Let's pile on Gillin!!!!!

[appdaze]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

[fjblair]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

I don't see that ever happening, especially if they follow through with the east side renovations.

[Bootsy]

While we are doing a complaint thread, let me take a quick break to praise the efficiency of the beer table staff. At least on the east side, they really keep those long lines moving quickly. Makes it easy to pop out for some in-game refreshment without missing much.

If the beer table staff is that good, maybe they could help get the Athletics Department sorted?

Just an idea.

[AppWyo]

AC/DC Back in Black intro when team takes the field like they did in the 90s.

[EastHallApp]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

The question I always ask about the hill is: Do the people who actually sit there hate it as much as the people who just don't like looking at it? And if not, whose opinion should carry more weight?

[BambooRdApp]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

The question I always ask about the hill is: Do the people who actually sit there hate it as much as the people who just don't like looking at it? And if not, whose opinion should carry more weight?

Good question
I feel like the students love it. They seem to be having a big party.
For the Marshall game, there were empty sections on the student West side seating area..but Miller Hill was relatively packed

[appdaze]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

The question I always ask about the hill is: Do the people who actually sit there hate it as much as the people who just don't like looking at it? And if not, whose opinion should carry more weight?

Good question
I feel like the students love it. They seem to be having a big party.
For the Marshall game, there were empty sections on the student West side seating area..but Miller Hill was relatively packed

This is why you replace it with stepped concrete bleachers. Let as many students who want to pack in there without the liabilities of a muddy hill. The students can stay. If you make that the main student section then you can free up other seating to generate greater revenue. So not, its not just about looks anymore. We could make that a premier student section with its own bathrooms and vendors behind it. Or another idea is what I mentioned earlier and move the BOD there for better sound to the stadium and it would also free up seating for greater revenue.

[BambooRdApp]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

The question I always ask about the hill is: Do the people who actually sit there hate it as much as the people who just don't like looking at it? And if not, whose opinion should carry more weight?

Good question
I feel like the students love it. They seem to be having a big party.
For the Marshall game, there were empty sections on the student West side seating area..but Miller Hill was relatively packed

This is why you replace it with stepped concrete bleachers. Let as many students who want to pack in there without the liabilities of a muddy hill. The students can stay. If you make that the main student section then you can free up other seating to generate greater revenue. So not, its not just about looks anymore. We could make that a premier student section with its own bathrooms and vendors behind it. Or another idea is what I mentioned earlier and move the BOD there for better sound to the stadium and it would also free up seating for greater revenue.

Eliminates the "slip and slide" opportunities

[EastHallApp]

Speaking of bleachers, I would suggest that the east side expansion could be a good opportunity to install individual seats throughout the stadium. Or maybe everywhere but the student sections.

Would reduce total capacity, but that would be offset by the expansion. And the metal bleachers are becoming outdated as more stadiums move to higher-quality seating that doesn't force you to cram in next to strangers or have to battle them from encroaching on your section of metal.

[AppDub]

Fix Miller Hill with Astro turf or seats. Looks horrible with mud and trash all over it.

Agreed. Ive been beating this drum for years. It is long past due to bowl in miller hill with seats. Long past due. Move the BOD over there so they can blast the entire stadium and all of campus. Put students on either side of them and let it be the hype section of the stadium. It doesn't need to be chair seating. It can be concrete stepped seating. Just do it. Kick the nostalgia people feel about that mud pit to the past where it belongs.

The question I always ask about the hill is: Do the people who actually sit there hate it as much as the people who just don't like looking at it? And if not, whose opinion should carry more weight?

The ones who pay for the tickets.

[appsfan]

Speaking of bleachers, I would suggest that the east side expansion could be a good opportunity to install individual seats throughout the stadium. Or maybe everywhere but the student sections.

Would reduce total capacity, but that would be offset by the expansion. And the metal bleachers are becoming outdated as more stadiums move to higher-quality seating that doesn't force you to cram in next to strangers or have to battle them from encroaching on your section of metal.

I would like to see more of the Gold seats in KBS, at least between the 40's. I for one, would be willing to pay more for season tickets to sit in them, if available. I am surprised that something hasn't been done to eliminate the mud slides on Miller Hill from a liability standpoint. I think moving it closer to the field and terracing it could allow for students to have a congregation area while limiting the slides.

[BambooRdApp]

Speaking of bleachers, I would suggest that the east side expansion could be a good opportunity to install individual seats throughout the stadium. Or maybe everywhere but the student sections.

Would reduce total capacity, but that would be offset by the expansion. And the metal bleachers are becoming outdated as more stadiums move to higher-quality seating that doesn't force you to cram in next to strangers or have to battle them from encroaching on your section of metal.

I would agree that seatbacks throughout stadium would be great. However, I thought I had read that there were issues on the West side with the temporary seatbacks last year with how much space the seats took up and people getting in and out of the rows during games. Maybe it was not that big of an issue. Just remember a few posts about it being an issue to some.

[WASU 93]

Speaking of bleachers, I would suggest that the east side expansion could be a good opportunity to install individual seats throughout the stadium. Or maybe everywhere but the student sections.

Would reduce total capacity, but that would be offset by the expansion. And the metal bleachers are becoming outdated as more stadiums move to higher-quality seating that doesn't force you to cram in next to strangers or have to battle them from encroaching on your section of metal.

Lambeau Field is the Cathedral and has 60,000 in aluminum bleachers without backs.

I don’t think Stadium Seats would work in the upper east due to leg room issues.

[boonetown1]

AC/DC Back in Black intro when team takes the field like they did in the 90s.

Mid 90s. Was a staple until like 2013. I hate the new intro and cheesy Yosef banjo. We went from badass to cartoonish.

[mountaineerman]

Ditch east side tower. Add temp seating and pour all our hard earned dollars into a miserable NIl and maybe land better players. I can’t believe I just typed that.

[Pikapp79]

Ditch east side tower. Add temp seating and pour all our hard earned dollars into a miserable NIl and maybe land better players. I can’t believe I just typed that.

I just barfed.

[JTApps1]

The whole Yosef with a drum and banjo act is terribly corny.

[AppSt91]

Since we’re talking about stuff that has no chance of happening, how about bringing the Yosef clubroom back and in the stadium like the good old days.

[pop5app]

As stated above, ditch the east side idea for now and spend the dollars to get better players. Our attendance is already slipping.( Decrease in attendance each home game.) Winning has usually cured most things . Get better players - win more games.

[BambooRdApp]

I have not reviewed any financial information related to East Side.. however, in theory, long-term, isn't the revenue from the east supposed to provide more revenue so we can get better players? If revenue from East side can be used for nil.