DWS expansion (phase 1) concept

[ChillbillyRock]

when i was coming up with something for the run-through tunnel, i noticed that it could easily be turned into a cowbell. maybe make the handle some sort of railing going up the stands or something...idk. Also, i've always thought the side walls of the "Swamp" looked real cool so i thought maybe we could add some filler signage as well and it would help keep the ringing noise contained. We need a nick name for our stadium. i've always been partial to "The Dogpound". We already do the "Dogpound Rock". We could also make the "The Dogpound" Rock. Your thoughts........

 

[randystewart]

I think it would help us a lot to bowl all the way around. We could never fill all of that, so I think that they should close the West side upper deck. The TV cameras never show the west side upper anyway, and it would allow for filling the bowl and make the stadium look a lot bigger than it really is.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

It looks cool, but the people sitting there wouldn't be able to see the jumbo tron whatsoever, and it would be really loud as well I would imagine from the sound system. I doubt we could ever fill it up either. The north endzone needs to be bowled in and I believe that's the general consensus of what's going to happen. Our stadium is similar to Clemson's and I expect it to look even more so after the expansion.

 

[TheBigDA]

The stadium can't support them. The original design called for them but got cut along with other things by LT so it would be cheaper instead of done right. Just like not having the upper deck overhang the lower level. One more screwjob by LT.

 

[memphisbluesagain]

wow. clemsons stadium is very similar. capacity 81,473

http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/clem/graphics/stadium_500.jpg

 

[ChillbillyRock]

i had to to duplicate the stadium lights from one side to add to the other bc only one side had 3 or 4. the other only had 2

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Yeah it is similar other than it's steeper. It's 81,000 after that expansion and the two sides are actually identical to each other and the upper decks extend the length of the lower levels. The foreground of the picture is a hill they stand on. I don't think it's actually seating if my memory serves me correctly. I think the players run down the hill and touch the rock or whatever and run onto the field. Our stadium would look very similar if we extend the upper deck on the west side to match the lower level and do the kind of endzone expansion they did. Scott Stricklin says he wants 75K. They have 81K...similar smart ***.

 

[memphisbluesagain]

Yeah it is similar other than it's steeper. It's 81,000 after that expansion and the two sides are actually identical to each other and the upper decks extend the length of the lower levels. The foreground of the picture is a hill they stand on. I don't think it's actually seating if my memory serves me correctly. I think the players run down the hill and touch the rock or whatever and run onto the field. Our stadium would look very similar if we extend the upper deck on the west side to match the lower level and do the kind of endzone expansion they did. Scott Stricklin says he wants 75K. They have 81K...similar smart ***.

I was not being a smart ***. i meantthe two pictures were very similar.

 

[slowpoke3]

There isabsoluteno possible way to fit a full bowl in the SEZ... the highest you could make it is about a quarter the way up.