EDT: Fargodome Expansion Vote vs Old Man Yells at Cloud (12-5-23)

[scottietohottie]

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Matt was on the insiders and he said the #1 facilities upgrade is th3 Fargodome, then upgrades to the SHAC foe suite and club seating and an indoor wrestling facility.

No mention of the concessions that were just permitted for Thareldson Field

Indoor wrestling facility? They practice outside now? Matt needs a suite in the shac so his wife and Richman's can drink wine in peace?

[HerdBot]

Indoor wrestling facility? They practice outside now? Matt needs a suite in the shac so his wife and Richman's can drink wine in peace?

Standalone would have been a better description lol

[roadwarrior]

Standalone would have been a better description lol

For the women's wrestling team?

[NI4NI]

For the women's wrestling team?

Doubt it. They're gonna let the rabbits get established first so they can beat us in that too.

[Bison03]

Indoor wrestling facility? They practice outside now? Matt needs a suite in the shac so his wife and Richman's can drink wine in peace?

Have you ever seen the current wrestling facility? The Shac was remodeled, but that definitely was not. Looks the same as it did 20 years ago. I think he is saying they need to upgrade what they currently have. Suites at the Shac would be great. That area now on the east aide was great when that was the only place you could drink; but it is empty for most games. I would tink that is the area they would make into suites.

[AKBison]

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Matt was on the insiders and he said the #1 facilities upgrade is th3 Fargodome, then upgrades to the SHAC foe suite and club seating and an indoor wrestling facility.

No mention of the concessions that were just permitted for Thareldson Field

If we are going to add Suites to the SHAC then we need to gut the whole arena portion, especially the upper west side and start from scratch. The whole thing was a boondoggle and needs to be redone properly.


In addition, now that it looks like FBS is inevitable, we have to get the FFD expansion done. As part of that, we MUST find a way to get the capacity up as well. Good G5 teams and crappy P4's don't travel to small stadiums period. As it sits now, we are going to have the smallest capacity stadium in FBS.

[NDSUstudent]

NDSU either needs to get super involved in fixing the dome or building a new outdoor stadium on our own. The dome is an ancient relic, the planned renovation from a football/facility standpoint was extremely uninspired and deserved to fail. Way too focused on the convention center aspect and doing little to bring an obslete facility up to date. It would have been like the SHAC renovation, a very expensive mistake we would have been stuck with for a long time.

[NDSUstudent]

In addition, now that it looks like FBS is inevitable, we have to get the FFD expansion done. As part of that, we MUST find a way to get the capacity up as well. Good G5 teams and crappy P4's don't travel to small stadiums period. As it sits now, we are going to have the smallest capacity stadium in FBS.

I am not sure capacity is a huge issue, the problem with the dome is that it has very little club/suite seating, next to no fan amenities and is like sitting inside of a hanger. It should really just be leveled so we can start over from scratch. Any kind of renovation is going to be SHAC like unless you spend as much as a new facility would likely cost.

[NI4NI]

NDSU either needs to get super involved in fixing the dome or building a new outdoor stadium on our own.

I will NEVER buy season tickets with an outdoor facility, but maybe that's just me?

[HerdBot]

I am not sure capacity is a huge issue, the problem with the dome is that it has very little club/suite seating, next to no fan amenities and is like sitting inside of a hanger. It should really just be leveled so we can start over from scratch. Any kind of renovation is going to be SHAC like unless you spend as much as a new facility would likely cost.

Leveling the dome is a bad idea. We couldn't even afford to do it if we wanted to. Plus it's paid off

Building a 2nd stadium is a tremendous idea whether it's outdoors or indoors

A dome remodel would be nothing like the SHAC. They spent a lot of money but 95% went towards the 100k SF addition to it like the weight room, administration offices, locker rooms, academic rooms, ticket office, etc. A chunk of it went into the ugly indoor track too. They added no capacity to the SHAC, no square footage and very little suite space. They didn't even build permanent stands

And you are correct capacity isnt the issue. It's amenities, most which would have been addressed with the last Fargodone expansion plan. 100 yards of club seating on the west side top. Corner party decks. Wider concourses. More bathrooms. Suites. Floor level restrooms and amenities. More food options. Tailgating plaza. It would have increased capacity too, just not in traditional seats

The economic impact of the Fargodome is insane. The only thing holding it back is NDSU Football taking up nearly 25% of all available Saturdays in a calendar year. A new stadium would free those up