Dome Attendance

[roadwarrior]

Yeah the addition. I found an article and it said it was 30 million . It would have been a joint venture between ndsu and the city
http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/28345/

Yes, but that addition would not disrupt the current structure (other than connecting to it) and it would not have increased football seating at all.

[Kermit]

Yes, but that addition would not disrupt the current structure (other than connecting to it) and it would not have increased football seating at all.

The quoted post is far too sane and logical for this thread. Can a mod please move it?

[BlueBisonRock]

We need a new workaround.

Call Teacher. He knows how to make ESPN3 work.

[HerdBot]

Yes, but that addition would not disrupt the current structure (other than connecting to it) and it would not have increased football seating at all.

I know absolutely nothing about construction but I am suprised if you can build a 10k seat arena for 30 million, it would cost way more than 50 million to add 8,000 seats to the dome. But my background is in sales and marketing so I know nothing. I really have no clue

[Bookem]

I know absolutely nothing about construction but I am suprised if you can build a 10k seat arena for 30 million, it would cost way more than 50 million to add 8,000 seats to the dome. But my background is in sales and marketing so I know nothing. I really have no clue

Open palm, insert face.

[Gully]

I know absolutely nothing about construction but I am suprised if you can build a 10k seat arena for 30 million, it would cost way more than 50 million to add 8,000 seats to the dome. But my background is in sales and marketing so I know nothing. I really have no clue

If they were starting from scratch they could probably do something more reasonably from an incremental cost perspective. The problem is, it just wasn't designed in a way that facilitates any meaningful seating increase without drastic (extremely expensive) changes. This puts us in a pickle because I don't know of too many people that can write a $200+ million check that we'd need for a new fb stadium.

[roadwarrior]

I really have no clue

Finally, we are on the same page.

[BisonNation11]

If they were starting from scratch they could probably do something more reasonably from an incremental cost perspective. The problem is, it just wasn't designed in a way that facilitates any meaningful seating increase without drastic (extremely expensive) changes. This puts us in a pickle because I don't know of too many people that can write a $200+ million check that we'd need for a new fb stadium.

Pretty sure the State of North Dakota has a $2 billion surplus... Haha, I forgot the purple!!! We'd be lucky to get 2 cents!

[Tatanka]

Finally, we are on the same page.

I picked the wrong time to run out of rep.

[Hammersmith]

I've heard of Minnesota and even SDSU as having a master facility plan, a plan that covers all wants and wishes in regards to the future of all athletic buildings. Has Gene ever mentioned anything like that? I would think that they have some sort of long range plan to deal with the football fan base growth issues. I'd like to see anything even if it is 20 years away.

Yes, NDSU has done an athletic master plan in the last decade. It didn't include anything major for football due the issues being discussed ad nauseum. It's also been shot to hell due to other factors. It might very well be time to revisit and revise the plan due to all the off-plan changes that have occurred in the last few years.

Here is an image from the earlier plan: