This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

(01-25-2013 12:53 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

Haven't really gotten a timetable the last I'd heard. As needed, basically. We'll add temp seating for a total seating capacity between 20-15k, I believe; but, we'll look to attendance and winning before deciding to make the 40k expansion.

(01-25-2013 12:57 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 12:53 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

Haven't really gotten a timetable the last I'd heard. As needed, basically. We'll add temp seating for a total seating capacity between 20-15k, I believe; but, we'll look to attendance and winning before deciding to make the 40k expansion.

Gotcha. I'll have to make a trip down. Lot's of displaced West Virginians in NC. Should have a good Marshall crowd there.

(01-25-2013 12:59 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 12:57 PM)TribeNiner Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 12:53 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

Haven't really gotten a timetable the last I'd heard. As needed, basically. We'll add temp seating for a total seating capacity between 20-15k, I believe; but, we'll look to attendance and winning before deciding to make the 40k expansion.

Gotcha. I'll have to make a trip down. Lot's of displaced West Virginians in NC. Should have a good Marshall crowd there.

We'd love to have you! Charlotte is a great city (in my own, completely unbiased opinion ) and hopefully you'd have a great time. If you plan on making the trip, hit us up on the message boards (we'll all have suggestions) either here or at Ninernation.net (visiting fans always welcome).

As another Marshall fan, I'll be targeting a trip to Charlotte this coming football season, if at all possible, with plans to attend a game. I love the look of your new stadium and while I feel it's too small, I understand that the construction plans were finalized well before Charlotte's invite to CUSA. Best of luck in your inaugural season!

McColl-Richardson Field (15,000 seat rendering)

McColl-Richardson Field (40,000 seat rendering)

(01-25-2013 12:53 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

I believe we have it in the budget for 2015 or 2016. Whether it happens then is a different story

(01-25-2013 01:21 PM)wh49er Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 12:53 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  This has probably been answered before but when are you guys adding upper decks to your stadium?

I believe we have it in the budget for 2015 or 2016. Whether it happens then is a different story

It will happen only when we have butts to put in those extra seats. Hopefully, that will be sooner rather than later.

U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

(01-25-2013 01:45 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

(01-25-2013 02:27 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 01:45 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

Me too. Deal with it

(01-25-2013 02:37 PM)Monarch_Pride Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:27 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 01:45 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

Me too. Deal with it

Now that an ODU fan is here what about you guys? I know you all sell-out regularly and planned on expanding. How is that coming? How will it work with the unique way your stadium is built?

(01-25-2013 02:41 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:37 PM)Monarch_Pride Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:27 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 01:45 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

Me too. Deal with it

Now that an ODU fan is here what about you guys? I know you all sell-out regularly and planned on expanding. How is that coming? How will it work with the unique way your stadium is built?

I think expansion plans are due to be released this spring for ODU.

I am very interested to see how they will approach it. Simply filling in the endzone should boost them to 25,000ish, although I imagine they'll go beyond that since they have so many people on the waiting list for tickets.

(01-25-2013 02:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:41 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:37 PM)Monarch_Pride Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:27 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 01:45 PM)HHOOTter Wrote:  U ‘thunk in the not 2 distance future
Charlotte will sign some 2 for one or
3 for one with a close by SEC team or
Clemson, Fl st type.
Play the game @ the Panthers Stadium
Could B a huge gate 4 them ’49’s

You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

Me too. Deal with it

Now that an ODU fan is here what about you guys? I know you all sell-out regularly and planned on expanding. How is that coming? How will it work with the unique way your stadium is built?

I think expansion plans are due to be released this spring for ODU.

I am very interested to see how they will approach it. Simply filling in the endzone should boost them to 25,000ish, although I imagine they'll go beyond that since they have so many people on the waiting list for tickets.

Finding a way to do two upper decks shaped the way the seats are now on each side would look pretty cool.

(01-25-2013 02:54 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:41 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:37 PM)Monarch_Pride Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:27 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  You are still using a flip-phone aren't you?

Me too. Deal with it

Now that an ODU fan is here what about you guys? I know you all sell-out regularly and planned on expanding. How is that coming? How will it work with the unique way your stadium is built?

I think expansion plans are due to be released this spring for ODU.

I am very interested to see how they will approach it. Simply filling in the endzone should boost them to 25,000ish, although I imagine they'll go beyond that since they have so many people on the waiting list for tickets.

Finding a way to do two upper decks shaped the way the seats are now on each side would look pretty cool.

Yep. Ryan Field (Northwestern U) has a stadium shaped like ODU's with a second level. I like the way their upper level looks.

(01-25-2013 02:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  I think expansion plans are due to be released this spring for ODU.

I think it's actually early Summer. We've been working on a campus-wide master plan and it will include stadium expansion plans, as well.

From past comments by Selig, our athletic director, we will probably end up with a stadium holding 35-40k. How we will go about doing that is unknown to regular fans at this time.

(01-25-2013 02:56 PM)Monarch_Pride Wrote:  

(01-25-2013 02:50 PM)Niner National Wrote:  I think expansion plans are due to be released this spring for ODU.

I think it's actually early Summer. We've been working on a campus-wide master plan and it will include stadium expansion plans, as well.

From past comments by Selig, our athletic director, we will probably end up with a stadium holding 35-40k. How we will go about doing that is unknown to regular fans at this time.

Ah okay thanks for the clarification.

35-40k is probably about right. That is what we're planning as well. It's a good size for most programs not in the SEC, Big 10, or Big 12.

(01-25-2013 01:16 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

I just realized that everything shown in that rendering is now built or almost finished but the stadium expansion. The growth at UNC Charlotte has been unreal.

If we stick to that exact plan for stadium expansion, we will have a really beautiful stadium. I love all the arches. Beats the hell out of all metal erector set stadiums. They do the job, but they don't look quite as nice.

I agree. I want brick. Of course, for now I would take aluminum.