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<blockquote data-quote="MotownMcFly" data-source="post: 129291225" data-attributes="member: 1817258"><p><strong>Pedestrian Bridge over Elmer Prince Drive at the West End of the Blue Lot (A1) –</strong> Seriously, you’ve got a significant portion of the gameday crowd coming from northwest of the stadium. This would be a win-win for everyone involved – pedestrians and folks in vehicles (and the shuttle buses).</p><p></p><p><strong>Rethink the Coliseum Shuttle Buses –</strong> I’ve used them three times, and it was a nightmare each time. Apparently, the buses can only embark/disembark at a single location. So, you might have four or five buses stacked up waiting to either load or unload passengers. That’s terribly inefficient. You should be able to load or unload three or four buses at a time (especially at the stadium). After games, you should have (ideally) four or more <u>separate</u>, <u>clearly marked</u> locations on the edge of the Blue lot to simultaneously load the buses.</p><p></p><p><strong>Better WIFI and Cell coverage –</strong> Has been said many times before, but it’s worth repeating. Here in Ohio, high schools allow phone companies to use the tops of their field lights as cell phone towers. Another win-win… the companies get better coverage, the customers get better reception.</p><p></p><p><strong>Better Use of the Jumbotron (or whatever the technical term is) –</strong> Show actual replays. (They seemed to do a slightly better job of this last season, but it’s still wholly inadequate.) Instead of showing a generic message about a timeout on the field or an officials timeout, actually show replays – from multiple angles, over and over. I mean, why not get better use out of that million dollar screen? Show more than one or two (bad quality) clips from other Big 12 games. Also, enough with the cheesy video clips. The “Loud Noises” clip is horrible, and the Varsity Blues Slow Clap is just embarrassing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Corner Exits on the Stadium –</strong> Add NORTHWEST and NORTHEAST entrance gates at the corners of the stadium. It would likely take some grading of the hill and the construction of some wide stairs or ramps (and relocation of a few things), but the added throughput would help, even if only used once the game was over. Also, what’s the point of having stadium staff standing in the middle of the exits after the games? All they ever seem to do is get in the way.</p><p></p><p>Well, since this is all wishful thinking, I’ll continue…</p><p></p><p><strong>Rethink the Entire Concourse –</strong> Expand it and relocate the concessions and bathrooms. I’m sure it’s the result of unplanned growth, but the current layout is an absolute mess. It’s as if the designers just randomly picked locations for everything. As a result, you’ve got one huge cluster**** as people fight to get through concession lines to find bathrooms or vice-versa. There should be four or five sections of the concourse designated for concessions – with multiple concession booths and loitering areas with tables and such. The entranceways for the bathrooms should be expanded a bit, too.</p><p></p><p><strong>Better TV Coverage within the Concourse –</strong> No matter where I go in the stadium, whether it’s to the concessions, or to the bathroom, etc, I should have a clear view of the game. That means more TVs, and bigger TVs. It’s not like they have to leave these things up all the time. Just put TV mounts everywhere and only hang the TVs on gamedays, or during the season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MotownMcFly, post: 129291225, member: 1817258"] [B]Pedestrian Bridge over Elmer Prince Drive at the West End of the Blue Lot (A1) –[/B] Seriously, you’ve got a significant portion of the gameday crowd coming from northwest of the stadium. This would be a win-win for everyone involved – pedestrians and folks in vehicles (and the shuttle buses). [B]Rethink the Coliseum Shuttle Buses –[/B] I’ve used them three times, and it was a nightmare each time. Apparently, the buses can only embark/disembark at a single location. So, you might have four or five buses stacked up waiting to either load or unload passengers. That’s terribly inefficient. You should be able to load or unload three or four buses at a time (especially at the stadium). After games, you should have (ideally) four or more [U]separate[/U], [U]clearly marked[/U] locations on the edge of the Blue lot to simultaneously load the buses. [B]Better WIFI and Cell coverage –[/B] Has been said many times before, but it’s worth repeating. Here in Ohio, high schools allow phone companies to use the tops of their field lights as cell phone towers. Another win-win… the companies get better coverage, the customers get better reception. [B]Better Use of the Jumbotron (or whatever the technical term is) –[/B] Show actual replays. (They seemed to do a slightly better job of this last season, but it’s still wholly inadequate.) Instead of showing a generic message about a timeout on the field or an officials timeout, actually show replays – from multiple angles, over and over. I mean, why not get better use out of that million dollar screen? Show more than one or two (bad quality) clips from other Big 12 games. Also, enough with the cheesy video clips. The “Loud Noises” clip is horrible, and the Varsity Blues Slow Clap is just embarrassing. [B]Corner Exits on the Stadium –[/B] Add NORTHWEST and NORTHEAST entrance gates at the corners of the stadium. It would likely take some grading of the hill and the construction of some wide stairs or ramps (and relocation of a few things), but the added throughput would help, even if only used once the game was over. Also, what’s the point of having stadium staff standing in the middle of the exits after the games? All they ever seem to do is get in the way. Well, since this is all wishful thinking, I’ll continue… [B]Rethink the Entire Concourse –[/B] Expand it and relocate the concessions and bathrooms. I’m sure it’s the result of unplanned growth, but the current layout is an absolute mess. It’s as if the designers just randomly picked locations for everything. As a result, you’ve got one huge cluster**** as people fight to get through concession lines to find bathrooms or vice-versa. There should be four or five sections of the concourse designated for concessions – with multiple concession booths and loitering areas with tables and such. The entranceways for the bathrooms should be expanded a bit, too. [B]Better TV Coverage within the Concourse –[/B] No matter where I go in the stadium, whether it’s to the concessions, or to the bathroom, etc, I should have a clear view of the game. That means more TVs, and bigger TVs. It’s not like they have to leave these things up all the time. Just put TV mounts everywhere and only hang the TVs on gamedays, or during the season. [/QUOTE]
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