That would reduce the stadium's capacity by thousands. And raise ticket prices for those seats a great deal. Most of the major college football stadiums are still dominated by bleachers.
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That would reduce the stadium's capacity by thousands. And raise ticket prices for those seats a great deal. Most of the major college football stadiums are still dominated by bleachers.
The entrance at the southwest side of the stadium is an absolute cluster. People going through those multiple gates met with a ton of students that go through the gates further north and the convergence of the 2 masses is pretty bad. Worse problems I am sure but man it is a major kink there.
I would second that and also add a section for the people who just want to get obliterated drunk.
Yeah so in 2005 they made the seats big enough for the average sized male from the 1940s. Lol.
North engine is the best place to sit for space and comfort.
the east west sides are awful. One person needs to sit at the front of the seat and the next person needs to sit way back to get all the butts jammed in.
last few years I have been lucky to get tickets for just the games I want. The post game traffic is too awful to go to games against garbage teams.
if it wasn’t for the tail gating experience I wouldn’t go at all. Just isn’t worth it IMO.
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Original seat width was 20.5”, they widened it to 22” with the South end zone/press box renovation 20 years ago. Widening to 24” would probably cut something like 5,000-10,000 in capacity from the stadium. Replacing bleachers with stadium seats would cut capacity probably down to 50,000. Of course, doing all of that helps solve the problems with lines for restrooms and concessions though, but significantly reduces revenue if you don’t jack up ticket prices to offset lower volume.
There have been rumors that the original construction was built to allow future upper decks to be built over the top of the grandstands. I couldn’t imagine trying to make that happen today almost 100 years later. Really wouldn’t trust the structural integrity of the existing stadium to support that much weight. Unfortunately we re-did the South endzone wrong, but spend so much money doing it that they’ll never rip it out to replace it with something like the North endzone. The old South endzone was always a temporary solution that just lasted decades, current one was built to be permanent.
I do wonder how many more decades we’ll get out of Kinnick before age finally gets to it. We’re almost at the century mark, I doubt it makes it another 50 years after that.
There have been rumors that the original construction was built to allow future upper decks to be built over the top of the grandstands. I couldn’t imagine trying to make that happen today almost 100 years later. Really wouldn’t trust the structural integrity of the existing stadium to support that much weight. Unfortunately we re-did the South endzone wrong, but spend so much money doing it that they’ll never rip it out to replace it with something like the North endzone. The old South endzone was always a temporary solution that just lasted decades, current one was built to be permanent.
I do wonder how many more decades we’ll get out of Kinnick before age finally gets to it. We’re almost at the century mark, I doubt it makes it another 50 years after that.
I am wondering the same but I have no clue where you put a new stadium. It would have to be dang near in North Liberty... which would be fine with me.
I'm pretty sure if Mark Cuban was here they could find room along the N. side of I380 for a new stadium.
Been quite a while since I have been to Kinnick.
Remembering correctly there were numbers of 25 seats on a bench.
I experienced situations where a person had a couple friends with seats elsewhere
come and try to squeeze in putting 27-28 persons in a 25-seat row.
Every time you stood up you had to fight for seat space sitting back down.
Remembering correctly there were numbers of 25 seats on a bench.
I experienced situations where a person had a couple friends with seats elsewhere
come and try to squeeze in putting 27-28 persons in a 25-seat row.
Every time you stood up you had to fight for seat space sitting back down.
Build new stadium east of Iowa. Buy a bunch of farmland. New stadium and university controlled entertainment district. Toss in a new basketball stadium.
Moving the stadium ain't happening for a while. We got the Wave thing going and you can't wave from 10 miles away.
Whose *** do you think they measured to get the standard width? They should have big *** sections.
Have like those bag measurement deals at airport. If your *** does not fit inside this then you cannot come in.
And that's exactly what most places are doing when they build or remodel--Arizona State and San Diego State and Northwestern, just off the top of my head, have made dramatic cuts in capacity to make their places comfortable and modern. I'm tired of sitting like a sardine for 3.5 hours. I'm willing to pay more for a ticket if I have my own seat instead of a few inches of an aluminum plank from the 1950s.
Actually, they waved from Tampa, about 1,500 miles away, among other locations.
Definitely not from the 50's. I have our fiberglass seats from the 70's in the garage, my garage flooring is also the original turf from Kinnick. there is a simple solution to not liking sitting like a sardine for 3.5 hours....... don't go.
YOu just gave Beth an idear. Ya know how airplanes have the extra room +, well dammit have that in some sections in Kinnick. Widen them seats out and charge extra. Ya gotta big ***, then buy tix in the big *** sections.
Thanks for the info. I had friends ride the train and they liked it but never mentioned what the wait was.
There isn't a lot of demand at the venues you mentioned. The only way bleachers are going away is when major programs stop selling out and packing people in. Why spend a huge amount of money on a seating overhaul when people will pack the stadium anyway?
Nope. Plenty of room. Look at the football field plot right there or clip and overlay the Kinnick footprint. Then clear off some of the grassy areas and make them parking lots. Great location.
The sound system….fix the sound system….you go to nearly any other stadium around the conference and it’s night and day.
I actually had an Oregon fan ask me if it was broken or something, I rolled my eyes and said it’s been this bad FOR YEARS.
I actually had an Oregon fan ask me if it was broken or something, I rolled my eyes and said it’s been this bad FOR YEARS.