BSFS Expansion Thread

[GoodForAnother]

I think the little cat dens are neat and perfect for our situation, when we have a big game we can fit a significant number of people in there with standing room tickets, but when it's just a ho hum game and they're empty, they're just nice little grass boxes.  Call me crazy.

[EMAWmeister]

I just want fire in the corners. Like, a fountain of rough ridin' fire.

[star seed 7]

They should put mini outdoor luxury boxes similar to those at the top of the Bram in the terraces.


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Yes, but they should be at the top of every section as well. chiefs have these, mostly bought per game to entertain clients. They are very fun (catered, heat lamps, tvs for replays) and have a much more into the crowd feel than the indoor suites

[Benja]

Everybody has bowls. Oh, another bowl stadium? Yeah, real exciting. Never seen that before. Sure wish I could see something different. HOLY CRAP ARE THOSE TERRACES IN THOSE CORNERS?!!?!

[hippocraticoaf]

Everybody has bowls. Oh, another bowl stadium? Yeah, real exciting. Never seen that before. Sure wish I could see something different. HOLY CRAP ARE THOSE TERRACES IN THOSE CORNERS?!!?!

Kansas State University aka Terrace U

[joda]

CC, does the AD see putting permanent seating in the NE/NW corners at some point or are the terraces planned to be there forever?

Touchdown (the bobcat) Terrace. We need this to happen. Maybe like a little tunnel running between sides so Touchdown can be on both sides. I'm thinking windows behind the seats too. Imagine the epic selfies being photo bombed by a bobcat

As cool as it would be to have one of those terraces turned into a bobcat zoo-like pen, I think it's kind of mumped up to lock up animals unless it's necessary for their own survival. FTR, I eat the hell out of meat, just think prison for animals is kind of messed up even though they are cool to look at.

I only approve of this if they bring the bobcat in from Sunset Zoo for gamedays.  Non gamedays it gets to enjoy luxury at the zoo eating all the rabbits it wants.

The would have to drug the ever lovin' bejeebers out of the bobcat to put it there.  They are very solitary critters and would literally die of stress.  Sort of why it is okay to be at the Sunset Zoo.  I don't think anyone actually goes there.

What about just a really, really big house cat. Like isn't there some breed that's descended from ancient Egypt cats?

Maine Coon



Amazingly smart cat, I had one for 17 years, not nearly that big though

can't believe I'm contributing to this stupid ass cat conversation

  meet the new Touchdown everyone

[MouseRat]

What the eff is that thing on the bottom?  Some kind of husky-cat hybrid maybe??

[GoodForAnother]

my future bro-in-law has a maine coon.  they are awesome animals.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

[hippocraticoaf]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

Good. Definitely good. I have adopted the terraces with more love than Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt adopt a beautiful African baby.

[Katpappy]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

They need to plant wheat in them.

[CyberToothCat]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

They need to plant wheat in them.

I thought I read somewhere that they are going to have artificial surfaces. Like FieldTurf or something.

[Katpappy]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

They need to plant wheat in them.

I thought I read somewhere that they are going to have artificial surfaces. Like FieldTurf or something.

Then they could be in artificial wheat.

[Trogdor]

Wait - are we making fun of the terraces in a good way or bad way? Because I for one think they're pretty badass, if maybe a little too big.

They need to plant wheat in them.

I thought I read somewhere that they are going to have artificial surfaces. Like FieldTurf or something.

Then they could be in artificial wheat.

ASTROWheat

[Spracne]

Willy the Coon, sounds about right for you backwater 'Taters.

[MakeItRain]

Willy the Coon, sounds about right for you backwater 'Taters.

 

[steve dave]

lol

[chum1]

I considered all the usual things for terraces:   giant inflatables, animatronics, etc.  The concept I ultimately setteled on was Little Amsterdam.  You would have things like a coffee shop that sells weed, which I believe is legal now, and prostitues behind windows with red lights and all that stuff they do over there.  Waffles?

[pissclams]

I'm pretty sure they are just waiting for kstate to announce the very last phase and then they will announce one that's better.

At this point, to keep pace, they'll literally have to tear down and build an entirely new stadium.  Ala Baylor.

I honestly think that's what they need to do, but they won't because their donors simply don't care enough to pony up that kind of cash.

They'll gladly dump money to build a shrine to the rules of basketball, but they're perfectly content playing football in a rotting carcass with RCA TV's hanging out in the concourse.

Do you think they have a room with a stockpile of those TVs in case one burns out?

Shopping primarily on eBay is a nice cost saving measure.

Honest question for structural types, would it be even feasible to enlarge concourse, increase restroom sizes etc when you take into account of modern code? I know pretty much anything is possible with limitless money, but it seems like there is really very little they can do (if they don't want to tear down and rebuild).

Probably best to completely demo anything above the top level of the original seating bowl, make the required changes to the seating bowl (including complete removal of portions of the original seating bowl), then build out and up from there. The curved end of the seating is a nightmare, what do you do with it? If you keep it you shift the field north and demo south ends of the seating bowl. Keeping the exterior of the curved exterior north end as an architectural feature could be really cool. Once that lower seating bowl is corrected, then any concourses can be newly constructed moving out and up to deal with paths of egress. Structurally All the new stuff would need to be independent of the original bowl. So it's not a total tear down, but still very expensive to just to have the modern version of the basics you need. If they do anything with the filed level, like lowering and adding seats closer to the field once the track is gone, the price is going through the roof. I doubt the existing foundation of the seating bowl was constructed to allow for the field to be lowered.

hmm, that sounds exactly like what the university of washington did.  yup, spot on.

Actually UW demoed everything except the upper level grandstand on one side. Completely removed the seating bowl and grandstand on the other side. The grandstand that remained was originally built in 1987 and actually collapsed during construction in 1987 (and had to be rebuilt). Something tells me KU doesn't have $250 million to pull off something similar.

  something tells me you missed the sarcasm in my post

[Trim]

Terraces would be a great place for the anything-goes party ball(s) section of the stadium.  BYOB, grills, etc. like the wsu outfield, but with elites.

[Benja]

This thread fluctuates between awesomeness and terribleness so quickly. I guess that's just message boards, though. I guess that's just life too.

cats.

[Spracne]

This thread fluctuates between awesomeness and terribleness so quickly. I just that's just message boards, though. I guess that's just life too.

cats.

Ya, I just so.

[Dr Rick Daris]

This thread fluctuates between awesomeness and terribleness so quickly. I just that's just message boards, though. I guess that's just life too.

cats.

the part where i was talking about cat terraces and cat caves was pretty good though. 

[chum1]

This thread fluctuates between awesomeness and terribleness so quickly. I just that's just message boards, though. I guess that's just life too.

cats.

the part where i was talking about cat terraces and cat caves was pretty good though. 

It was terrific.  Plus, KU GENERIC PLAYER DOESN'T HAVE ANY CATCAVES, DOES HE!?

[Benja]

This thread fluctuates between awesomeness and terribleness so quickly. I just that's just message boards, though. I guess that's just life too.

cats.

the part where i was talking about cat terraces and cat caves was pretty good though. 

yeah that was really good.