I like places that have a bit of character... a bit of charm to them. Anyone can plop some new stadium in the middle of a field and surround it with a bunch of parking lots. KU's stadium is in a great location with a beautiful setting, and it's completely unique to KU. Future improvements are on the way, and when they're finally completed, KU is going to have one of the best all around stadiums in the country. You guys can have the hole in the ground surrounded by sheep pens, parking lots, and a harley track.
This discussion is similar to Municipal Stadium vs. Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs. If you enjoy parking in yards, praying for a spot on the street, and meeting friends in the stadium vs. tailgating with them, Municipal was an OK sports venue. Of course, you also dealt with a stadium that had fewer amenities, poorer seating, and other drawbacks. Arrowhead Stadium overcame those drawbacks. Memorial Stadium for KU is like Municipal Stadium was for the Chiefs. As for "character" and "charm", those are terms that realtors use to describe properties that are old and decrepit, and have little going for them. So, I do agree with your use of those adjectives.
Arrowhead Stadium has huge parking lots, allowing tailgating, and meeting with friends hours before game time. BSFS is like Arrowhead Stadium, but it's still on campus. K-State is making better improvements to BSFS than the Chiefs made to Arrowhead, and doing it for less money. I know it sucks to be stuck in Memorial Stadium while the 'Cats move on to bigger and better things, but a basketball-first school, by necessity, makes trade-offs. One of them is playing in a sucky stadium widely acknowledged as being one of the poorest venues in Div I football.
