

hmmm... Italian hotel?

[utee94 16086]

On 8/2/2020 at 11:04 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

It’s all a moot point anyway. This season will be cancelled and before the 2021 season rolls around the big 12 players will be demanding the same percentage of the revenue that the NFL players get. The next longhorn team that plays in that stadium will be a completely non scholarship team being coached by a guy making about what a history professor makes playing in front of about 5,000 fans. My daughter and I will be two of them though.

[jTower 251]

6 hours ago, cdain3 said:

Godzillatron 2.0 is complete

Am I missing it or did the score board go all the way to the top of the structure in the renderings. It seems smaller here. 

[texifornia 59015]

12 minutes ago, jTower said:

Am I missing it or did the score board go all the way to the top of the structure in the renderings. It seems smaller here. 

Looks like the renderings changed over time, probably as the practicalities of installing the screen came into focus (no pun intended re: the first pic being a shitty tv grab)

Spoiler

 

[Hook1997 5509]

To me it looks like it will be the best looking stadium in the country.  I think the lit up burnt orange longhorn being the tunnel looks cool.

[TrashMaster G 18088]

10 hours ago, jTower said:

Am I missing it or did the score board go all the way to the top of the structure in the renderings. It seems smaller here. 

[Scholz 12306]

11 hours ago, jTower said:

 It seems smaller here. 

[cdain3 3454]

Godzillatron 2.0 is complete

More seating going in.

[cdain3 3454]

More seating going in.

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[Pato del Muerto 53495]

Looks like there might be a notch in that sw corner for bevo?

[JFKFC 4978]

Is there going to be a swimming pool loaded up with whores? 

[cdain3 3454]

Looks like there might be a notch in that sw corner for bevo?

Yep

[MoJames 8258]

39 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Looks like there might be a notch in that sw corner for bevo?

 

27 minutes ago, JFKFC said:

Is there going to be a swimming pool loaded up with whores? 

Maybe combine the two? Can Bevo swim?

[BornOrange 1441]

Horny whores love Bevo.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

7 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

Horny whores love Bevo.

“I’ve got my game on...”

[Pasken 1312]

When are they going to take out that random steel beam just shoved in the supports for the southwest stands?

[Pasken 1312]

7 hours ago, cdain3 said:

8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Looks like there might be a notch in that sw corner for bevo?

Yep

Does it seem like they drop in most of the prefab bleachers at night?

[cdain3 3454]

Does it seem like they drop in most of the prefab bleachers at night?

Yep. They should be installing more tonight.

[jTower 251]

4 minutes ago, cdain3 said:

10 minutes ago, Pasken said:

Does it seem like they drop in most of the prefab bleachers at night?

Yep. They should be installing more tonight.

Easier on the workers or is there some other construction benefit?

[EE2B 1569]

Every time you lift overhead, you have to make sure the full swing radius of the crane is clear. It gets to be a bitch (and stops a lot of work) if your continually stopping work to make a lift over the top of the structure. It makes sense to do it at night with less people on site so you’re not impacting other work as much.

[Amos Moses 795]

Fewer.

[Amos Moses 795]

Double post

Edited August 7, 2020 by Amos Moses

[TrashMaster G 18088]

6 minutes ago, Amos Moses said:

Double post

Fewer posts.

[utee94 16086]

21 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

Fewer posts.

Less posting.

[Pato del Muerto 53495]

Does concrete have much expansion/contraction in 100 sunny degrees vs 80 non radiant degrees?  

[CBHorn 441]

6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Does concrete have much expansion/contraction in 100 sunny degrees vs 80 non radiant degrees?  

Depends on what you consider "much."  For a 20 degree Fahrenheit rise, concrete will expand about 1.6 cm over a 100 meter length. Not a lot for a stadium, considering the preformed bleacher sections don't seem to be much longer than 15-20 meters. If it's sunny, the concrete temperature could be higher than air temperature and expand more, but not an order of magnitude more.

[jTower 251]

More room for taco bell ads

[Dnaguy 12628]

41 minutes ago, jTower said:

More room for taco bell ads

 

Since the long term trend is less people actually going to games, wouldn't the next renovation / shouldn't the next renovation be to add another scoreboard to the North end zone?

While not ideal, they can probably add a rather large one in that 'notch' in the northwest corner. But ideally it should be centered.

I wouldn't eliminate any luxury seating, but why not just take out the middle seats in the upper deck and add a screen there?

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

3 hours ago, jTower said:

More room for taco bell ads

So we went from iPad to mini-iPad?

 

[Pasken 1312]

Looks like they are getting another concrete pour ready on the bottom floor.