BSA

[tony]

Scott scanned these in for us (thanks!)

Looks good to me. $8 million can do a lot.

Link to pic of proposed interior

The pitch that goes with the purdy pictures

[Bisonguy]

Very nice!

Are there any pics of the opposite (balcony/pressbox) side?

[Sioux_Yeah_Yeah]

Looks pretty cool, are there any seats on the ends of the court? Looks really steep. The REA is very steep and I don't really like that, makes you nervous after a few drinks ;D

[Paulie]

Those are retractable seats, correct? If so, looks pretty sharp.

[NDSU_grad]

Tony, were these mailed to out Teammakers or something. Or are the plans still kind of hush-hush. I really like the outside of the building. I remember Tim Miles in a post-game interview one time saying all he wanted was a foyer, couldn't he just have a foyer. Pretty funny. It looks like he got what he wanted.

[jackrabbit1979]

Please excuse my ignorance, but does the BSA just have one level of seating?

Only one problem i see with the pics, if you sit in the middle seat of the chairback side, you have to cross about 15 people to go to the boys room, get a soda/beer?, hot dog, etc. *A true fan would only do any of that during halftime/quarter breaks, but there is always someone who make 14 trips per half to the concession and restroom facilities

[TheBisonator]

Actually, the BSA has two levels of seating on the west side. The upper level there is a fixed grandstand, and is the only part of the arena that doesn't have retractable seats.

And I personally never leave in the middle of a game to get a beer, hot dog or anything.

[mikelsch]

The BSA renovation goal of $8 million is about 40% complete. Plans are to start renovations in the summer of 2006, should be completed in time for the 2006-07 basketball season. The plans aren't public yet, but the NDSU Development Foundation has some of the details. If you want to donate to the BSA, call 231-NDSU. Every little bit helps, please support our athletic programs.

[dakotadan]

So are they basically keeping the layout the same and just putting in new seating or are they changing things up to increase the capacity much?

[jjbluecw]

Looks pretty cool, are there any seats on the ends of the court? Looks really steep. The REA is very steep and I don't really like that, makes you nervous after a few drinks ;D

The drinks at the BSA shouldn't really affect your balance.