They should build it at least 50k capacity to start with...
Also, leave room to expand if we ever need to expand it.
Also, leave room to expand if we ever need to expand it.
If Pitt had a 40,000 seat luxury stadium in Oakland,would you pay 40% more
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Part of the lure and atmosphere at SEC games is tailgating how r u going to have that in parking garages spread all around the stadium
Will there be parking at the new stadium? Or will we shuttled in? I would pay more, but would buy less tickets. They are such a bargain now that I buy 8.
Have Pitt's version of Ole Miss's Grove in the cathedral lawn. I think it would be a great back drop to tailgate at. Then the party can continue after the game with the victory lights lit up on the cathedral. Even at Heinz Field each year more and more parking is being developed. It will soon be no better then Oakland.
The biggest thing about down sizing the stadium is it would create demand. Right now there is no need to hold on to season tickets after a bad year or for bad schedules. There simply way to many tickets. Even the big games you can get tickets through Pitt the week of the game. It the stadium only held 45k that would not be the case. If you gave up season ticket you might not be able to get them the following season.
What then, pray tell, does 40K in attendance in a 70K stadium scream?
Be honest , ketchup is a dump, seats are so far away from field, those ugly azz yellow backs, screams NFL dump, horrible for Pitt, but pretend it's great
No, I'd still get mine for free. I did go to the Miami game since I was in Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving.
Heinz does have some bench seating. The stadium doesn't need to be benches. You can do individual seats. I would have seats everywhere but the student section.
I think I posted it here before, but a FSU poster stated that during expansionpalooza 2012, the FSU AD was flooded with calls from FSU fans that stated they'd stop donating if FSU did not go to the Big XII. AD members then asked for their donor code so that they could check historic donations and found that the vast majority of fans causing the hysteria either never donated or donated very little.
Very similar to this stadium issue and other things Pitt fans complain about. The ones that complain the most do very little to help the athletic department and wait for unrealistic scenarios to "step up". That is not how it works in college athletics.
To be fair, you seem to think everyone who disagrees with your scripture is stupid.
Only a matter of time before that's the way it is at Heinz. They are building a garage on Gold Lot 1 soon.
Of course, one could use that method to justify just about any decision at a University, as most alums/fans aren't donors. It's actually a stupid verification method.
Ha. Yeah, listen to constant bitchers that don't support the program in a substantial way. That's the way to go!
To respond to the original post, I would pay more.
In fact, I am considering not getting tickets next season. It's just not a good experience and I have better things to do on the weekend then stare at a bunch of empty yellow seats.
In fact, I am considering not getting tickets next season. It's just not a good experience and I have better things to do on the weekend then stare at a bunch of empty yellow seats.
I guess you don't have good reading comprehension. Whether the suggestions are good or bad, one can cross check those people and find that most do not donate. It's a form a confirmation bias.
The plan would be to drive a stake into tailgating (except for those who park on private lots), and force the majority of fans to meet in the local bar/restaurants on the North Shore.
I don't think it's an attack on tailgating as it is valuable land wasting away. Land between Heinz and PNC is gold (no pun intended). Apartment buildings going up are pricey, they need somewhere to park.. North Shore has finally turned into a destination other than steeler sundays. Vast parking spaces are a thing of the past, Personally I wouldn't pay 2k to live there but I am a boring suburbanite. Kenny Chesney fans "Not happy"
When people are threatening to hold back their donations based on irrational decisions, and they don't even donate, I think it's a pretty good check.
Work with the people that actually support the program.
Agree with this. It's not an attack on tailgating IMO. Like you said, that land is valuable and a lot of people can make a lot of money off of developing it.
One reason the north shore was dead outside of 8 sundays with 3 rivers was because there was absolutely nothing else to do there.
Another silly post about a stadium in Oakland. Why would Pitt spend all that money for a stadium in Oakland on land that does not exist to draw lower attendance. We did not draw in Oakland except when we played PSU and ND. Back out those teams out the last 20 years and do like wise at Heinz and compare. We now play in a great stadium.
Come on with this now, Great stadium?? Give me a break. For all the old buzzards complaining about having to (gasp) drive into Oakland, there are plenty of people that would.. I've said before, show me a fan that prioritizes parking and accessibility over game day atmosphere and i'll show you an old grump that will find something else to complain about.
In the case of stadium discussions, everyone who disagrees with CrazyPaco *IS* stupid.
He's 100% correct.
The only thing the admin can do to artificially shrink supply is to tarp off the upper deck endzone. That knocks the capacity down to 58k and is a good way to go.
Instead of staring at the seats... maybe you should watch the game.
Not true. Pitt drew about equally well as they do at Heinz at Pitt Stadium in the 1980s, 30 years ago when attendance across the board has increased for college football compared to three decades ago. Considering that fact, I'd saw we draw worse, having not kept up with attendance inflation.
Guess who owns most development rights??? Hint: the last name begins with Roone_.
And good for them for doing something about it. It was a wasteland over there before.
Developing that land was part of the stadium deals for both the Steelers and the Pirates.
I hope the Pens develop the land in the Hill as good as what is going on in the north shore.
as long as it's privately financed, who cares? Hey, rooneys are smart and rich. They own a ton of land in ohio. Good for them.
If they don't want the Northshore to be dead on non game days, then building more apartments seems like a better choice. I suspect that they just want more people closer to the stadium with nowhere to tailgate.
I hope so too. Political gaming in place. We should hope for an extension of downtown and not some sort of charitable giveaway and extension of the hill district. We've seen enough section 8 housing in the area and what that brings, time to try something else. My regards to the people who had to move in the 60's with the civic arena, time to get over it..
Hey, maybe all this infrastructure and development helps pitt attendance. I don't know, better restaurants, more locals living within walking distance, cooler attractions, all could help get some "ambience" here, maybe give it that event feel over just a game. I don't know, maybe I am reaching. Funny thing is, there are always a lot of fans (so called anyways) around the stadium on gameday, we just have to figure out how to get em in their seats. So in short, disregard this whole damn post.
And there's some people like myself, who are committed to never go to any games if tailgating ever ends, I admit, I go only to one Steelers game and one Pitt game per year, and I don't go to watch the game, I watch every game at home on my 52" TV, if it was just about watching the game, why go to it? No, I go there in person for a big blowout party, and I hate crowded bars where you need to get in line to buy the next $8 beer. So I'm not sure how many we are, but I am certain there are many people like me, who when the tailgating dies, they won't be coming anymore.
Streak of on campus stadium threads is running at just over four years. I think the week the JoePa scandal broke was the last time we made it seven day's without an on-campus stadium thread.
