Anyone care to mosey up there and grab a photo of the SEZ bleachers progress? I know it's not he most exciting thing in the world but something to pass the time right?

I live like 3 minutes away. If you give me a few, I can do it.

tjensen_25 wrote:I live like 3 minutes away. If you give me a few, I can do it.

I didn't mean you had to go now! I appreciate it though, just curious how it will look.

Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to post a picture. If a mod wants to fix them that would be great. I understand if you don't want to tho haha.

They haven't done much. I would've gone closer but they were working and I didn't want to bug them.

They painted over the "A" Either today or yesterday.

These are all the bleachers they have yet to put it.

I also took some pictures of the banners on the North side of the strength and conditioning building.

IMO the Strength and conditioning looks a TON better with the banners and U-State Logo in place.

The pictures are all embedded now. They actually painted over the A quite a while ago. I took some pictures in the stadium a couple of months ago and it was already painted over:

ProvoAggie wrote:The pictures are all embedded now. They actually painted over the A quite a while ago. I took some pictures in the stadium a couple of months ago and it was already painted over:

Haha don't know how I missed that.

Some of the pictures got cut off on the right side.
The full pictures are here. http://s1314.photobucket.com/user/tjens ... t=3&page=1

From an out of stater I really appreciate your efforts! Great pics of the banners as well. Thanks again.

No Problem I seriously live like 6 blocks from the stadium, it gave me something to do haha.

Thanks tjensen_25!

It's funny Tai Wesley is featured on the strength and conditioning building. He was notorious for getting out of lifting cause he hated it so much. At least that's what he told me.

Speaking of Tai, I had a random eye contact with him a few days ago as he was coming out of the field house. Was not expecting to see him in town.

NAggsty Butler wrote:Speaking of Tai, I had a random eye contact with him a few days ago as he was coming out of the field house. Was not expecting to see him in town.

Not to throw this thread off topic but I had random eye contact and "hello's" with Greg Ostertag at the airport about 11 or 12 years ago. He was walking in from the parking garage as my wife and I were walking out. Once he was out of hearing range my wife says "I wonder if he plays basketball".

ustate98 wrote:

NAggsty Butler wrote:Speaking of Tai, I had a random eye contact with him a few days ago as he was coming out of the field house. Was not expecting to see him in town.

Not to throw this thread off topic but I had random eye contact and "hello's" with Greg Ostertag at the airport about 11 or 12 years ago. He was walking in from the parking garage as my wife and I were walking out. Once he was out of hearing range my wife says "I wonder if he plays basketball".

appropriate response?

he is on an NBA team, but doesn't really play basketball.

Finished a section. Here is the latest.

This is fantastic. Something that needed to happen 25 years ago.

EDIT: Merged from anther thread

Anyone know if the new benches in the SEZ changes the seating capacity of the stadium. Up or down?

Now that he's retired I'm sure Spetman could come count for us.

capt_jerkface wrote:Now that he's retired I'm sure Spetman could come count for us.

nope, he'll adjust it down again, regardless if it would be necessary.

I'm not sure it will change the official capacity but it will surely allow for more people in the stadium as fans will not be able to take up space for 20 people and only have 6 in their group. Long overdue IMO.

coolag wrote:I'm not sure it will change the official capacity but it will surely allow for more people in the stadium as fans will not be able to take up space for 20 people and only have 6 in their group. Long overdue IMO.

This!

Aggieup2 wrote:
Anyone know if the new benches in the SEZ changes the seating capacity of the stadium. Up or down?

Good question, I have wondered the same thing myself. Weren't the "steps" without bleachers much deeper? Did they have to pour in new steps to mount the bleachers to? In any case, this seems like an area that need to now be recalculated for capacity.

Aglicious wrote:

Aggieup2 wrote:
Anyone know if the new benches in the SEZ changes the seating capacity of the stadium. Up or down?

Good question, I have wondered the same thing myself. Weren't the "steps" without bleachers much deeper? Did they have to pour in new steps to mount the bleachers to? In any case, this seems like an area that need to now be recalculated for capacity.

