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<blockquote data-quote="COOL MAN" data-source="post: 129349399" data-attributes="member: 1080466"><a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pvzkPVVtzsAVeounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZ3UwN2I2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjNGVlYjA5ZjMzNTE0NmQzODZlNmQzZjMwNjg2MTEzNQRncG9zAzEwBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnew%2Bnippert%2Bstadium%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D10&amp;w=800&amp;h=532&amp;imgurl=magazine.uc.edu%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fmagazine%2Fimages%2Fexplore%2Fvvtour%2F00081011HCv086.jpg&amp;rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.uc.edu%2Fexplore%2Fvarsity_village.html&amp;size=532.8KB&amp;name=Renovation+of+%3Cb%3ENippert%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EStadium%3C%2Fb%3E+included+a+%3Cb%3Enew%3C%2Fb%3E+installation+of+the+...&amp;p=new+nippert+stadium&amp;oid=c4eeb09f335146d386e6d3f306861135&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-002&amp;tt=Renovation+of+%3Cb%3ENippert%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EStadium%3C%2Fb%3E+included+a+%3Cb%3Enew%3C%2Fb%3E+installation+of+the+...&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=10&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=11jklp4at&amp;sigb=14ene45oc&amp;sigi=12dahr5oi&amp;sigt=12p134hp2&amp;sign=12p134hp2&amp;.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-002&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-002&amp;hspart=mozilla">https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pvzkPVVtzsAVeounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZ3UwN2I2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjNGVlYjA5ZjMzNTE0NmQzODZlNmQzZjMwNjg2MTEzNQRncG9zAzEwBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&amp;back=https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=new+nippert+stadium&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-002&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-002&amp;hspart=mozilla&amp;tab=organic&amp;ri=10&amp;w=800&amp;h=532&amp;imgurl=magazine.uc.edu/content/dam/magazine/images/explore/vvtour/00081011HCv086.jpg&amp;rurl=http://magazine.uc.edu/explore/varsity_village.html&amp;size=532.8KB&amp;name=Renovation+of+&lt;b&gt;Nippert&lt;/b&gt;+&lt;b&gt;Stadium&lt;/b&gt;+included+a+&lt;b&gt;new&lt;/b&gt;+installation+of+the+...&amp;p=new+nippert+stadium&amp;oid=c4eeb09f335146d386e6d3f306861135&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-002&amp;tt=Renovation+of+&lt;b&gt;Nippert&lt;/b&gt;+&lt;b&gt;Stadium&lt;/b&gt;+included+a+&lt;b&gt;new&lt;/b&gt;+installation+of+the+...&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=10&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=11jklp4at&amp;sigb=14ene45oc&amp;sigi=12dahr5oi&amp;sigt=12p134hp2&amp;sign=12p134hp2&amp;.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-002&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-002&amp;hspart=mozilla</a><a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8phzkvVV3HYA13ounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIyYXAxc3MxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0ZGJkYTAyMjQ1OWU4ODU4MTM4Y2E1MDkwNGE0ZjU4MwRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Drenovated%2Bnippert%2Bstadium%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-003%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26hsimp%3Dyhs-003%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D6&amp;w=720&amp;h=405&amp;imgurl=image2.stadiumjourney.com%2Fimages%2Fstadiums%2F456_Nippert_Stadium_Interior_News_Item.jpg&amp;rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stadiumjourney.com%2Fnews%2F09-07-2015%2F1190%2Fcollege-football-stadiums-finally-get-to-show-off-renovations&amp;size=51.8KB&amp;name=%3Cb%3ERenovated+Nippert+Stadium%3C%2Fb%3E&amp;p=renovated+nippert+stadium&amp;oid=4dbda022459e8858138ca50904a4f583&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-003&amp;tt=%3Cb%3ERenovated+Nippert+Stadium%3C%2Fb%3E&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=6&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=13gjmmkdd&amp;sigb=14jbnu3o1&amp;sigi=12k95ckml&amp;sigt=110j53tek&amp;sign=110j53tek&amp;.