Dome Upgrades

[BisonNation11]

Seriously, the iron is hot. Demolish the dome and start over. Have NDSU raise x-amount of dollars and have the city vote on chipping in for the rest. Make it the best 40,000 seat indoor stadium you can. Dig it deeper, wider, better. Make the locker rooms as massive as you can. Keep the lights, video boards, anything you can reuse. For 2 years, have home games played at US Bank Stadium or something. There's just no way to make the dome bigger/better that's functional.

[Bison03]

They were talking about this on the Insiders today. They were saying, and I agree, that the dome has a DII pressbox. That should be a priority for the best interest for media and coaches. Taking out the north pressbox will most definitely happen. The biggest question mark will be if they feel that adding an attached convention center is in their best interest. Might need other funds to do that as I dont see the dome blowing ita wntire 42 million dollar wad in one money shot.

[bruinbison]

The east press box also uses the row below it, at least in section 2.
Will have to look next time see if they use the entire row.

[Gully]

I'm sure getting a lot of "love" in this thread, LOL. As for Gully making an appearance, I would say one playoff game is a maybe and that would be the max. I hope to see everyone in Frisco though.

[Hammerhead]

It might be cheaper to leave the dome in place. You could build one hell of an indoor water park in there.

Seriously, the iron is hot. Demolish the dome and start over. Have NDSU raise x-amount of dollars and have the city vote on chipping in for the rest. Make it the best 40,000 seat indoor stadium you can. Dig it deeper, wider, better. Make the locker rooms as massive as you can. Keep the lights, video boards, anything you can reuse. For 2 years, have home games played at US Bank Stadium or something. There's just no way to make the dome bigger/better that's functional.

[MrSnuffleupagus]

Seriously, the iron is hot. Demolish the dome and start over. Have NDSU raise x-amount of dollars and have the city vote on chipping in for the rest. Make it the best 40,000 seat indoor stadium you can. Dig it deeper, wider, better. Make the locker rooms as massive as you can. Keep the lights, video boards, anything you can reuse. For 2 years, have home games played at US Bank Stadium or something. There's just no way to make the dome bigger/better that's functional.

Seriously though, this.

If the city can make room in the budget or afford the tax breaks for the Killbourne/Burgum town downtown; they can actually do something to benefit the public.

[bisonp]

Dome has only been full one time all year. And you guys want to more than double the size? And believe voting taxpayers will help fund it?

Thankfully I think NDSU is smarter than that. They need premium seating, clubs and suites but the size is just fine unless they have Mountain West plans. Attendance is trending downward pretty much everywhere.

[MrSnuffleupagus]

Dome has only been full one time all year. And you guys want to more than double the size? And believe voting taxpayers will help fund it?

Thankfully I think NDSU is smarter than that. They need premium seating, clubs and suites but the size is just fine unless they have Mountain West plans. Attendance is trending downward pretty much everywhere.

This is also the thing that people forget about with the dome...its not just NDSU football games that sell this thing out. How many concerts are sold out here a year?

[bisonp]

This is also the thing that people forget about with the dome...its not just NDSU football games that sell this thing out. How many concerts are sold out here a year?

I could be wrong, but I don't remember a sold out full dome concert this decade. Garth Brooks could have gone bigger, but even those shows were not full capacity, the south stands were brought in some.

[MrSnuffleupagus]

I could be wrong, but I don't remember a sold out full dome concert this decade. Garth Brooks could have gone bigger, but even those shows were not full capacity, the south stands were brought in some.

Well for your example, as I recall, Garth Brooks announces tour dates then adds shows based on tickets sales. If it keeps selling out they keep adding shows until the ticket sales slow. He had like what, three shows here last time?

Most recent concert, I know they added a few hundred tickets last min due to stage configuration for Ed Sheeran the other week. That was sold out.