There are sections with benches with backrests in that stadium. That is something that could be done at Folsom Field without dramatically reducing capacity.
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If you were RG, what facilities project would you prioritize?
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There are sections with benches with backrests in that stadium. That is something that could be done at Folsom Field without dramatically reducing capacity.
I scraped my shin looking at those pictures.
Would likely be a lot cheaper than actual chairbacks. Could do that for most of the stadium and limited high value chairbacks.
Have a sponsor pay to wrap them in branded padding.
Just put some Windex on your shin and you will be fine.
Most I've been been to have bench seats. Wake has a few sections with chair seats for premium season ticket holders, that's all I can recall plus Chapel Hill as previously mentioned. Syracuse recently redid the Dome with chair back seats which cost them 6-7k in capacity.
Del
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So I did a quick search of some of the blue blood programs since I think that is the benchmark we should look at since that is where we are trying to get this program to. Alabama, Texas, Florida and Ohio state all have a majority of bench seating just like folsom with a few select sections with chair backs but it looks like 80% or so of the stadium is the bench seating . I would like to see the West side bring total capacity to 60,000 with some built in chair backs in the addition for the fancy/old folks. 60,000 is a nice round number and adds roughly 5k to the capacity which as long as we are decent and don’t have a repeat of the past 20yrs we should be able to sustain
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CitizenKane
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Husky Stadium has Chair Backs
The bench vs chair backs is generally more a function of the age of college stadiums vs professional teams.
Given how new the stadium is, I'm honestly surprised Minnesota has as many benches as they do.
Also not that I give a flying fưck what the sheep did, but out of morbid curiosity what did they do?
Given how new the stadium is, I'm honestly surprised Minnesota has as many benches as they do.
Also not that I give a flying fưck what the sheep did, but out of morbid curiosity what did they do?
Mostly bench seats with a few premium sections with chairbacks.
CitizenKane
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I agree 100%. Also who knew we’d get this much response from chair backs. Time to write Rick
That’s why you pay an extra $10/game to have them install permanent seat backs.
Yep the best investment to have those permanently on my season tickets. Helps being on the end too.
Yeah, we do that. Real seats would be nicer.
CitizenKane
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The actual stadium chair backs are slightly wider which makes all the difference in the world.
I looked some stuff up earlier and lost it, but I saw where some conversions from bleachers created price level sections based on the width of the chair-backs with arm rests. Some sections at 18" and others at 20". I don't think the bleacher cushion chair-backs we rent for games are even 18" and there certainly aren't armrests.