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Fargodome officials consider adding seats/BEER for Bison games
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Fargodome officials think they can add about 100 seats if they shift the wheel-chair-accessible areas to free up some bleachers. They could also add what’s known as a “party deck” to create more space in the corners, though the view would not be as good as regular seats, according to Sobolik.
To add a few thousand more seats, structural changes will be needed that could include moving the suites and press box from the east side to the west side. It’s easier to add levels on the west side than the east, which has a lobby that has not been reinforced to bear the extra weight.
T.L. Stroh Architects, the same firm that had looked at a potential Fargodome convention center, is also looking at ways to add more seats to the arena, according to Piepkorn.
http://www.inforum.com/content/fargo...ts-bison-games
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NDSUstudent
Nice! You must have "shared" the napkin? Party deck = space in the corners!
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NDSUstudent
Get yer popcorn ready!:biggrin:
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Take note of who wrote the article... Glad to have him in Fargo.
Also look for the strong signaling regarding the city's appetite for a bigger stadium.
Sent from somewhere using my Windows Phone.
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Make student section bleachers and squeeze them in. Let the end zone be all reserved seats add these corner seats and let's get creative & get the fargodome to 25,000!
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Tatanka
Take note of who wrote the article... Glad to have him in Fargo.
Also look for the strong signaling regarding the city's appetite for a bigger stadium.
Sent from somewhere using my Windows Phone.
Another shot fired in the battle to get the Convention Center. Good plan using Bison football as a lever.
Clearly, any costs end up in the lap of NDSU for additional seats.
Don't expect to ever see seats along the sideline unbolted and replaced with bleacher seating.
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Tatanka
Take note of who wrote the article... Glad to have him in Fargo.
Also look for the strong signaling regarding the city's appetite for a bigger stadium.
Sent from somewhere using my Windows Phone.
I noticed that as well. It's nice to actually have someone practice journalism.
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Glad to finally see folks publicly talk about the problem.
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What's the point?
The financial return on adding thousands of seats will be atrocious.
Why not charge Elmer and Selma the market price of their 40 yard seats?
Hell, they could probably build an attached basketball arena with four times as many seats for the same price. Pipe the game in there, call it the kiddie table.
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NDSUstudent
Too bad that the lobby addition wasn't reinforced to bear the extra weight.
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Tatanka
Take note of who wrote the article... Glad to have him in Fargo.
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Gully
I noticed that as well. It's nice to actually have someone practice journalism.
This dude's articles are well put together. When he comes out with an article that is negative towards NDSU, it will be torn apart on Bisonville, but it will probably be mostly accurate.
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runtheoption
This dude's articles are well put together. When he comes out with an article that is negative towards NDSU, it will be torn apart on Bisonville, but it will probably be mostly accurate.
Absolutely correct.
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Re: Fargodome officials consider adding seats for Bison games
If the east stand mirrored the west stand that would add about 495 seats. If you relocated all the suites that would be around another 280. Of course you've got to then build something somewhere to replace the press box and the suites.
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What if you put seats in the north press box that sits empty all the time?
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NDSUstudent
What if you put seats in the north press box that sits empty all the time?
About 324.
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bisonaudit
If the east stand mirrored the west stand that would add about 495 seats. If you relocated all the suites you could and around another 280. Of course you've got to then build something somewhere to replace the press box and the suites.
Maybe Kolpack will finally get his bathroom then.
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So the expansion plan could add about 1,200 seats...just by replacing existing suites/press boxes plus adding 100 seats by moving the handicapped seats around(article mentioned that).
Plus you would have to build a suite/press box level on the west side. May as well toss in the planned club area in the south end zone.
Premium seating would really be the way to get this done, the dome for non-NDSU events doesn't really need more seats but they need premium seating. NDSU meanwhile needs both.
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NDB2
What's the point?
The financial return on adding thousands of seats will be atrocious.
Why not charge Elmer and Selma the market price of their 40 yard seats?
Hell, they could probably build an attached basketball arena with four times as many seats for the same price. Pipe the game in there, call it the kiddie table.
Why not return to the dark ages........did they do a financial return per seat on whether to build the dome at 15,000, 18,000 or 21,000 in the first place.....doubt it.