Nothing was changed with the concrete. They even just painted over the A with blue paint so there is a square section of concrete under the bleachers that will be blue.

ProvoAggie wrote:

Aglicious wrote:

Aggieup2 wrote:
Anyone know if the new benches in the SEZ changes the seating capacity of the stadium. Up or down?

Good question, I have wondered the same thing myself. Weren't the "steps" without bleachers much deeper? Did they have to pour in new steps to mount the bleachers to? In any case, this seems like an area that need to now be recalculated for capacity.

Nothing was changed with the concrete. They even just painted over the A with blue paint so there is a square section of concrete under the bleachers that will be blue.

I read somewhere they're going to charge a premium price for some of the south end zone seats. Could it be this blue section?

Doubt it. I heard the premium seating in the EZ, if it were to happen would be the first few rows and involve chairbacks, albeit with a lower donation point than west side chairs. I also think this idea is very preliminary and we probably won't see it for a couple of years if at all. I love it though! But, I could be completely wrong as happens pretty regularly.

When I took my tour with Kent Stanley - who was a stand up guy, even if he was Canadien - it was mentioned that the premium seating and higher prices wouldn't happen until there were chairs in the SEZ. A timeline was not provided, but it was something they were hoping to do.

AndroidAggie wrote:When I took my tour with Kent Stanley - who was a stand up guy, even if he was Canadien - it was mentioned that the premium seating and higher prices wouldn't happen until there were chairs in the SEZ. A timeline was not provided, but it was something they were hoping to do.

Hey now... we are pretty good people. at least i sure think so...

It's de facto American snobbery, usugoalie. I'm just perpetuating prejudice.

haha sounds about right, i was just messing with ya anyways. And to get back on topic. I am so excited that we are finally doing this. Since my first year at school, i have been wondering why there were no bleachers there. I always thought it looked a little tacky, like we ran out of money or something.

usugoalie13 wrote:

AndroidAggie wrote:When I took my tour with Kent Stanley - who was a stand up guy, even if he was Canadien - it was mentioned that the premium seating and higher prices wouldn't happen until there were chairs in the SEZ. A timeline was not provided, but it was something they were hoping to do.

Hey now... we are pretty good people. at least i sure think so...

Whatever, we've all seen Southpark Dan. We know what you're up to.

ProvoAggie wrote:

Aglicious wrote:

Aggieup2 wrote:
Anyone know if the new benches in the SEZ changes the seating capacity of the stadium. Up or down?

Good question, I have wondered the same thing myself. Weren't the "steps" without bleachers much deeper? Did they have to pour in new steps to mount the bleachers to? In any case, this seems like an area that need to now be recalculated for capacity.

Nothing was changed with the concrete. They even just painted over the A with blue paint so there is a square section of concrete under the bleachers that will be blue.

I never really paid that close of attention but the SEZ was the exact same set up as the rest of the stadium. Someone asked if they just ran out of money, you might have been joking but was that the case? It's sure set up for this.

Based on the linear measurements NavyBlueAggie and I did several years back, I believe the addition of these bleachers will actually increase the overall capacity to somewhere right around 26,000, depending on how wide a space they allocate for each patron. The width required for a chairback seat is not that of a bleacher seat. There are about 6900 seats available in the south endzone (perhaps as many as 7500) if they allocate them appropriately. Lots of those seats will be occupied by little kids.

TheAKAggie wrote:

usugoalie13 wrote:

AndroidAggie wrote:When I took my tour with Kent Stanley - who was a stand up guy, even if he was Canadien - it was mentioned that the premium seating and higher prices wouldn't happen until there were chairs in the SEZ. A timeline was not provided, but it was something they were hoping to do.

Hey now... we are pretty good people. at least i sure think so...

Whatever, we've all seen Southpark Dan. We know what you're up to.

Like Alaskans are any better. The Permanent Fund sounds pretty Canadian to me.