At least. Demolition of a historic structure is not cheap. Ripping out the stands on the west side to install new foundations will not be cheap. Infrastructure upgrades for electrical, plumbing, etc will not be cheap.
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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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These should give you an idea of what stadium renovations are costing these days.
Penn State $700,000,000
Penn State approves $700 million stadium upgrade as school hopes to host future College Football Playoff games
Beaver Stadium will undergo renovation and winterization effortswww.cbssports.com
Mizzou $250,000,000
UM curators reveal $250 million plan to upgrade Memorial Stadium
The plan approved by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators will completely enclose the northern end of the stadium with three tiers of seating, increasing seating capacity from the current 62,621 seats to around 65,000.www.columbiamissourian.com
Memphis $195,000,000
Memphis Athletics Unveils Details for Transformative Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Renovation - University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Athletics has announced updated plans and timelines for the transformative renovation of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, which will help propel the sta...gotigersgo.com
Texas Tech $242,000,000
Check out Texas Tech football's Jones AT&T Stadium renovations
Texas Tech football opens the season with $242 million in new facility features in and around Jones AT&T Stadiumwww.lubbockonline.com
Even Wyoming's small project is $20,000,000.
Wyoming Athletics Announces Plans for War Memorial Stadium Renovation - University of Wyoming Athletics
LARAMIE, Wyo. (Nov. 7, 2023) –The University of Wyoming Athletics Department announced today, Nov. 7, its public awareness campaign, and detailed plans for thegowyo.com
So I'll take my 1950s construction cost estimates over to the corner here.
Folsom Field's capacity has largely been the same since the 1976 renovations. Two more years away from 50 years. Colorado's population was about half of today's population.
This is a 1967 photo of Folsom Field's southwest side with Balch Field house before the west boxes were added the following year. Now if you demolish Balch Fieldhouse and expand that 200 level seating from the southwest side of the stadium to the northwest side that would complete the bowl of the stadium, that will add a good number of seats and that is not including what would be a new building for the west boxes.
I tried my best with the snipping tool but this is an idea of what could be done. Red lines would be the typical seating area and would be more symmertical to the east side seating (not including the suites that were built in 2003). Green lines would be new suite boxes on the west side and maybe part of a future project, the northwest corner could match the northeast corner. The southwest and southeast corners could be new above ground plazas but that's for another discussion andother day.
It’s possible, but I would expect the proposed deregulatory action, energy policy, and tax policies to asymmetrically offset increases in input costs in a positive way. I think inflation risk and fed rate are much more impactful to this project which remains to be seen
GoBuffs08
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Rip out the visitor section and remake that corner to match the East side. Also allows them to create much needed office space etc for campus.
Make a smaller visitor section in the 2 whatever section in the south corner of the end zone. I would guess pricing on new corner end zone premium seats would easily offset whatever loss of capacity.
Bigger renovation needed is field house and the entire west side. Need to match the east side with a club level and suites
I would guess CU needs $700 million at a minimum to do it all. Construction costs are insane. A budget of $400 million turns into $550 from the time plans are complete to when crews show up on site to start work.
Make a smaller visitor section in the 2 whatever section in the south corner of the end zone. I would guess pricing on new corner end zone premium seats would easily offset whatever loss of capacity.
Bigger renovation needed is field house and the entire west side. Need to match the east side with a club level and suites
I would guess CU needs $700 million at a minimum to do it all. Construction costs are insane. A budget of $400 million turns into $550 from the time plans are complete to when crews show up on site to start work.
I think you could do a full Balch Reno with some added seating in that footprint + convert the boomer west side zone from benches to seats for ~250-300MM
I know there is a capital project in the works… CUAD is asking for money. Mentioned I heard about it several weeks ago. Was at a function in Laguna last weekend and more whispers from big money folks. Not clear on the scope but will spill all the beans if I find out
I know there is a capital project in the works… CUAD is asking for money. Mentioned I heard about it several weeks ago. Was at a function in Laguna last weekend and more whispers from big money folks. Not clear on the scope but will spill all the beans if I find out
As of a few years ago, the only work that would happen on the east side was scraping and refinishing the steel surface of the 200 level bowl. Last I heard, that was low prio compared to Balch and the west side
hence my question about the east side
That’s why we need someone here to give a hometown discount
I’d put Mortenson at 90% to get this job. Sadly no discounts to be had there haha
Del
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They should sell the west side expansion to the admin and public with adding additional classroom space and make it a joint venture. Would quiet the left wing women’s studies man hating academic types. You could tear down Carlson and use that existing footprint to add a ton of classroom space if you make it multi level and leave the footprint that Balch occupies for the football stadium reno.
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Del
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Ha ha. Yeah I hear you but unfortunately we are pretty much boxed in between the Biology building and the rec center. Those additional tennis courts they added during the rec center expansion ****ed us as far as space for expanding the west side.
The population of Colorado 1990 was 3.3 million. It is now ~5.8 million. There’s an extra 2.5 million people within 100 miles of Boulder since then. That 1990 data point is obviously obsolete now. Pretty easy to see that.
Get it done now, or it’ll cost 2x in 5 years …
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Now double that triple and we are getting closer to Denver construction costs tbh
The crazy thing is that with Prime, we're not just selling tickets to Front Rangers or even Coloradans. In the last couple years, I've had people from multiple states in the South sitting next to me, flying in just to catch a game at Folsom.
We are national. I understand that it's only Prime that's making us national and keeping us national, but that's RG's and Saliman's to keep him happy and here until such time as we can stay national without him. We were once, we can be again.
Yup. I don't think OKstate was a sellout for instance. Neither was NDSU. Both due to insane prices and weird times.
The 8:30 **** is a definite killer, not only for attendance overall but for concessions. Lots of people leave early, the people who might grab multiple beers are already well lubricated, and at least for us, we've already eaten dinner and there's no reason to buy food.
I'm old enough to remember when ticket prices were the same throughout the venue* and the best seats went to those who were first in line, not those who threw the most money at it. I thought that change was evil.
And, I understand all of these changes are examples of "charge what the market will bear"
*not necessarily CU, but sports and concert venues for which I had experience buying tickets pre-1990.