Indoor Practice Facility

[Hammerhead]

If you're a short, bow legged, old German/Russian like myself, there's plenty of leg room at the SHAC

Airplane seats and the SHAC are two places where my short German legs are an advantage.

[EC8CH]

I think that's interesting considering it is also planned to be used for women’s soccer, men’s and women’s golf, baseball, softball, and the men’s and women’s track and field programs.
Don't you get your jollies making fun of UND supposedly making other sports feel unappreciated?

Absolutely other programs will use it. There are batting nets that can drop down from the ceiling. Point is the functionality for FOOTBALL hasn't been sacrificed to accommodate other sports who WILL use it. Track has their own indoor facility so there isn't a need for a track that clips off the corners of the endzones (as just some random example).

This has been built with Football functionality in mind first because that is it's primary purpose and it's name reflects that. A luxury of already having facilities in place for other sports. Something other programs didn't have and needed to make a catch all that ended up sacrificing some elements needed for a dedicated football facility.

Is that clear to you know? Nowhere did I say other sports wouldn't use the building, just that it was specifically built with football needs in mind.

[abc123]

Men's and women's T&F have their own building. They might use the weight room. In the off season I hope they use it. Softball will be getting their own building next.

Just going off of what NDSU's own press release stated.

[HerdBot]

Absolutely other programs will use it. There are batting nets that can drop down from the ceiling. Point is the functionality for FOOTBALL hasn't been sacrificed to accommodate other sports who WILL use it. Track has their own indoor facility so there isn't a need for a track that clips off the corners of the endzones (as just some random example).

This has been built with Football functionality in mind first because that is it's primary purpose and it's name reflects that. A luxury of already having facilities in place for other sports. Something other programs didn't have and needed to make a catch all that ended up sacrificing some elements needed for a dedicated football facility.

Is that clear to you know? Nowhere did I say other sports wouldn't use the building, just that it was specifically built with football needs in mind.

Remember softball is getting an indoor hitting facility that will be located along the 3rd base line

[EC8CH]

Just going off of what NDSU's own press release stated.

And apparently not what my post stated. Purpose built for football doesn't mean exclusive. Just doesn't... Cut and corners ... For it's football functionality... Get it?

[EC8CH]

Remember softball is getting an indoor hitting facility that will be located along the 3rd base line

NDSU is killing it facility wise. Basketball needs better arena seating, and dome concourse needs a refresh. Substantially increased seating capacity likely isn't in the cards and I question how much it's really needed.

[reformedUNDfan]

NDSU is killing it facility wise. Basketball needs better arena seating, and dome concourse needs a refresh. Substantially increased seating capacity likely isn't in the cards and I question how much it's really needed.

The dome sitting 21,000 looks alot better to FBS conferences than 18,700

[AKBison]

The dome sitting 21,000 looks alot better to FBS conferences than 18,700

This....In a perfect world we get the FFD's seating up to 25,000 and get a new basketball arena built adjacent to it like the plans floated a decade ago. And since we are dreaming, baseball and softball desperately need their own IPF. A lot of Northern schools have them and it makes a huge difference. Here is Wichita State's and Nebraska's.

https://goshockers.com/sports/2015/5..._Facility.aspx

https://huskers.com/facilities/alex-...ing-complex/27

[EC8CH]

The dome sitting 21,000 looks alot better to FBS conferences than 18,700

G5 likes having empty space in their stadiums then apparently.

[GCWaters]

Looks like they're re-seeding the Rugby field, too...took it down to dirt and starting from scratch....