I am digging this thread back from the dead. Does anyone know how Champion Plaza is looking? I saw plans, but hard to get updated pics of how it is looking.
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I am digging this thread back from the dead. Does anyone know how Champion Plaza is looking? I saw plans, but hard to get updated pics of how it is looking.
Ugly, miniscule building
topped by a gigantic videoboard
The exterior is forgettable
Prevents the stadium from being bowled in
What does this get us again?
To not look like a glorified high school stadium
To look more like a bigtime college program we want to be
To have a better looking stadium.
So fans can walk from one side of the stadium to the other.
To have a better gameday atmosphere during the game.
Also accommodating overflow attendance is an interesting thought. If we remove those metal wings and replace them with the bowled in part of the stadium, the capacity would be about the same AND the stadium would look better. That's not even taking into account other methods of capacity change like expanding chairback seating, which I think should happen.
Having a bowled in stadium and having a space for the building's purpose do not have to be mutually exclusive. They can bowl in the bottom half of the stadium and still have that building and videoboard above it all. That's if they want that building there. Does it really need to be there?
So tell me again, what are we getting out of this building being right there? Why does it need to be right there? It looks like the University of New Orleans' University Center plopped in front of our endzone.
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I’m not sure what this gets current students, coaches, or student-athletes. Stroking the ego of donors and past stars, sure. But I see no opportunity to attract athletes or coaches. Everything we do should attract players, coaches, and fans to athletics. Seems like 3 strikes to me. And I love AL Williams and think he deserves all the praise in the world.