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Ooh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
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I don't understand how they are going to move suites from the east to west side, each suite has 16 seats, they added them now they think they can move them
Unless I'm misunderstanding
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Honeybooboo
I don't understand how they are going to move suites from the east to west side, each suite has 16 seats, they added them now they think they can move them
Unless I'm misunderstanding
I believe they talking about creating a press box/suite level on the west side. That and the south endzone are really the only areas of the dome that can be expanded.
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SDbison
Why not return to the dark ages........did they do a financial return per seat on whether to build the dome at 15,000, 18,000 or 21,000 in the first place.....doubt it.
I am sure they know what the ROI will be as they already knew what the renovation ROI vs new stadium was going to be.
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Honeybooboo
I don't understand how they are going to move suites from the east to west side, each suite has 16 seats, they added them now they think they can move them
Unless I'm misunderstanding
Try to figure out that one as well?????
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NDSUstudent
I believe they talking about creating a press box/suite level on the west side. That and the south endzone are really the only areas of the dome that can be expanded.
Where? Up top if so I doubt the east side suite owners will go for that
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Honeybooboo
Where? Up top if so I doubt the east side suite owners will go for that
Yes up top...They would create another level on that side.
Well if those suite owners don't want them I'm sure they will find others that would.
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NorthernBison
Another shot fired in the battle to get the Convention Center. Good plan using Bison football as a lever.
Clearly, any costs end up in the lap of NDSU for additional seats.
Don't expect to ever see seats along the sideline unbolted and replaced with bleacher seating.
This^^^^^^^^^^
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NDSUstudent
Yes up top...They would create another level on that side.
Well if those suite owners don't want them I'm sure they will find others that would.
Umm...those suite owners are some that pump big dollars, and giving up 10 row from the bottom seats on the home side for top row might be a hard sell
Those suites are not only used for football but every event in the dome
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Honeybooboo
Umm...those suite owners are some that pump big dollars, and giving up 10 row from the bottom seats on the home side for top row might be a hard sell
Those suites are not only used for football but every event in the dome
I've sat in the pressbox for games, the view isn't that bad. Plus their new suites would be about 100 times nicer.
The suites in the dome are in a very odd place. I don't think I've ever seen a facility have them in that spot.
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Who gets the money from the suites now? Does NDSU get any of it?
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NDSUstudent
I've sat in the pressbox for games, the view isn't that bad. Plus their new suites would be about 100 times nicer.
The suites in the dome are in a very odd place. I don't think I've ever seen a facility have them in that spot.
I agree, the pressboxes are nice. those corner posts really limit any possibilities.
Maybe field level seating like at the Jerry Dome?
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NDSUstudent
Who gets the money from the suites now? Does NDSU get any of it?
Yes, ndsu gets money from suite holders for the football tickets
Dome gets all other money
You also need to understand those suites are in a perfect spot for every other event, only time they are odd is for the 6 FB games, it's a multi use arena
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I'd like to see some renderings of the proposed layout.
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The ferris wheels are coming....woohoo
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Many of the ideas have been discussed on BV for several yrs.
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unbison
The ferris wheels are coming....woohoo��
You get all of the neat stuff.
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Off season talk...
Has anyone heard any updates or rumors on..
1) the small expansion by reconfiguring thr handicapped seats
2) the proposed upgrades
3) the big edition, downtown or dome addition?
I was under the impression the addition seats will be ready this season, unless I missed something
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HerdBot
Off season talk...
Has anyone heard any updates or rumors on..
1) the small expansion by reconfiguring thr handicapped seats
2) the proposed upgrades
3) the big edition, downtown or dome addition?
I was under the impression the addition seats will be ready this season, unless I missed something
I was in scheels the other day and the ferris wheel didn't have any cabs on it. I forgot to ask if it was just a maintenance thing.
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td577
I was in scheels the other day and the ferris wheel didn't have any cabs on it. I forgot to ask if it was just a maintenance thing.
They're moving the cabs to the corners in the dome for extra seating. Once they remove the corner supports they can charge a premium for the double seats since they will be able to rock back and forth. I've got the text.
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Originally Posted by
td577
I was in scheels the other day and the ferris wheel didn't have any cabs on it. I forgot to ask if it was just a maintenance thing.
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Originally Posted by
Tatanka
They're moving the cabs to the corners in the dome for extra seating. Once they remove the corner supports they can charge a premium for the double seats since they will be able to rock back and forth. I've got the text.
:rimshot::judges::judges::judges:
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:rofl:
I'll take that as a "no, nobody has heard any updates on anything, even the relocation of the handicapped seats to add capacity. "