Pitt’s new on campus football stadium

[taylorpitt1]

Look at North Dakota State’s Stadium.
It is very similar to the Fitzgerald Field House. Pitt needs to taker Heather’s disastrous Victory Blight project and wrap it into an indoor football facility where 30-40 thousand Pitt fans would be a huge home field advantage. Make all the other non - profit teams apart of the expansion and build it into the Peterson’s Event Center!


Makes too much sense.

 

[taylorpitt1]

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[taylorpitt1]

Pitt needs something different to compete. Like a Cameron Indoor with NIL money and a unique stadium environment.

 

[CJsE]

Do you know how big a football stadium is? North Dakota's stadium is like 2.5x the size of the Fitz.

To fit it where Victory Heights is going would require knocking down several of the newer residence halls. So $450+ million to build the 16th largest stadium in the ACC, with terrible parking, and a couple hundred fewer student residences that need more money to build elsewhere.

Find 500x600 Feet of space in Oakland, then imagine all of the earthworks that would be required to flatten it, then find $500,000,000 to build a 40,000+ stadium there.

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

Do you know how big a football stadium is? North Dakota's stadium is like 2.5x the size of the Fitz.

To fit it where Victory Heights is going would require knocking down several of the newer residence halls. So $450+ million to build the 16th largest stadium in the ACC, with terrible parking, and a couple hundred fewer student residences that need more money to build elsewhere.

Find 500x600 Feet of space in Oakland, then imagine all of the earthworks that would be required to flatten it, then find $500,000,000 to build a 40,000+ stadium there.

What part of his it “makes too much sense” do you not understand brah…

 

[Macchiato]

Build it either of off the Blvd of The Allies overlooking the south side or off of Kirkpatrick street where Kennard park is located. I like off of the Blvd. one end faces the cathedral while the other over looks the river and southside

 

[HailtoPitt]

Should have figured out the land issue 20 + years ago when it was cheaper and built a 45-50k seat stadium. They didn't. Now there is less space and everything is somehow way more expensive. Game. Over.

 

[Upg bobcat]

I've been to a NDSU game at the Fargodome. It doesn't even hold 20k though (at least when I was there). It's a fantastic environment, but it's not because it's this architectural wonder or anything like that -- it's because the program is excellent and everybody everywhere loves a winner. Sorta like early Pete days when Dixon had the basketball team rolling year after year after year. Also, much like PSU country, there isn't anything else to do in town.

 

[thebadby2]

Look at North Dakota State’s Stadium.
It is very similar to the Fitzgerald Field House. Pitt needs to taker Heather’s disastrous Victory Blight project and wrap it into an indoor football facility where 30-40 thousand Pitt fans would be a huge home field advantage. Make all the other non - profit teams apart of the expansion and build it into the Peterson’s Event Center!


Makes too much sense.

Haven’t we broke ground on that bad boy already? I can’t F’in wait!

 

[DruidTM]

Pitt needs something different to compete. Like a Cameron Indoor with NIL money and a unique stadium environment.

I think having an Olympic size ski jump built for the winter on Cardiac Hill and perhaps creating a new hockey arena with an indoor skateboard park would be the moves Pitt needs

 

[CJsE]

Build it either of off the Blvd of The Allies overlooking the south side or off of Kirkpatrick street where Kennard park is located. I like off of the Blvd. one end faces the cathedral while the other over looks the river and southside

Yeah, screw those kids and their park. Pitt needs a football stadium to use seven times per year instead of the other giant football stadium 1 mile away.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Yeah, screw those kids and their park. Pitt needs a football stadium to use seven times per year instead of the other giant football stadium 1 mile away.

Correct.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Build it either of off the Blvd of The Allies overlooking the south side or off of Kirkpatrick street where Kennard park is located. I like off of the Blvd. one end faces the cathedral while the other over looks the river and southside

Best place is on the Blvd across from that Best Western. Would need to knock down that UPMC office building and buy up 25 houses and probably a public housing complex.

The other place to put it is to knock down Trees and that whole OC Lot/Cost Center area and maybe the baseball/softball/soccer complex and redevelop that whole area with a football stadium, parking, rec center with swimming/diving to replace trees and maybe we can squeeze in soccer and softball. Baseball is probably going to get cut anyway. If not, have them play at PNC Park and the Wild Things stadium.

 

[MarySki]

30-40K? You must be f'n crazy. Must be 50K and with a roof.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Best place is on the Blvd across from that Best Western. Would need to knock down that UPMC office building and buy up 25 houses and probably a public housing complex.

The other place to put it is to knock down Trees and that whole OC Lot/Cost Center area and maybe the baseball/softball/soccer complex and redevelop that whole area with a football stadium, parking, rec center with swimming/diving to replace trees and maybe we can squeeze in soccer and softball. Baseball is probably going to get cut anyway. If not, have them play at PNC Park and the Wild Things stadium.

Many of those houses are owned by the same individual. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. But... Pitt doesn't have the will.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Look at North Dakota State’s Stadium.
It is very similar to the Fitzgerald Field House. Pitt needs to taker Heather’s disastrous Victory Blight project and wrap it into an indoor football facility where 30-40 thousand Pitt fans would be a huge home field advantage. Make all the other non - profit teams apart of the expansion and build it into the Peterson’s Event Center!


Makes too much sense.

i've been inside that fargo dome a few times. was on the field (well the field wasnt up at the time), walked all thru that building..

guys, it is bare bones. im talking a warehouse, that's it. you give me an empty lot and 800 bucks of scrap metal, i could build you the fargo dome, that's how truly ridiculous of a venue it is..

obviously it works for ND state, they pack it in and have a great program but i kid you not, this is a rectangle building with a big black curtain on one side..

