J.C. Love Field Construction

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I assumed there would be a delay for obvious reasons.


I think our governor could end up being our biggest problem regarding hosting or not... assuming we are actually in the running.

And regressive Dem politician is a compromised clown these days. They want us all in our homes under their control.

[sportdawg]

Wonder what our max bid number needs to be OR if in top 16 by the date NCAA chooses do all bids that meet the minimum get awarded

Supposedly merit based, so I'm thinking if your stadium/area qualify and your in whatever Top 16 they use, you're good.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Any regressive Dem politician is a compromised clown these days. They want us all in our homes under their control.

Any I mean any!

[champion110]

Ruston have plenty of rooms and resources for four baseball teams (regional) or two baseball teams (super regional

I always thought that the problem was not the number of hotel rooms, but the lack of full service hotels with conference rooms. I could have misunderstood, though. I always thought Tech could go in with a private entity to open a full service hotel that was only open during events. Conference space could be in the hotel or it could be attached to a current building that has plenty of meeting rooms/classrooms.

[sportdawg]

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/cha..._Regionals.pdf

HOTEL CONCESSIONS: The following concessions will be offered at no additional charge to the University or the guests:

• Breakfast – a complimentary hot breakfast will be provided for the duration of the event.
• Wireless – wireless internet access for all guests in their rooms, in the meeting rooms and the lobby area will be provided complimentary.
• Parking – complimentary self-parking and bus parking will be extended for the duration of the event.
• Meeting Space - Hotel shall provide complimentary meeting space and related setup required by the University or the assigned guest without charge.
o One complimentary meeting room, per team accessible 24 hours a day for the duration of the event each with the ability to accommodate up 35 people, six feet apart.

[PawDawg]

Wonder what our max bid number needs to be OR if in top 16 by the date NCAA chooses do all bids that meet the minimum get awarded

Yes all indications are top 16 and we would be good. I assume we know where we need to be on the bid amount.

[sportdawg]

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/cha..._Regionals.pdf

HOTEL CONCESSIONS: The following concessions will be offered at no additional charge to the University or the guests:

• Breakfast – a complimentary hot breakfast will be provided for the duration of the event.
• Wireless – wireless internet access for all guests in their rooms, in the meeting rooms and the lobby area will be provided complimentary.
• Parking – complimentary self-parking and bus parking will be extended for the duration of the event.
• Meeting Space - Hotel shall provide complimentary meeting space and related setup required by the University or the assigned guest without charge.
o One complimentary meeting room, per team accessible 24 hours a day for the duration of the event each with the ability to accommodate up 35 people, six feet apart.

Do we have 4 hotels with Meeting Rooms that can accommodate 35 people, 6' apart.

Courtyard By Marriot could probably house 2/3 teams - 110 rooms - they have 3 meeting rooms, 3,246 sq ft of total meeting space & have breakfast available.
Hampton Inn could host 1 team - 1 meeting room / 500 sq ft
Country Inn & Suites - 1 meeting room / 528 sq ft
Fairfield Inn & Suites - 1 large meeting room / 1200 sq ft
Best Western Plus - meeting room of unknown size
Holiday Inn Express - large meeting room

Sleep inn - large meeting room

[sportdawg]

I always thought that the problem was not the number of hotel rooms, but the lack of full service hotels with conference rooms. I could have misunderstood, though. I always thought Tech could go in with a private entity to open a full service hotel that was only open during events. Conference space could be in the hotel or it could be attached to a current building that has plenty of meeting rooms/classrooms.

we have at least 7 hotels that can handle teams

[sportdawg]

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/cha...djustments.pdf
The following are some changes in the bid specifications for 2021 (only):
• If an institution is selected to host a preliminary round(s), but that given institution’s team is not selected to the championship, the institution will still be required to host.
• 16 predetermined regional sites will be selected; and of those sites, eight super regional sites will be selected at the conclusion of the regionals.
• No minimum financial guarantees. The host reporting system has been modified to allow budget submissions without a guarantee.

[FriscoDawg]

yeah if our state is still at 50% which for us is 1200 capacity it only makes sense for the NCAA to choose a bigger stadium where 50% is 3-4K. Could you imagine the complaints if we were to get a regional and say a well traveled regional program like Miss State or even LSU were to have to come to us and only get 200 tics. Nightmare for the NCAA.

We are using 1,000 as the official 50% capacity and even that might be a bit high.

[HogDawg]

We are using 1,000 as the official 50% capacity and even that might be a bit high.

......The state of Louisiana needs to remove all those silly restrictions. The Texas Rangers packed 40K+ fans into their stadium on MLB's opening day last week. If you take an airplane flight, you'll be sitting shoulder to shoulder with other people you don't know, on a packed airplane. It's game over for COVID now. It's time for Louisiana to recognize this and move on with life.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/avera...xas-decreasing

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/tex...-case-numbers/

[BruceWillisDawg]

We are using 1,000 as the official 50% capacity and even that might be a bit high.

So our stadium capacity is barely 2000? There's never been an official breakdown of capacity after completion. Advertised was 2500. How many chairbacks (1500?), berm is supposed to seat how many? Not another 1000. Then of course there's standing room tics. Suits are (16 X 4) which is 64. I guess our goal is to routinely sell 1000 season tics? and then if that becomes routine we can add 500 seats to accommodate single game tics?
In the old stadium it was advertised to seat 3000 - which rarely reached 80% capacity so I get the concept of having a quaint seemingly full environment. This year is an anomaly in that season tic sells momentum was defused by Covid so we will never have an opportunity for a full stadium, so true demand to capacity cant be measured. Still seems to me we shot a little low with seat capacity.

[qng001]

Courtesy of Louisiana Helicam (@lahelicam)

360 Panoramic | JC Love | 3/21/21
https://kuula.co/post/7yqYd

[qng001]

[HogDawg]

We need to get some grass growing --or put down some artificial turf-- on the OUTSIDE of the Love shack, between the stadium and the streets. Nothing but dirt out there.