RochesterRob Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 24 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: The old Sullivan Stadium was built in Foxboro at the same time for $6 million. It was 90% aluminum bench seating, basically a high school stadium on steroids. Sullivan Stadium sure looked like a dump back in the 1980's. Even old Cleveland Municipal looked classy in comparison. Sad how the Astro dome went from decent in the mid-1980's to what it looked like by the time the Oiler's left Houston. I guess time waits for no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BhamBillsFan Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, The Process said: Here..... I'm all about having them play here, since I live in Hoover! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 12 hours ago, BillnutinHouston said: I wonder why they dug down so far rather than building up. Cost? I wish more stadiums did this. Going up to the upper deck from the ground in a stadium where the field is at ground level is endless. And coming back down after a game with 40,000 others is even worse. Coming in at mid-level where you walk down to the lower bowl and up to the upper decks is something we take for granted I think. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 13 hours ago, BillnutinHouston said: Great video, thanks. I wonder why they dug down so far rather than building up. Cost? Yes, cost, it’s way less expensive to dig a hole In the dirt and simply pour concrete on it to form the lower seating risers than to build a structure. That’s assuming the soil conditions will allow it. (The new LA Stadium is doing the same thing but in that case it’s also to lower the overall height of the stadium in proximity to the approach path into LAX airport.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 13 hours ago, SoCal Deek said: Someplace there's a box where I had saved every photograph of the construction progress as they were printed in the Buffalo Evening News. Hard to believe they built the place for $20milion. You couldn't build the ticket booths for that today. The bills are building a new weight room for $18 million. Really puts that in perspective. 6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Yes, cost, it’s way less expensive to dig a hole In the dirt and simply pour concrete on it to form the lower seating risers than to build a structure. That’s assuming the soil conditions will allow it. (The new LA Stadium is doing the same thing but in that case it’s also to lower the overall height of the stadium in proximity to the approach path into LAX airport.) I have to think the fan experience was also put in the decision. Who wants to climb a mountain to get to the upper deck? Its already quite the climb if you've spent the whole morning eating junk food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, wagon127 said: The bills are building a new weight room for $18 million. Really puts that in perspective. Yeah but i hear it’ll have color TVs and an awesome salad bar....so that might be responsible for the a good portion of the cost increase. ? 7 minutes ago, wagon127 said: I have to think the fan experience was also put in the decision. Who wants to climb a mountain to get to the upper deck? Its already quite the climb if you've spent the whole morning eating junk food. Actually no, it was indeed the airport. The new stadiums roof had to fit under the FAA height guidelines. If you search for the site on google earth you’ll see it’s literally at the approach end of the LAX runways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 16 hours ago, klos63 said: And color TV's in the suites!!!!!! 19" RCA up on a shelf, with a custom remote: "Hey waiter, see what's on Channel 4." (Until 1998, my son was our tv's remote control. We got a new set that year, and he ended his 'indentured servitude'.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 everything is so much more colorful now... It kind of makes you respect the artists who were able to paint in dazzling colors when the world looked so drab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 13 hours ago, JÂy RÛßeÒ said: I wish more stadiums did this. Going up to the upper deck from the ground in a stadium where the field is at ground level is endless. And coming back down after a game with 40,000 others is even worse. Coming in at mid-level where you walk down to the lower bowl and up to the upper decks is something we take for granted I think. And the sight lines are amazing because the stadium is less vertical than other stadiums. Lower bowl concept where you can walk down to is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 hours ago, TheFunPolice said: everything is so much more colorful now... It kind of makes you respect the artists who were able to paint in dazzling colors when the world looked so drab. You are aware that the real world was actually in full color even when TV was limited to black and white.....right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 5:30 PM, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ....still no news on Dunkirk Don's dome....very frustrating............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cba fan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, billsfan_34 said: And the sight lines are amazing because the stadium is less vertical than other stadiums. Lower bowl concept where you can walk down to is fantastic. I get what you are saying, however It is a matter of perspective. Do you like to be close and high. Or close and low. I always liked the RCA Dome in Indy and MetroDome in Minneapolis because the seats were much closer to the field on the upper deck as they had to make a small footprint to engineer a safe roof and/or cost considerations. First few rows of upper deck are awesome seats. Close and can see all of field well. And they ea only had 56 and 63 k ?? seats. (At Indy I could literally see Jeff Georges face clearly from the 2nd row upper deck when the play was in front of us and on the near hash marks. Cool.) Open air stadiums have a much more laid back horizontal seating configuration. Silverdome in Detroit was more like an open air laid back stadium with a roof on it and upper deck was far away due to 80k seats. 46 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: You are aware that the real world was actually in full color even when TV was limited to black and white.....right? Thefunpolice poster is sooo old. How old is he? When he was a child the world was, Black and White. Edited August 30, 2018 by cba fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 12 hours ago, SoCal Deek said: You are aware that the real world was actually in full color even when TV was limited to black and white.....right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 "The finest facility in the league with comfort of the fan being the most important consideration." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 15 hours ago, SoCal Deek said: You are aware that the real world was actually in full color even when TV was limited to black and white.....right? Well, maybe in the '70s but definitely not during things like Babe Ruth playing baseball and WWII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, bbb said: Well, maybe in the '70s but definitely not during things like Babe Ruth playing baseball and WWII Leonardo Da Vinci must have been just guessing I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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