For those of you not familiar with the plan, here it is
http://legacy.inforum.com/pdfs/20130201163913051.pdf
Here's the original news story.
http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/13550/
Then Doug Burgrum wanted to take the money and do something downtown.
Duh it was quite obvious to everyone on this board who speculated that it would be cheaper to add on to the dome.
I won't support a 1 cent tax increase unless they also look at upgrading the inside of the dome. That's what the money is for and it's long overdue for some upgrades. They will need to be done sooner or later. Heck the turf and lighting was a decade too late!
1) Needs a technology upgrade big time. Those ghetto tube TV's are an embarrresment
2) Video boards need to go to LED. What we have is ok but it's really kind of a dinosaur and in a few years they will be as silly as the tube tv's.
3) Other stadium lighting. (stip lights that they have on most new stadiums)
4) Public wi-fi. Serious you can't use your cell phone in the dome. Wi-Fi would be awesome
5) Small concourse on the west side to keep heat in the dome. It's just too darn cold in the winter
6) Replace the red seats. They are falling apart.
7) Small parking ramp (sorry but the dome lot is packed on game day and there is no way to spin the fact this will hurt parking)
8) Corner seating (just kidding, or am I?)
If they can take care of some of the other upgrades and ensure they do the skywalk, I would support the tax. Otherwise I would vote no. The additional space will make us more competitive with Grand Forks and Sioux Falls. While it doesn't benefit NDSU, I think it will make the overall area look more impressive. It will be neat having a sky bar looking down on the field and the building will certainly look more impressive having the south addition. But I think the key benefit for NDSU is having the sky walk. It is a neat deal for players to walk from the dome to the SHAC, especially when it's in the dead of the winter. It really ties everything together.
And PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD... no gaudy ugly ass giant FARGODOME SIGN on the front of the new building! That is the ugliest logo anwhere. Less is more!!