KU football is NOT going through a rough patch. Cheer on our hawk brothers here!

[Dugout DickStone]

at least they will ditch the #1 lamest nickname in sports.  RIP "The booth"

[Spracne]

Was this actually proposed by a professional design firm or just some rival fan trolling?

Why is premium seating being positioned at the corner of the end zone, one of the worst spots to watch a football game?

Isn't this a view from Anderson Football Complex?

[Spracne]

at least they will ditch the #1 lamest nickname in sports.  RIP "The booth"

I mean, David Booth is going nowhere, and that was made clear yesterday as he was one of the speakers alongside the Chancellor, the Athletic Director, and the frickin' Governor of Kansas.

[PurpleOil]

Good lord Spracne. Get over to the phog and get your buddies in line. There are more people pissing and moaning in there about the new stadium than there are on KSU or Mizzou boards.

[Spracne]

Good lord Spracne. Get over to the phog and get your buddies in line. There are more people pissing and moaning in there about the new stadium than there are on KSU or Mizzou boards.

Yeah, they're the worst. It's not my problem to deal with. The "tee-shirt fans" thread did crack me up, though.

[Dugout DickStone]

at least they will ditch the #1 lamest nickname in sports.  RIP "The booth"

I mean, David Booth is going nowhere, and that was made clear yesterday as he was one of the speakers alongside the Chancellor, the Athletic Director, and the frickin' Governor of Kansas.

Of course the donors won't go anywhere.  Just the humiliating nickname for the stadium

[Spracne]

at least they will ditch the #1 lamest nickname in sports.  RIP "The booth"

I mean, David Booth is going nowhere, and that was made clear yesterday as he was one of the speakers alongside the Chancellor, the Athletic Director, and the frickin' Governor of Kansas.

Of course the donors won't go anywhere.  Just the humiliating nickname for the stadium

Meh, "The Booth" is like #6,349 on my list of things to give a crap about. Now, why we named the building to house the original rules after de oscar, on the other hand ...

[Hawk1415]

my antivirus goes crazy when I click those

Its closer to SDSU in terms of the spikes, stadium layout (no big press box), decision not to "wrap" the stadium to cover the stands more extensively etc etc.

That said, I agree missed opportunity.

All I see is a TCU / HSK knockoff

[DQ12]

It's like Amon G. Carter if instead of the grandiose exterior facade it had giant chicken wire attached to one side and a 119th street office park attached to the other

[Katpappy]

It would be nice if the K-State AD would put individual seating for the majority of the fans; instead of always catering to the rich assholes.

[DQ12]

It's like Amon G. Carter if instead of the grandiose exterior facade it had giant chicken wire attached to one side and a 119th street office park attached to the other

and led book lamp-clips coming out the top

[DQ12]

wow fellas how about the size of that picture?

[Spracne]

Some salty taters in hurr.

[sonofdaxjones]

The only salt here is the tears of joy for all those Phogistinians who have been waiting nearly 30 years for this to happen.

The next part of the tears of joy will be when the FOIA's start flying (again) as people (once again) ask how this was all funded, and what were the real deals that were signed.  It's going to be wonderful.   

[steve dave]

I think the lights look cool. Better to be unique imo.


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[yoga-like_abana]

History awaits!

[PurpleOil]

The next part of the tears of joy will be when the FOIA's start flying (again) as people (once again) ask how this was all funded, and what were the real deals that were signed.  It's going to be wonderful.   

That won't happen until after the stadium is complete and people look around and go "Wait a second, this looks nothing like those cool renderings we saw. WTF?"

[Hawk1415]

Some salty taters in hurr.

After nearly 2 decades of discussion, rounds and rounds of fundraising, and 16 months of another steering committee it's underwhelming.  Looks like someone had a paper due at midnight and told a friend you'd go to the wheel for 1 beer at noon and stayed till 10:30. I'm guessing there will be many updates and the final product will be different in 2 years.

Hoping this isn't a Zenger move that did the same thing with the Stanford Stadium. It baffles me no one has a vision for the property other than a cut and paste of another universities stadium. Maybe it's KU's issue, maybe it's HNTB's issue.

['taterblast]

as a key donor (Kansas taxpayer) i expected more

[ChiComCat]

They need something small, with decent amenities, and that they won't have to touch for 30.  If this thing checks those boxes, great.  I'm hoping they actually do it this time.

The multiple, smaller levels should help them look like they have fans there on TV.

[CNS]

I don't think this looks like TCU at all.

Also, I think the corener screens look awesome and will be a great spot for the new HypnoHawk reveal.

[OB_Won]

No shade, I'd be anxious to build a brand new stadium on the back of a half season of success. I get they had to strike while the iron's hot, and also to keep their coach, but holy moly they better hope Leipold stays and they can repeat/grow their success when Daniels leaves. Oh well, I guess wildcats and shockers are footing a good chunk of the bill.

[wetwillie]

No shade, I'd be anxious to build a brand new stadium on the back of a half season of success. I get they had to strike while the iron's hot, and also to keep their coach, but holy moly they better hope Leipold stays and they can repeat/grow their success when Daniels leaves. Oh well, I guess wildcats and shockers are footing a good chunk of the bill.

They are reducing seating considerably, it's not like they need 65k people 7 saturdays a year to make this financially viable

[DaBigTrain]

They need something small, with decent amenities, and that they won't have to touch for 30.  If this thing checks those boxes, great.  I'm hoping they actually do it this time.

The multiple, smaller levels should help them look like they have fans there on TV.

I think they should start with basic amenities like working toilets and concessions that sell more than nachos and pizza slices(when they actually have either to sell)

[OB_Won]

No shade, I'd be anxious to build a brand new stadium on the back of a half season of success. I get they had to strike while the iron's hot, and also to keep their coach, but holy moly they better hope Leipold stays and they can repeat/grow their success when Daniels leaves. Oh well, I guess wildcats and shockers are footing a good chunk of the bill.

They are reducing seating considerably, it's not like they need 65k people 7 saturdays a year to make this financially viable

No shade, I'd be anxious to build a brand new stadium on the back of a half season of success. I get they had to strike while the iron's hot, and also to keep their coach, but holy moly they better hope Leipold stays and they can repeat/grow their success when Daniels leaves. Oh well, I guess wildcats and shockers are footing a good chunk of the bill.

They are reducing seating considerably, it's not like they need 65k people 7 saturdays a year to make this financially viable

And winning fills seats, whether 65k or 40k. It takes a long time to pay off $300M+ with 7 Saturdays of 15k actual paying customers at often reduced rates.

I’m not arguing they had much choice, just that it would make me nervous having such a small track record of even being .500. Many stadiums with better records are still seeing declines. I hope they succeed. Rising tides…a la SEC.