YoungBloodAggie wrote:Link? Any info is like cocaine at this point in the offseason.

xmoaggie wrote:Awesome ! maybe we could start a fund raiser much like our win athon donating $10.00 dollars anytime somthing negative happens to byu.

coolag wrote:I have heard the plan is to add another deck on top of the east side. To me personally that seems silly even though those seats would still be good. Another deck would make the stadium very unbalanced from one side to the other. IMO they need to fill in the seats on both ends of the upper decks on both the east and west sides bringing the capacity to around 30 or 32 thousand. Of course I may be off how many seats that would add but it would make the stadium look nicer IMO.

Ahbye wrote:

YoungBloodAggie wrote:Link? Any info is like cocaine at this point in the offseason.

No link. The information comes from a very high-level fund raising source in Old Main. Everything I've gotten from that source has proven to be true. (This source told me about the LW Miller Suite donation about 3 months before it was announced, as well as the Goldenwest donation and several others, which I've shared on this board.)

coolag wrote:I have heard the plan is to add another deck on top of the east side. To me personally that seems silly even though those seats would still be good. Another deck would make the stadium very unbalanced from one side to the other. IMO they need to fill in the seats on both ends of the upper decks on both the east and west sides bringing the capacity to around 30 or 32 thousand. Of course I may be off how many seats that would add but it would make the stadium look nicer IMO.

GeoAg wrote:

coolag wrote:I have heard the plan is to add another deck on top of the east side. To me personally that seems silly even though those seats would still be good. Another deck would make the stadium very unbalanced from one side to the other. IMO they need to fill in the seats on both ends of the upper decks on both the east and west sides bringing the capacity to around 30 or 32 thousand. Of course I may be off how many seats that would add but it would make the stadium look nicer IMO.

There aren't as many seats to be had in expanding those areas as we might think. Expanding seating there is part of what I saw. To get to 30 or 32 you need to continue up on the east side after filling in the corners, or add the upper deck. I think an upper deck will end up being about the height of the press box on the other side. Not sure how great it will look, but the seats underneath the deck will be pretty nice late in the year.

Ahbye wrote:No one is putting in an upper deck for 10 million.

Ahbye wrote:No one is putting in an upper deck for 10 million.

brownjeans wrote:If they're going to excavate from the current concourse up and rebuild from that point up, they should build concessions and bathrooms into the hill under the upper seating.

brownjeans wrote:If they're going to excavate from the current concourse up and rebuild from that point up, they should build concessions and bathrooms into the hill under the upper seating.

AggieBlues wrote:While building a stadium into the side of a hill presents some architectural and cost advantages, it does reduce the number of entry/exit directions to points/directions parallel to the seating. That is to say, you can't exist out the back side of the seating, lest you dig tunnels. As such, what were they thinking building such a narrow one-way in, one-way out concourse at the midway point knowing so much traffic will invariably pass through there? I guess people really were dumberer in the last century.

Would it be possible to remove seating above and below the midway concourse and widen it? Or heck, build a tunnel and offer naming rights for the tunnel.

Overall I hope we consider East-West proportionality, balance and aesthetics in addition to practical and revenue generating concerns in the East side expansion design. Hopefully Maverik Stadium is on its way to becoming a real unique jewel.