BSFS Expansion Thread

[WildcatNkilt]

I think Mammoth does a lot of work in state. I think they did my high school field a few years back. Too bad they suck.

They do work throughout the Midwest and are big with Div 2 schools.  I know they are taking on some new adventures like another Top Golf/Pickle Ball knock off.  They want to build 20+ nationwide.

https://www.mammothfieldhouse.com/

[cfbandyman]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Kinda wild we went from like never replacing the turf to now we do it almost as an afterthought. I get the shittiness of it but more speaking to how much more $$ we have to play with.

[bananaeater]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Kinda wild we went from like never replacing the turf to now we do it almost as an afterthought. I get the shittiness of it but more speaking to how much more $$ we have to play with.

Whenever we tear out our almost-new turf to replace it with the current top-of-the-line, I feel like we should donate the old stuff to one of the poors like KU or UMASS. 

[MakeItRain]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Are they going to replace the baseball field as well?

[cfbandyman]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Kinda wild we went from like never replacing the turf to now we do it almost as an afterthought. I get the shittiness of it but more speaking to how much more $$ we have to play with.

Whenever we tear out our almost-new turf to replace it with the current top-of-the-line, I feel like we should donate the old stuff to one of the poors like KU or UMASS.

Sure, but I would hope more like MHS iyam

[sonofdaxjones]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Are they going to replace the baseball field as well?

I have not heard.  FieldTurf markets two types for baseball based on the desired play ability.

[PurpleOil]

For those that haven't seen it, they're installing the new fields

K-State moved pretty quick on this, they must not have been at all pleased with the Field Turf, which as mentioned had only been in for 3 years in all 3 facilities . . . well short of the usual life expectancy.

Kinda wild we went from like never replacing the turf to now we do it almost as an afterthought. I get the shittiness of it but more speaking to how much more $$ we have to play with.

Whenever we tear out our almost-new turf to replace it with the current top-of-the-line, I feel like we should donate the old stuff to one of the poors like KU or UMASS.

KU needs to at least have a functional stadium first before we start donating fields to them. We've already given them a ton of money to build the damn thing and they're still not getting it done.

[star seed 7]

Now that the basketball team sucks I bet they turn into a football school and get the other half of the stadium done within the next decade

[sonofdaxjones]

In reading the KBOR projected capital projects list for the previous FY through FY 2031. 

K-State says they'd like to do about $1.3 billion in construction and renovations over that period.   

Only one small project listed for K-State Athletics - the 2nd phase of the indoor track which will be new offices and dressing rooms (probably).

So, as this moment in time, Athletic Niles and Frazier Crane are on injured reserve until further notice.  Niles and Frazier's cousins are elsewhere on campus right now, tho.

[WildcatNkilt]

In reading the KBOR projected capital projects list for the previous FY through FY 2031. 

K-State says they'd like to do about $1.3 billion in construction and renovations over that period.   

Only one small project listed for K-State Athletics - the 2nd phase of the indoor track which will be new offices and dressing rooms (probably).

So, as this moment in time, Athletic Niles and Frazier Crane are on injured reserve until further notice.  Niles and Frazier's cousins are elsewhere on campus right now, tho.

That money just shifted to athletes instead of facilities.

[Kid In the Hall]

I'm sure few others would care, but I'd like to see tennis get a bit more. The old "facility" was a complete joke (crappy tennis courts used by students outside the rec center). They redid the courts about 10-15 years ago, but I don't think they ever went the extra step and provided locker rooms and/or legit seating for fans. I'm not even sure if there's a public accessible restroom near the courts (there didn't used to be - maybe there is now). Regardless, I imagine we're still pretty far behind most schools.

[sonofdaxjones]

There are restrooms right by the outdoor courts.

[PurpleOil]

I doubt it'll happen, but if I ever got Carl Ice kind of money to donate, I'd see to it that we would have a D1 wrestling program. I don't see how that wouldn't be at least as popular as our baseball program.

[MakeItRain]

gross

[Kid In the Hall]

I would love to see us dump a crap load of $$$ into an Olympic sport (comparatively speaking) and become dominant in that sport. I don't even care what it is - just pick one and go all-in (times 10).

I mean, Youngstown State won the 2025 NCAA bowling championship. Their head coach makes $50,000 a year. We couldn't spend $1 million a year and completely own that? Same thing with rifle, beach volleyball (ocean adjacent TCU just won that), water polo, etc, etc.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

I would love to see us dump a crap load of $$$ into an Olympic sport (comparatively speaking) and become dominant in that sport. I don't even care what it is - just pick one and go all-in (times 10).

I mean, Youngstown State won the 2025 NCAA bowling championship. Their head coach makes $50,000 a year. We couldn't spend $1 million a year and completely own that? Same thing with rifle, beach volleyball (ocean adjacent TCU just won that), water polo, etc, etc.

track

[cfbandyman]

I thought that was going to be equestrian for us if it was going to move under the NCAA umbrella and it didn't happen

[MadCat]

Curling

[waks]

I would love to see us dump a crap load of $$$ into an Olympic sport (comparatively speaking) and become dominant in that sport. I don't even care what it is - just pick one and go all-in (times 10).

I mean, Youngstown State won the 2025 NCAA bowling championship. Their head coach makes $50,000 a year. We couldn't spend $1 million a year and completely own that? Same thing with rifle, beach volleyball (ocean adjacent TCU just won that), water polo, etc, etc.

Wrestling probably has the most local talent but lol @ the suggestion that it would draw more popularity than baseball

[chum1]

Esports

[star seed 7]

I say we go all in on fishing

[ben ji]

I say we go all in on fishing

We already won 3 natty's in 5 years, what more is there to accomplish?

https://ksufishingteam.com/pages/about-the-team

[ben ji]

I 100% want a shirt that has the Cat's cursive logo on the inside of the state of KS outline. I don't need the other logos.





https://www.instagram.com/ksufishingteam/

[star seed 7]

https://ksufishingteam.com/products/purple-richardson-112

 

[meow meow]

goEMAW.com logo on the fish jerseys/kits/outdoor wear is a nice touch