Author Topic: BSFS Expansion Thread (Read 4595406 times)

Panjandrum · « **Reply #2425 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:15:09 AM »

Quote from: "storm"nut on February 21, 2012, 08:45:08 AM

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on February 21, 2012, 08:20:21 AM
Storm, either say something or go back to tuckville.

Just worried that with the NBAF losing its funding our administration will be worried about driving such a project forward.

The only phase tied to potential growth from NBAF was the upper deck expansion. Everything up to Phase 5 seems solvent without it.

jtksu · « **Reply #2426 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:25:10 AM »

Hope I can still go forward with my plans to buy a new car.

MadCat · « **Reply #2427 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:32:22 AM »

Screw the NBAF...what about $5/gallon gas?

It's gonna be hella expensive to charge up those Tesla coils.

fr@ck me · « **Reply #2428 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:52:56 AM »

Quote from: "storm"nut on February 21, 2012, 08:45:08 AM

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on February 21, 2012, 08:20:21 AM
Storm, either say something or go back to tuckville.

Just worried that with the NBAF losing its funding our administration will be worried about driving such a project forward.

Nothing is official until the budget is voted on. My guess is it will get put back in some how. Obama just doesn't want to give that much money to a republican state in an election year.

Besides, NBAF isn't funding the stadium expansion.

"storm"nut · « **Reply #2429 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:54:12 AM »

at least I got this damn thread back from the depth of page 2. Now we just need Cap to chime in with new details.

Panjandrum · « **Reply #2430 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:54:32 AM »

Quote from: fr@ck me on February 21, 2012, 09:52:56 AM

Quote from: "storm"nut on February 21, 2012, 08:45:08 AM
Quote from: sonofdaxjones on February 21, 2012, 08:20:21 AM
Storm, either say something or go back to tuckville.

Just worried that with the NBAF losing its funding our administration will be worried about driving such a project forward.

Nothing is official until the budget is voted on. My guess is it will get put back in some how. Obama just doesn't want to give that much money to a republican state in an election year.

Besides, NBAF isn't funding the stadium expansion.

From what I've been told, a lot of what will fund further expansion will come from how well we sell the suites and at what price we do.

steve dave · « **Reply #2431 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:05:25 AM »

note to everyone: nerd science nerds from Nerd University of Central Nerdsville aren't interested in our suites.

steve dave · « **Reply #2432 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:06:13 AM »

also, our suite sales are the last thing anyone needs to worry about

MadCat · « **Reply #2433 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:10:32 AM »

We should create a nerd competition that can be held at the stadium to help fund expansion. LHC Bill Snyder Family and Mutant Gladiator Arena of Death

"storm"nut · « **Reply #2434 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:37:26 AM »

The nerds need to spend their Bio-Millions on something.

wes mantooth · « **Reply #2435 on:** February 21, 2012, 10:40:09 AM »

got excited when i saw this thread, was hoping for a video walkthrough thingy or something.

OK_Cat · « **Reply #2436 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:32:49 AM »

Quote from: wes mantooth on February 21, 2012, 10:40:09 AM

got excited when i saw this thread, was hoping for a video walkthrough thingy or something.

nope, just stormnut being a dumbass

"storm"nut · « **Reply #2437 on:** February 21, 2012, 11:39:47 AM »

Quote from: OK Cat on February 21, 2012, 11:32:49 AM

Quote from: wes mantooth on February 21, 2012, 10:40:09 AM
got excited when i saw this thread, was hoping for a video walkthrough thingy or something.

nope, just stormnut being a dumbass

HeinBallz · « **Reply #2438 on:** February 21, 2012, 12:19:17 PM »

that's right... play it off like we're the dumb asses for thinking you were a dumb ass.

"storm"nut · « **Reply #2439 on:** February 21, 2012, 01:00:13 PM »

Quote from: HeinBallz on February 21, 2012, 12:19:17 PM

that's right... play it off like we're the dumb asses for thinking you were a dumb ass.

No just enjoying some good popcorn.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #2440 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:27:30 PM »

The notion that NBAF transplants will quickly give a crap about KSU athletics is one that I don't get. I mean I suppose a fraction of these science nerds could be sorta into sports, maybe catch one game a year, but I don't see any giant jump coming from this on a regular scale. I mean, I've lived in Minnesota for two years and rough ridin' love sports. Guess how many gopher sporting events I've been to.