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-003&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-003&amp;hspart=mozilla">https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8phzkvVV3HYA13ounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIyYXAxc3MxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0ZGJkYTAyMjQ1OWU4ODU4MTM4Y2E1MDkwNGE0ZjU4MwRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&amp;back=https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=renovated+nippert+stadium&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-003&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-003&amp;hspart=mozilla&amp;tab=organic&amp;ri=6&amp;w=720&amp;h=405&amp;imgurl=image2.stadiumjourney.com/images/stadiums/456_Nippert_Stadium_Interior_News_Item.jpg&amp;rurl=http://www.stadiumjourney.com/news/09-07-2015/1190/college-football-stadiums-finally-get-to-show-off-renovations&amp;size=51.8KB&amp;name=&lt;b&gt;Renovated+Nippert+Stadium&lt;/b&gt;&amp;p=renovated+nippert+stadium&amp;oid=4dbda022459e8858138ca50904a4f583&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-003&amp;tt=&lt;b&gt;Renovated+Nippert+Stadium&lt;/b&gt;&amp;b=0&amp;ni=21&amp;no=6&amp;ts=&amp;tab=organic&amp;sigr=13gjmmkdd&amp;sigb=14jbnu3o1&amp;sigi=12k95ckml&amp;sigt=110j53tek&amp;sign=110j53tek&amp;.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-003&amp;fr2=piv-web&amp;hsimp=yhs-003&amp;hspart=mozilla</a>These two wacky links show before (the first) and after photos of UC's now-renovated NIppert Stadium which just re-opened for business last weekend.&nbsp; FYI, any photos of UC football you've seen which show the city skyline were taken when the Bearcats were playing home games at Paul Brown Stadium (home of the Cincinnati Bengals).&nbsp; Nippert was closed during the 2014 season while the Nippert renovation was in progress.Nippert is one of the oldest stadiums still in use in college football.....something like 4th oldest, if I'm not mistaken.....and had its last major renovation (including the press box shown in the first photo) back in the early 90's.&nbsp; The new renovation.....costing upward of $90 million.....added the extremely impressive new structure on the stadium's west side, as well as significant (and badly needed) improvements to the stadium's basic pedestrian access and concourse areas.&nbsp; The updated facility now has an &quot;official&quot; capacity of 40,000 (though I don't think anyone outside the ticket office knows the exact number of sellable seats)The stadium is right dead center in the middle of campus, making it wonderfully accessible to the resident students;&nbsp; though parking, as is typically the case with urban campuses, is a challenge.&nbsp; But it's a very intimate setting, and therefore a great place to watch a game;&nbsp; that is, if you're not sitting in the first 10 or so rows, which are so low (and the sight lines so flat) that you can't see over the players standing on the sidelines.&nbsp; I myself don't know why the architects didn't address this issue as part of the renovation, which originally resulted from the lowering of the field in 1936.I'll stick with the Pirates avatar while they're still alive.&nbsp; I've been hearing that the Jays have become a local phenomenon this season;&nbsp; still kills me that damn former Buc Jose Bautista keeps putting up his annual imitation of Henry Aaron.&nbsp; However, I'd much rather see the Jays win than essentially anyone else in that division.&nbsp; Plus, I'm pulling for Russell Martin;&nbsp; a player for whom pretty much every Pirates fan in the universe has a soft spot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="COOL MAN, post: 129349399, member: 1080466"] [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pvzkPVVtzsAVeounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZ3UwN2I2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjNGVlYjA5ZjMzNTE0NmQzODZlNmQzZjMwNjg2MTEzNQRncG9zAzEwBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnew%2Bnippert%2Bstadium%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D10&w=800&h=532&imgurl=magazine.uc.edu%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fmagazine%2Fimages%2Fexplore%2Fvvtour%2F00081011HCv086.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.uc.edu%2Fexplore%2Fvarsity_village.html&size=532.8KB&name=Renovation+of+%3Cb%3ENippert%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EStadium%3C%2Fb%3E+included+a+%3Cb%3Enew%3C%2Fb%3E+installation+of+the+...&p=new+nippert+stadium&oid=c4eeb09f335146d386e6d3f306861135&fr2=piv-web&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&tt=Renovation+of+%3Cb%3ENippert%3C%2Fb%3E+%3Cb%3EStadium%3C%2Fb%3E+included+a+%3Cb%3Enew%3C%2Fb%3E+installation+of+the+...&b=0&ni=21&no=10&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11jklp4at&sigb=14ene45oc&sigi=12dahr5oi&sigt=12p134hp2&sign=12p134hp2&.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla']https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8pvzkPVVtzsAVeounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZ3UwN2I2BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANjNGVlYjA5ZjMzNTE0NmQzODZlNmQzZjMwNjg2MTEzNQRncG9zAzEwBGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=new+nippert+stadium&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&tab=organic&ri=10&w=800&h=532&imgurl=magazine.uc.edu/content/dam/magazine/images/explore/vvtour/00081011HCv086.jpg&rurl=http://magazine.uc.edu/explore/varsity_village.html&size=532.8KB&name=Renovation+of+Nippert+Stadium+included+a+new+installation+of+the+...