New Scoreboard proposal removed from BOT meeting

[CR 2,442]

Sounds like great news to me. If someone could link the article from al.com or elsewhere I would appreciate it.
Hopefully the new AD can get the ball rolling on a real renovation like the one that seemed to die under JJ.

[gr82be 14,423]

Good news indeed. 

[The Plainsman 948]

26 minutes ago, gr82be said:

Good news indeed. 

I agree.  Let's get the real plan together and then make it happen.  

[aubietiger14 147]

Wonder if they will cancel that other project they are building in the other end zone.  Just seems thrown up in the corner and doesn't flow with the rest of the stadium.   That and the stupid score board will limit future to expansions to that end zonE. 

[WeagleAU 594]

Why is not updating the facility good news?

[CR 2,442]

1 minute ago, aubietiger14 said:

Wonder if they will cancel that other project they are building in the other end zone.  Just seems thrown up in the corner and doesn't flow with the rest of the stadium.   That and the stupid score board will limit future to expansions to that end zonE. 

Pretty sure that one's too far along to cancel at this point. Wish it had never been approved.

[ClaytonAU 4,606]

25 minutes ago, WeagleAU said:

Why is not updating the facility good news?

Because we don’t need a second scoreboard? 

[Randman5000 4,228]

lol!

[IronMan70 3,277]

Good, no more Jacobs' Follies.

[AuCivilEng1 11,004]

They need to find a way to make this happen. Anything less will be a loss IMO.

[WarEagleDG 6]

30 minutes ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

They need to find a way to make this happen. Anything less will be a loss IMO.

Agreed. That is a beautiful facility.

[auburn4ever 1,266]

I'm glad went against something that Jacobs tried to push through.

[auburnphan 6,050]

Thank You  Pres Leath

[Win4AU 4,052]

In a perfect world you’d have two nice sized video boards on each eandzone.  The monstrosity in the South Endzone can’t be seen by about 3-5k fans.  I loved sitting In The south endzone for 5 years because it was close to the students and band but I switched to the North side after I couldn’t watch replays or anything else being shown.   Hopefully whoever makes the next decision will have the forethought to consider the season ticket holders instead of whose got the biggest Jumbotron.  I could see adding more suites but not more seats to the stadium

[AuCivilEng1 11,004]

1 hour ago, Win4AU said:

In a perfect world you’d have two nice sized video boards on each eandzone.  The monstrosity in the South Endzone can’t be seen by about 3-5k fans.  I loved sitting In The south endzone for 5 years because it was close to the students and band but I switched to the North side after I couldn’t watch replays or anything else being shown.   Hopefully whoever makes the next decision will have the forethought to consider the season ticket holders instead of whose got the biggest Jumbotron.  I could see adding more suites but not more seats to the stadium

That thing is there to stay. I just wish they'd finish the back.

[WDG 109]

15 hours ago, CR said:

could link the article from al.com or elsewhere I would appreciate it.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/11/proposed_videoboard_in_north_e.html#incart_river_index

[IronMan70 3,277]

You know, when the South EZ jumbotron was proposed and installed, most of us were pretty excited about it, including me. After the newness wore off and seeing it in use for a year, it seems too big for the stadium now. Sometimes you wish they could take some panels off, redo the structure, then use those panels in the other EZ. 

[AuCivilEng1 11,004]

4 minutes ago, IronMan70 said:

You know, when the South EZ jumbotron was proposed and installed, most of us were pretty excited about it, including me. After the newness wore off and seeing it in use for a year, it seems too big for the stadium now. Sometimes you wish they could take some panels off, redo the structure, then use those panels in the other EZ. 

I think that the reason it doesn't fit the stadium is that the North EZ is too small. If they close in the North EZ and add some bulk to that side, I think it would make everything seem more symmetrical. 

[Brad_ATX 13,654]

5 hours ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

They need to find a way to make this happen. Anything less will be a loss IMO.

Take out that upper deck in the end zone and I'm right there with you.

[IronMan70 3,277]

8 minutes ago, AuCivilEng1 said:

I think that the reason it doesn't fit the stadium is that the North EZ is too small. If they close in the North EZ and add some bulk to that side, I think it would make everything seem more symmetrical. 

Hmm, you could be right about that.