06wildcat · « **Reply #2441 on:** February 21, 2012, 05:34:46 PM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on February 21, 2012, 05:27:30 PM

The notion that NBAF transplants will quickly give a crap about KSU athletics is one that I don't get. I mean I suppose a fraction of these science nerds could be sorta into sports, maybe catch one game a year, but I don't see any giant jump coming from this on a regular scale. I mean, I've lived in Minnesota for two years and rough ridin' love sports. Guess how many gopher sporting events I've been to.

If NBAF can lure other development/research companies to the region, it would affect suite sales.

Nothing better for a college football team than rich assholes trying to one-up other rich assholes by entertaining them in elite suites while none of the assholes pay attention to the game.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #2442 on:** February 21, 2012, 08:01:44 PM »

Quote from: 06wildcat on February 21, 2012, 05:34:46 PM

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on February 21, 2012, 05:27:30 PM
The notion that NBAF transplants will quickly give a crap about KSU athletics is one that I don't get. I mean I suppose a fraction of these science nerds could be sorta into sports, maybe catch one game a year, but I don't see any giant jump coming from this on a regular scale. I mean, I've lived in Minnesota for two years and rough ridin' love sports. Guess how many gopher sporting events I've been to.

If NBAF can lure other development/research companies to the region, it would affect suite sales.

Nothing better for a college football team than rich assholes trying to one-up other rich assholes by entertaining them in elite suites while none of the assholes pay attention to the game.

I guess that's right. But lots of dumbasses on kstatefans are all "we should probably enlarge the stadium to like at least 90,000 or 100,000, you know, because of NBAF and so we can have a seat at the big kids' table when realignment rolls around again.

^maybe a slight exaggeration

sonofdaxjones · « **Reply #2443 on:** February 21, 2012, 09:17:57 PM »

55,000 seats filled every Saturday, 80 suites sold, 3,000 club seats sold . . . would be outstanding, and frankly quite impressive for a school nearly in the middle of Kansas, with a major rival in-state and just right down the road.

AbeFroman · « **Reply #2444 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:10:54 AM »

Quote from: SkinnyBenny on February 21, 2012, 05:27:30 PM

The notion that NBAF transplants will quickly give a crap about KSU athletics is one that I don't get. I mean I suppose a fraction of these science nerds could be sorta into sports, maybe catch one game a year, but I don't see any giant jump coming from this on a regular scale. I mean, I've lived in Minnesota for two years and rough ridin' love sports. Guess how many gopher sporting events I've been to.

It's not the transplants, it's their offspring we need to focus on. A bunch of young, handsome, NBAF employees moving to Manhattan and starting families. It's their kids that will wave the EMAW and townie flags of the future.

SkinnyBenny · « **Reply #2445 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:38:19 AM »

True. Which is why I think we should wait to enlarge our stadium to 100,000 until AT LEAST Phase 5 or 6.

Panjandrum · « **Reply #2446 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:44:34 AM »

Quote from: sonofdaxjones on February 21, 2012, 09:17:57 PM

55,000 seats filled every Saturday, 80 suites sold, 3,000 club seats sold . . . would be outstanding, and frankly quite impressive for a school nearly in the middle of Kansas, with a major rival in-state and just right down the road.

We're also making folks pay a fairly premium price for those seats, relatively speaking.

I "think" we could probably fill a 60K seat stadium, but we'd have to start changing how we price the seats. It would have to be like most NFL stadiums where lower level is X, club level is Y, and upper deck is Z (or something like that).

You can always fill seats if the product is good and you price it right. Depending on demand for club seats, loge seats, suites, etc., I'm all for completing the bowl and wrapping club seats and an upper deck around the South end. That would most likely put us at 60k (or a little above), and we could most likely sell those seats IF we start looking at hitting multiple price points as opposed to higher baseline flat rates and utilizing donations to get you into certain sections.

steve dave · « **Reply #2447 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:50:49 AM »

it was, like, 2 years ago that we weren't filling a 50k seat stadium so let's not get ahead of ourselves here. adding seats should be phase 75 or something.

DQ12 · « **Reply #2448 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:54:36 AM »

Adding seats is stupid unless we're willing to price 10k seats at .50 cents a pop - Which is something I'm not really against, but it'd have to be Family Reunion cheap every game to fill it up

steve dave · « **Reply #2449 on:** February 22, 2012, 11:55:20 AM »

Quote from: Dlew12 on February 22, 2012, 11:54:36 AM

Adding seats is stupid unless we're willing to price 10k seats at .50 cents a pop - Which is something I'm not really against, but it'd have to be Family Reunion cheap every game to fill it up

yes

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Will the "cool" Pinstripe Bowl K-State be on the new field at BSFS?

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