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Many of those houses are owned by the same individual. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. But... Pitt doesn't have the will.

Individual or a leasing company? If they are corporate-owned, it makes it 100 times easier since they'd have "a price." Families or some 80 year old may not have any price or any price within reason.

 

[taylorpitt1]

And people can’t think we could some how engineer a way to combine the swimming faculty, Cost center (for parking), the skelton of the field house and the Peterson event center into one huge athletic complex that makes sense next to the new softball, baseball and soccer stadiums….of course we can but Pitt has terrible leadership

 

[PittPharm2002]

Correct.

You’d find another excuse to stay on the couch rolling Pennies

 

[PittPharm2002]

Many of those houses are owned by the same individual. Not sure if that makes it easier or harder. But... Pitt doesn't have the will.

To buy out blocks of privately owned property only to demolish ?
No.
Because Pitt isn’t run by morons

 

[PittPharm2002]

And people can’t think we could some how engineer a way to combine the swimming faculty, Cost center (for parking), the skelton of the field house and the Peterson event center into one huge athletic complex that makes sense next to the new softball, baseball and soccer stadiums….of course we can but Pitt has terrible leadership

Take a knee Sparky .

The answer very simple - destroy the cathedral of learning , Heinz chapel, Stephen foster , the carnegie museums - and build the stadium . Of course we also need to destroy Schenley plaza so we can have parking there and where the museum once was .
So we can ultimately make less revenue for the same attendance .

I mean - priorities !

 

[taylorpitt1]

That property up there is crap - and Pitt would pay a premium because they would know the buyer but what happens to Heinz Field next?
The Browns just signed on this week to move in the Burbs with a dome.

Pitt needs to take control of their future in a way that benefits all of Pitt athletics with an on campus football stadium as the centerpiece

 

[PittPharm2002]

That property up there is crap - and Pitt would pay a premium because they would know the buyer but what happens to Heinz Field next?
The Browns just signed on this week to move in the Burbs with a dome.

Pitt needs to take control of their future in a way that benefits all of Pitt athletics with an on campus football stadium as the centerpiece

I think you should buy those blocks -
Then donate the land to Pitt !
Control the future !

 

[taylorpitt1]

It’s funny that this sounds so crazy

 

[taylorpitt1]

Spend $250 million for non revenue sports versus reduce that number and prioritize football

 

[taylorpitt1]

Yall should apply to work for Heather

 

[taylorpitt1]

But not at Pitt anymore obviously and by the way she has about 5 million fundraisers for this disaster. She was right that Pitt needs a 5-10-30 year plan on Athletics but anything that doesn’t restore an on campus stadium as the centerpiece of that is foolish

 

[taylorpitt1]

You want me to donate—-show me tha stadium plan

 

[pittchagg]

A multi-purpose stadium for football and basketball would make the atmosphere worse for both programs. Great idea!

 

[PittPharm2002]

You want me to donate—-show me tha stadium plan

Start buying land !
Own the process !

If you aren’t wiling to spend , talk less

 

[PittPharm2002]

Yall should apply to work for Heather

Where do you work ?

Without a MSPaint rendering I don’t think you’re serious

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

To buy out blocks of privately owned property only to demolish ?
No.
Because Pitt isn’t run by morons

Well, yea, Pitt is never going to do that but not because its terribly expensive. Its because they dont prioritize football and by they, I mean all of us, because we dont donate enough to make stuff like this happen and we dont have the whale donors that other programs have. It would probably cost $25 million to buy those homes. As part of a large project where you need to acquire land, that's not a lot of money.

 

[Macchiato]

Best place is on the Blvd across from that Best Western. Would need to knock down that UPMC office building and buy up 25 houses and probably a public housing complex.

The other place to put it is to knock down Trees and that whole OC Lot/Cost Center area and maybe the baseball/softball/soccer complex and redevelop that whole area with a football stadium, parking, rec center with swimming/diving to replace trees and maybe we can squeeze in soccer and softball. Baseball is probably going to get cut anyway. If not, have them play at PNC Park and the Wild Things stadium.

A stadium along the Blvd Corridor would revitalize that whole area. It would be easier to access and have wonderful views over the river. There is space from larger lots closer to Bates. You could build a tram to the south side over the hot metal bridge

 

[taylorpitt1]

How bout you put all of Pitt athletics in one spot- on the hill. I mean it’s so obvious

 

[PittPharm2002]

Well, yea, Pitt is never going to do that but not because its terribly expensive. Its because they dont prioritize football and by they, I mean all of us, because we dont donate enough to make stuff like this happen and we dont have the whale donors that other programs have. It would probably cost $25 million to buy those homes. As part of a large project where you need to acquire land, that's not a lot of money.

They can’t because it’s not remotely realistic even politically in this city .

 

[PittPharm2002]

How bout you put all of Pitt athletics in one spot- on the hill. I mean it’s so obvious

Where is this acreage ?

 

[taylorpitt1]

Dorms, food, academic support (I know because I used to do that), ticket sales, marketing etc…it’s all right there.

If you want to build a dynasty or name for yourself go do it —-other wise be compared to Nordenberg and Peterson …..let’s tear down our historic campus stadium crowd

 

[taylorpitt1]

They are the politics of the city- everything I have heard in this post is some flame or excuse

 

[taylorpitt1]

enough acreage —let’s do the math…,,there used to be a hundred yard football stadium there ….with a track around it

 

[PittPharm2002]

Dorms, food, academic support (I know because I used to do that), ticket sales, marketing etc…it’s all right there.

If you want to build a dynasty or name for yourself go do it —-other wise be compared to Nordenberg and Peterson …..let’s tear down our historic campus stadium crowd

You didn’t .
Those things exist already on campus .
Take a knee , sparky