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Colorado Needs To Be Proactive
- Thread starter InTheBuff
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They pulled the trigger when they had $33m which they called "the bulk of the required funding", so I guess you can get a facility like this for ~$40-50m.
Darian3Hagan
'89 Player of the Year
Do it
I would like to see how that facility actually impacts the Vol's performance on the field. No doubt that its looks awesome and will sway a ton of recruits, I just wonder if that level training facility translates to more wins.
Our's would cost more, everywhere they have orange, should be gold plated in ours lol
To circle back on what this means for football success:
1 - we need to make sure that our team has all the stuff it needs to train and meet so that we're not at a competitive disadvantage
2 - we need recruits (and current players) to get that "this is big time football" feeling when they go into our facilities
3 - we need fans to feel like they're in a big time sports environment when they attend a game
I put those in order of priority, but I would also say that when a facility has become so out of date that it has become an embarrassment (video boards, bathrooms, Balch, press box), then it's time to spend on #3 before doing some of the things we'd like to do with #s 1 & 2.
There's so much that needs to be done, that I'd like to see a bunch of initiatives rolled into a single project rather than trying to piecemeal it. But if we have to continue the piecemeal approach, get us those video boards. Remodel stadium bathrooms. Throw a new coat of paint on the hallways. Stuff like that, similar to what's been done with permanent lights at Folsom or the new video and ribbon boards at the Keg.
1 - we need to make sure that our team has all the stuff it needs to train and meet so that we're not at a competitive disadvantage
2 - we need recruits (and current players) to get that "this is big time football" feeling when they go into our facilities
3 - we need fans to feel like they're in a big time sports environment when they attend a game
I put those in order of priority, but I would also say that when a facility has become so out of date that it has become an embarrassment (video boards, bathrooms, Balch, press box), then it's time to spend on #3 before doing some of the things we'd like to do with #s 1 & 2.
There's so much that needs to be done, that I'd like to see a bunch of initiatives rolled into a single project rather than trying to piecemeal it. But if we have to continue the piecemeal approach, get us those video boards. Remodel stadium bathrooms. Throw a new coat of paint on the hallways. Stuff like that, similar to what's been done with permanent lights at Folsom or the new video and ribbon boards at the Keg.
don't bring up the keg, that place needs a ton of work too.
We need to fill Folsom first before we expand but I agree.Any Folsom expansion should inlcude closing off the north side, would look much better. (Don't know who to credit for this pic)
Oh and for the people against fixing the bleachers, if the stadium is being renovated why not fix the bleachers why we're at it?
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
Why don't you get a screwdriver and 300 of your facebook friends and go fix them yourself.
Too much work.
Why don't you learn to bleacher surf like the rest of us did?
I have. Been forced in fact but others, I cannot say the same for.
You tell those "others" to stop being such whiney bitches. Bleacher surfing is a time honored tradition in Folsom. Every CU student in the last 40 years has done it.
MrFrumpylane
Well-Known Member
'Tini, I've noticed you complain a lot when it comes to game day experiences. You've complained about security. You've complained about the color of our t-shirts. You've complained about the bleachers. And so on. So that makes me wonder, do you ever have a good time? I can honestly tell you that I do not remember one thing that I just had to bitch about when I attended games at Folsom (other than losses). I wouldn't change a thing about my experiences because it's always been great. Why are you like this?
JRK1212
Troll
Do you really think that 'tini who doesn't want to be in a fraternity because he "needs his privacy" should be calling other people whiney bitches?
JimmyBuff
Well-Known Member
Admittedly, about 80% of the time I bitch, I do it to stir people up. I have a fantastic time at games. I bitch about losses, but you can only do that so much, and it's been worn out the past 5 years.
Sorry man it's nice to have a room to yourself, a clean apartment, and still able to go to frat parties without dealing with the dirtiness.
Buffsoldier
Well-Known Member
[Mike Gundy]So, only I can bitch about them? Awesome.
THE BLEACHERS ARE GARBAGE! AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE BLEACHERS, ARE GARBAGE!!!![/Mike Gundy]
Highflyer
Club Member
I apologize if it was mentioned but I didn't slog through all 14 pages to see if it was mentioned. AFA recently completed a 15 million dollar, state of the art facility. Its said to be top faculty in the country. Granted it was privately funded but the new rev stream could get us there. Im taking a tour of the facility in Oct. and I look forward to seeing it and how CU could replicate something similar. I don't think you have to have a 50little million dollar facilty
are you talking football? damn 15 millions seems way to cheap. here is a link if you guys want to see what they are building:
http://hac.usafa.org/
<a href="http://hac.usafa.org/" target="_blank">[video=youtube;NDkjpB9yRCk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NDkjpB9yRCk[/video]
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Highflyer
Club Member
Its built. AFA is using it now. My old man whose 65 AFA grad was at the ribbon cutting. The contractor is local but has built lots of projects. I'm hoping Bohn went down and toured the faculty.
Chromeburn
Member
I don't know where they would put it; Farrand, Franklin, or the current practice field area; but they do need new updates to the fields and a new practice facility. I always thought something that looked out at the mountains, taking advantage of the natural beauty there would be a great selling point vs other schools facilities. Maybe a huge glass wall tha encompassed the mountain range. It would of course have to be several stories tall. A roof top practice field? It didn't use to be like this, but schools are pumping so much money in these facilities, seems smart to use something the majority of these others don't have. Wish I had the money to make this happen, but I'm not there...yet.
I'd be shocked if they put an indoor practice facility on Farrand Field - not happening.
Chromeburn
Member
I was originally thinking over by the basketball stadium. But that area looks like it's under construction. The school seems to be running out of room, or is that my imagination?