(09-03-2017 08:21 AM)panama Wrote:  

(09-02-2017 05:14 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  He's just saying you need something with a realistic size for your fanbase, though that wasn't necessary with this stadium becoming available for peanuts.

That's the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. Do you think we are going to tear the place down?

No, nobody thinks that. They're saying (and I agree) that, in a vacuum, a FBS noob like Georgia State would be well-suited to a bare-bones, FBS-minimum stadium with upgrade potential, like what Charlotte did and a few other examples.

But, as everyone has said, you're not in a vacuum. You're in a situation where an MLB stadium complex fell into your laps. So you're going to have the upper deck empty, or tarped off, or something. (Possibly in the future, maybe convert the upper deck seating into some kind of luxury seating for half or a third the capacity, putting in Barcaloungers or something. But that's not for 10 years at a minimum.)

Quote:And yeah we get that all of these people talking about 15k seat facilities are very uncomfortable with GSU having basically a $300M building. Well their lack of comfort is going to increase exponentially after the next Board of Regents meeting.

OK, as an outsider, I'm very skeptical that Georgia Tech (ACC, USNWR #34) or UGA (SEC, #56) fans are skeered of Georgia State (Sun Belt, Rank Not Published).