Here's the plan from today's WD....

http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/News/st ... -id-015385

Look under "future projects" about 2/3rds of the way down.

Track removal? Music to my ears!

Nice. I hope the expansion includes a new video board (I have been reading the threads on the Sun Belt boards, and I'm quite envious). It needs to be 3,333 square feet.

I don't see anything about "removing" the track. I see " relocating" the track and I don't think that means picking up the old one and moving it. I think it means building one in a new location. Now they may cover it but I don't see anything about getting seats closer to the field.

Small steps, we have been waiting for many, many years to get rid of that dam track, I can't imagine they would relocate it without plans to eventually expand the seating, would not make sense to go thru all that trouble and not eventually do something.

bcoach wrote:I don't think that means picking up the old one and moving it. I think it means building one in a new location.

I'm not one who cares too much about the track. The items I'm happy to see are:

1) performance incentives for coaches
2) KBS seating additions

We need to hire an assistant AD who specializes in corporate fund raising/sponsorship.

Why would we spend $2.2 million on a Field Hockey facilty? Didnt we just convert the old soccer stadium?

Excited to see the track relocation and KBS expansion.

Thought we were dropping men's golf. Is a new driving range for women's golf?
$2.2 million for new field hockey facility? Doesn't seem to make sense.

moehler wrote:Small steps, we have been waiting for many, many years to get rid of that dam track, I can't imagine they would relocate it without plans to eventually expand the seating, would not make sense to go thru all that trouble and not eventually do something.

I think we can safely assume a relocation of the track will include seats that will be closer to the field, especially in the north end zone.

I wonder if they'll consider moving the hill and the concourse after the track removal. Right now the center of the hill section is like ~50 yards from the south endzone.

can you imagine how loud the stadium is going to be if they add just 10 thousand seats and move them closer to the field. With sound bouncing off the mountains back to the stadium, 24,000 already sounds like 40 thousand, you move the seats closer, and that stadium is going to sound like 75,000, it will be an insane game day atmosphere!!

AtlAppMan wrote:We need to hire an assistant AD who specializes in corporate fund raising/sponsorship.

An absolute necessity...as is strengthening the Yosef Club.

bcoach wrote:I don't see anything about "removing" the track. I see " relocating" the track and I don't think that means picking up the old one and moving it. I think it means building one in a new location. Now they may cover it but I don't see anything about getting seats closer to the field.

Moving the track should not have any effect on moving seats closer to the field on the sidelines. It would allow seats closer to the field in the endzones but not the sidelines. Look at ANY trackless stadium and the space behind the benches is approximately the same as the width of a track. So I'm thinking we could get seats to within 15 ft. of endlines but doubt seats would be any closer on sideline.

Here is an example of what could be for ASU.

If a new FCS program can get $5M then surely App can get a $20M investment to pay for our stadium expansion. Again, we need to bring in a heavy hitter Assistant AD that has experience and specializes in this area and can deliver the goods. Give them a sizable commission as part of their compensation plan and give them some strong incentive to deliver. If I were Cobb, I would already have the business plan and business justification in my pocket and "make it happen". That would allow him to focus on more general AD executive responsibilities while this person goes out and hunts for the big fish.

Actually, contract Peacock to do this upon his retirement. Yea, that is the ticket.

https://web.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/k ... k-announce

http://www.ksusentinel.com/2013/08/22/f ... su-campus/

how many years do we have left on current turf?

Contracting Peacock to do the fundraising is probably the brightest idea since the light bulb. I applaud your thinking sir.

AtlAppMan wrote:Actually, contract Peacock to do this upon his retirement. Yea, that is the ticket.

Outstanding Idea! In the top five ideas of the year!

roachgone wrote: Moving the track should not have any effect on moving seats closer to the field on the sidelines. It would allow seats closer to the field in the endzones but not the sidelines. Look at ANY trackless stadium and the space behind the benches is approximately the same as the width of a track. So I'm thinking we could get seats to within 15 ft. of endlines but doubt seats would be any closer on sideline.

I hope if we go to the expense of relocating the track that we'll also figure out a way to move seats closer to the playing field (or move the playing field closer to the seats). As it is now, our seats -- even choice seats -- are farther from the field than most other college football stadiums. If we don't fix the problem now while we have the chance, we'll certainly regret it.