&p=new+nippert+stadium&oid=c4eeb09f335146d386e6d3f306861135&fr2=piv-web&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&tt=Renovation+of+Nippert+Stadium+included+a+new+installation+of+the+...&b=0&ni=21&no=10&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11jklp4at&sigb=14ene45oc&sigi=12dahr5oi&sigt=12p134hp2&sign=12p134hp2&.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla[/URL] [URL='https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8phzkvVV3HYA13ounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIyYXAxc3MxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0ZGJkYTAyMjQ1OWU4ODU4MTM4Y2E1MDkwNGE0ZjU4MwRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Drenovated%2Bnippert%2Bstadium%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-003%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26hsimp%3Dyhs-003%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D6&w=720&h=405&imgurl=image2.stadiumjourney.com%2Fimages%2Fstadiums%2F456_Nippert_Stadium_Interior_News_Item.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stadiumjourney.com%2Fnews%2F09-07-2015%2F1190%2Fcollege-football-stadiums-finally-get-to-show-off-renovations&size=51.8KB&name=%3Cb%3ERenovated+Nippert+Stadium%3C%2Fb%3E&p=renovated+nippert+stadium&oid=4dbda022459e8858138ca50904a4f583&fr2=piv-web&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&tt=%3Cb%3ERenovated+Nippert+Stadium%3C%2Fb%3E&b=0&ni=21&no=6&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13gjmmkdd&sigb=14jbnu3o1&sigi=12k95ckml&sigt=110j53tek&sign=110j53tek&.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla']https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8phzkvVV3HYA13ounIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTIyYXAxc3MxBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAM0ZGJkYTAyMjQ1OWU4ODU4MTM4Y2E1MDkwNGE0ZjU4MwRncG9zAzYEaXQDYmluZw--?.origin=&back=https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=renovated+nippert+stadium&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla&tab=organic&ri=6&w=720&h=405&imgurl=image2.stadiumjourney.com/images/stadiums/456_Nippert_Stadium_Interior_News_Item.jpg&rurl=http://www.stadiumjourney.com/news/09-07-2015/1190/college-football-stadiums-finally-get-to-show-off-renovations&size=51.8KB&name=Renovated+Nippert+Stadium&p=renovated+nippert+stadium&oid=4dbda022459e8858138ca50904a4f583&fr2=piv-web&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&tt=Renovated+Nippert+Stadium&b=0&ni=21&no=6&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=13gjmmkdd&sigb=14jbnu3o1&sigi=12k95ckml&sigt=110j53tek&sign=110j53tek&.crumb=Wu3.U62tc.N&fr=yhs-mozilla-003&fr2=piv-web&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=mozilla[/URL] These two wacky links show before (the first) and after photos of UC's now-renovated NIppert Stadium which just re-opened for business last weekend. FYI, any photos of UC football you've seen which show the city skyline were taken when the Bearcats were playing home games at Paul Brown Stadium (home of the Cincinnati Bengals). Nippert was closed during the 2014 season while the Nippert renovation was in progress. Nippert is one of the oldest stadiums still in use in college football.....something like 4th oldest, if I'm not mistaken.....and had its last major renovation (including the press box shown in the first photo) back in the early 90's. The new renovation.....costing upward of $90 million.....added the extremely impressive new structure on the stadium's west side, as well as significant (and badly needed) improvements to the stadium's basic pedestrian access and concourse areas. The updated facility now has an "official" capacity of 40,000 (though I don't think anyone outside the ticket office knows the exact number of sellable seats) The stadium is right dead center in the middle of campus, making it wonderfully accessible to the resident students; though parking, as is typically the case with urban campuses, is a challenge. But it's a very intimate setting, and therefore a great place to watch a game; that is, if you're not sitting in the first 10 or so rows, which are so low (and the sight lines so flat) that you can't see over the players standing on the sidelines. I myself don't know why the architects didn't address this issue as part of the renovation, which originally resulted from the lowering of the field in 1936. I'll stick with the Pirates avatar while they're still alive. I've been hearing that the Jays have become a local phenomenon this season; still kills me that damn former Buc Jose Bautista keeps putting up his annual imitation of Henry Aaron. However, I'd much rather see the Jays win than essentially anyone else in that division. Plus, I'm pulling for Russell Martin; a player for whom pretty much every Pirates fan in the universe has a soft spot. [/QUOTE]

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