We could be playing in Cupples stadium - so folks who need seat cushions for their sensitive rears can enjoy the aluminum bleachers , again!
You understand that Pitt has tried and the outrage from ticket holders from those sections (despite being upgraded to better seats ) squashed that notion .
Tarps are just dumb and I don't understand why people thing they will fix anything. Kids will play in the parking lot for the right price and that's really what it comes down to. All of that rah-rah and atmosphere BS went right out the window when money became a factor.
Even prior to that, if the stadium was tarped, does anyone REALLY think it matters? Anyone who makes fun of attendance would shift from look at all those empty seats to haha look they had to tarp it. Tarping would have no real impact whatsoever. Optics on tv? Again, 35k, 40k, whatever - the number of asses in seats is still the number.
The "optics" argument is equally dumb. The only reason this fan base loses sleep over attendance numbers is because everyone has a buddy that is a PSU fan that thinks it matters as much as winning football games that matter.
The only people who worry about it are the same who never attend in person .
I don’t get that detachment with reality either. Some here would have us all believe it was standing room only and rocking all the time. It’s baffling.
There were about 6k of us at a rainy Villanova game .
The difference is the bright yellow seats! Those have to be the brightest seats of any NFL, or even college, stadium! Whoever came up with those seat colors really effed-up! They even stick-out during some Steeler games! It just looks so bad!
Juhl was previously dean of the school of pharmacy for a long time, including when I graduated .
Stay on the coach .
I have been saying for years now that the #1 issue within the AD was Lyke's inability to build an on campus stadium. I agree with you that if should be done, just don't think the Pitt administration wants to do so.
"They build hospitals where populations actually need them"??
Hint Forbes is Highmark/AHN
I don't know how to tell you this without sounding like a broken record but the AD doesn't get to decide what to build or what not to build. Huge capital projects are decided on from above. The school realized it had a problem and made a commitment to upgrade facilities back when it joined the ACC. Not sure if you remember but Pitt was widely thought of as a joke when it came to sports. Terrible teams and ancient facilities. It's not like Heather walked into the athletic offices one day with MSPaint renderings and decided to build a multi-sport facility and the school started writing checks. Perhaps many of the details were ironed out while she was here but its not like she made the call. The beef was that she didn't raise more money for it. I wish the new AD good luck with that but that's the problem.
I’m qualified to answer this question because I’m one of the fans who makes noise every home game and have been doing so for a long time. When fans are in closer proximity to each other, then they are much more inclined to stand and make more noise. That is based on 40 years of attending home games. I also agree with the people saying the optics of the yellow seats magnifies the situation.
I think it should be noted that some form of multi-purpose Olympic sports facility on the hilltop - either the OC lot or the Pete lawn - has been talked about for almost a decade, and predates Lyke’s hiring here. It appears in the earliest drafts for the campus master plan starting in 2017, building off of the capital and facilities plan that Scott Barnes started when he was here with Populous in 2016.
That's the first legit argument I've ever heard for herding people into a few sections.
So then, you want a school the size of Pitt, in a pro town, to consistently fill a 70,000 seat stadium? Give me a break — that’s absurd!
I don’t care at all about empty seats !
You could actually bring in money through advertising. You could have UPMC, PNC, etc. on the tarps.
