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K-State is projecting all of the NE/Vanier 2.0 to come in at $78 million. Right now N.E. corner is in FY 2016.
Is it just me, or does the darker stained wood look much better this year? Is it the new lighting, or did they re-finish the floor when they put on the new Big 12 logos?
pretty baller move from currie to make it so you can't see how many empty seats there are
KSUPKS is already bragging about the living roof labs.
I hope these renderings are a joke. I would tell populous to gtfoomf if they showed these to me. Not trolling.
I have heard from some donors who had seen these for weeks now that they really like the design.
I'm pretty sure the east side aesthetic improvements have to do with the club level. I believe Currie said something in his letter about the club seating, and I'm pretty sure that he meant a remodel, and not a complete overhaul of the facade on the East side.
Phase V: East Stadium Upgrades
--- Concourse Additions & Upgrades
--- Aesthetic Improvements
--- East Premium Seating Updates
--- East Stadium Fan Amenities
--- Kid Zone / Family Playground
Populous will be the architect for NEZ, The North side of Vanier will be very castle, picture a mini-WSC. 2 Big Columns in the middle and the big arched windows on each side. The stadium side though...WOW:
It will have 2 corner boards NE/NW, the concourse level will match up with East/West side you can walk around the stadium and seating will basically match the west side just wrapped around, except there are 2 triangles in front of the corner boards that are a grassy terrace, and 2 tunnels...the existing road will become a tunnel, with another in the opposite corner. I saw pictures today and all I can say is wow...looks like they are planning on turning the grassy area N/E of Vanier into another tailgating zone too as lots of tents were placed in those areas.
Have been sitting on this for a while so as not to upset my source, but my understanding is that this walkway will be a SRO viewing area called "the catwalk"...
Arkansas's new facility cost $35 million, and is considered a top 25 complex nationally. Oregon's new facility is estimated at $65-70 million and would be considered one of/if not the best in the country, so something between the 2, but more similar to Arkansas.
P.S. KU's clip art complex was estimated at $31.million.
Oh and it's going to cost more than $2 million, the landscaping and the internal stuff hasn't been put out to bid yet.
all that other crap can be added later. My OCD is annoyed by a massive structure not centered on the field dammit!
Looks centered to me? Think people are getting throw off by the training center to the north.
the south end is even with the endzone, the north end extends past.
Gotta luv the Collie Cult.
In that case, I hearby grant K-State the '99 Big 12 Championship. Afterall, K-State tied for the Big 12 North with Nebraska.
K-State Football: 1999 and 2003 Big 12 Football Champions
Using cult logic we have 4: 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2003.
I talked to my friend for about 45 minutes last night, and we talked about the stadium stuff. Here are some of the highlights I remember:
- His understanding is that we're considering "fundraising" on $25 million. $50 million of that is based on the debt servicing. So, estimates say we're at $8 million now, and the target to break ground is somewhere in the neighborhood of 12.5-15 million.
- I asked him what he thought of it, and he said, "Have you seen what Tech did? That's exactly what we're doing. Except with limestone."
- He commented that there's going to be a huge amount of limestone (obviously).
- We talked about the phases in the master plan. He said that based on what he's heard, at least some of the stuff in phase 4 is "guaranteed" to happen. So, everything we see in Phase 3, it's gonna happen. Probably that fun zone thing in Phase 4. I said based on our previous conversations, I assumed that Vanier was phase 6 because at that point, it would be somewhat old and dated and the donors would want to spruce it up anyway. He said that was exactly what he heard.
- Future phases are most likely going to be determined, partially, on how well the suites sell and for how much.
I may have missed a couple of details in there, but this is what I got. Nothing earth shattering at all. I was happy to hear that we'll most likely get into at least Phase 4 because the Phase 3 stuff looked good.
I should've rephrased. I saw pictures of the plans. On a phone. Phone Pictures of phone pictures don't make for very good pictures, 'nut.Did i mention I saw some actual K-State letterheaded plans for the 5 or so phases (not the ones on pg 53) of this thing at the Baylor game? Because I did.
The only thing that stuck out to me (beyond the pressbox) was that the endgame was to extend the concourse in front of vanier to connect both sides. I don't remember much, but it was pretty impressive.
Do you not have a rough ridin' camera phone. bad person
