Snow in longmont and parts of boulder thursday night...
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Official Construction Update Thread
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Snow in longmont and parts of boulder thursday night...
Damn, starting early this year.
BuffNut99
Club Member
SHUT UP!! Really? :sad2:
Edit: They are attempting to 'get er done" on time per corner seating. Options are in place if they don't for ASU. If you are sitting in the Touchdown Club" general seating area you likely already know that.
Slightly OT: Anybody ever sit in the endzone area? Drop me a PM or comment if you have a thought on that. I am thinking about the TD club for next year. Has some perks. On the 8 yd line now opposite student sec.
Check it Orange, but I think folks in corner section season still under construction will be in the "Touchdown Club" section for the season. I have inquired about touchdown club seats, they are not available this year in order to accommodate those displaced. That has been the plan for sometime. Do call season ticket office and confirm this. This is not the loge boxes, but the larger seating area in the new section. I have been told the touchdown club section will be full all season due to construction. I do think they plan to open up the corner in a couple of games from now as they are able.
Slightly OT: Anybody ever sit in the endzone area? Drop me a PM or comment if you have a thought on that. I am thinking about the TD club for next year. Has some perks. On the 8 yd line now opposite student sec.
Check it Orange, but I think folks in corner section season still under construction will be in the "Touchdown Club" section for the season. I have inquired about touchdown club seats, they are not available this year in order to accommodate those displaced. That has been the plan for sometime. Do call season ticket office and confirm this. This is not the loge boxes, but the larger seating area in the new section. I have been told the touchdown club section will be full all season due to construction. I do think they plan to open up the corner in a couple of games from now as they are able.
I sat in the North End zone on occasion more than a decade ago. At least personally I find it really hard to catch the action unless a team is heading North and inside the 15 yard line. There is a reason that the 50 yard line is considered the best seating. I just don't understand the concept of premium seating in the end zone.
With the new HD screens in Folsom, not really a bad seat in the house anymore. Agree though, premium seats should probably be in premium areas, but they are doing it everywhere for some reason.
I find it weird, but some people will pay for service at their seat and a "private" box even when they have a poor view. Maybe they like the atmosphere at the game and don't care so much about viewing. I know that before I bought a TD club box I would make RG promise that CU would choose that endzone whenever a game goes into overtime.
BuffTuba
Club Member
I'm curious if they will cover the precast concrete walls with flagstone to match campus. Currently, I am really not a fan of this design program or its aethetics. It doesn't really match the stadium and interrupts the flow from Dal Ward. It looks like it was value engineered to this current design. The first rendered design, in water color, was quite nice and fit Folsom really well. This gives and ivory tower feel that really goes against that Folsom atmosphere. That nice intimate, all one level field (minus the club level) was a really nice aspect of Folsom before this.
Has anybody seen any discussions on the design? Call me a whiner or whatever you want but it's something important that usually gets over looked.
Has anybody seen any discussions on the design? Call me a whiner or whatever you want but it's something important that usually gets over looked.
The precast concrete matches the concrete design that was and is around the base of Dal Ward.
The render doesn't show it, but there is a bridge connecting the two facilities. There will be sandstone, and lots of it I think. The different seating angle and height and all that has to do with the types of seats going in there.
I also wonder if they don't have that half circle cut out thing to give ralphie, the truck, and her handlers some extra space
Have to remember its not just a new seating section, but part of the entire new complex.
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Another more accurate rendering,
BuffTuba
Club Member
I understand its part of the bigger design I just feel like it could have been blended better. I agree the cutout is leaving space for Ralphie + Handlers. I don't have an issue with that. I don't buy that they left the concrete to match the outside of Folsom. You can do that other ways and drawing the sandstone into the stadium through the walkway would really help to complete the visual language on the East side of the stadium and connect it to the rest of the stadium. That much exposed concrete just doesn't do the stadium justice. I believe they could have followed the design language started on the front of Folsom minus the arches. Basically, I would have liked to see a blending of the bare concrete and the sandstone facade. Maybe they will come back and add the aesthetic details later. This is possible but not usually ideal.
I understand its part of the bigger design I just feel like it could have been blended better. I agree the cutout is leaving space for Ralphie + Handlers. I don't have an issue with that. I don't buy that they left the concrete to match the outside of Folsom. You can do that other ways and drawing the sandstone into the stadium through the walkway would really help to complete the visual language on the East side of the stadium and connect it to the rest of the stadium. That much exposed concrete just doesn't do the stadium justice. I believe they could have followed the design language started on the front of Folsom minus the arches. Basically, I would have liked to see a blending of the bare concrete and the sandstone facade. Maybe they will come back and add the aesthetic details later. This is possible but not usually ideal.
Don't see it happening. They are matching the false plinth that Dal Ward sits on. Maybe back behind there will be sandstone, not sure though.
Obviously they have to consider Ralphie & Co. when they design any modifications to the stadium, but I think that they could have closed in the NE corner without having a negative impact on Ralphie. To my recollection, Ralphie is brought in through the NE corner and put in the metal pen that she is kept in in the NE corner, then the handlers walk the pen (and Ralphie) from the NW corner to the NE corner. The truck and trailer are obviously parked on the NW corner, so I think that they could have completely closed in the NE corner. I think that they had other reasons.
121 is all but done. Stairs are going in now, should see them finish the concourse pretty quickly and then bleacher install should be pretty fast.
Forms coming down and going up in the NE corner. Rebar is on all but 2 levels now. They did a lot of work last night.
Skidsteers are out grading the east ramp. Likely preparing it for a temporary surface.
Rain needs to get out of here for another 16hrs.
Forms coming down and going up in the NE corner. Rebar is on all but 2 levels now. They did a lot of work last night.
Skidsteers are out grading the east ramp. Likely preparing it for a temporary surface.
Rain needs to get out of here for another 16hrs.
Deleted member 807
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I have my doubts that the gap is for Ralphie. Don't those doors at the base open up into the new locker room?
PS. S2S, please tell me more about these skidsteers.
PS. S2S, please tell me more about these skidsteers.
Skidsteer = bobcat = mini dozer.
Deleted member 807
Guest
Have wood.
I know what I want if I ever win the lottery.
Skid steer comes from the way they skid their inner wheels when turning.
And yes. Owning one would be awesome. And dangerous. Mostly awesome.
lots of rain up boulder way still. Aint stopping the horde of yellow ants from workin.
Have wood.
I know what I want if I ever win the lottery.
My dad had one, it was pretty cool.
Those things are a blast to operate.
chitownbuff
Club Member
Couch? Crotch? One is worse than the other
Deleted member 807
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Off topic. I met a guy who owns a ranch in Texas. In order to blow off steam on the weekends, he has been known to drive around his property knocking over mountain cedar, mesquite and unwanted brush. He moves dirt around to landscape the place. He claims that driving around knocking crap over is very therapeutic.
chitownbuff
Club Member
Hahaha - good catch. Wish it had been my couch.