(08-12-2018 06:40 PM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote: I guess I am biased .
My thinking is if seating is over 20k a dome should get bonus points.
Loudness of a dome NDSU is famous for it other domes same effect if full.
They double as the IPF .
Student attendance is a problem everywhere. Weather is often cited as a G5 attendance killer as well.
Fans are less likely to sit in the cold or rain going forward.
So for weather challenged non P5 schools a 20k dome is equal or better than a mid twenties open air stadium.
No dome like that exist but expansion is possible.
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For the record, the Fargodome(NDSU) doesn't really double as an IPF. Some part of it is in use about 300 days a year and NDSU only accounts for about 10%-15% of that(it's a city-owned facility). It's why NDSU has 2 grass & 1 turf practice fields, a small turf stadium(the old FB home that is now used for soccer), and a bubble on that field during the winter. Also, plans were just announced for a formal football IPF to be built where the current practice fields are. NDSU will go from 2 grass/1 turf outdoor fields to 1 turf outdoor and 1 turf indoor fields with both connected by 10 slide-up doors. The facility will include a locker room, meeting rooms, a training room, and a weight room.
https://spark.adobe.com/page/lssl2Kbdld4hA/
NDSU football also benefits from a new weight room that was part of the rebuild of our basketball arena and main athletic building(SHAC). It would have been far better to tear it down and start from scratch, but fundraising was an issue, and reusing the structural steel and most of the concrete saved about 35% the cost of the project. (very roughly, the project cost about $45M - the money saved was around $15M)
https://gobison.com/news/2016/6/24/gener...mplex.aspx
(play the video for details)
Football offices in the lower level of the Fargodome are fairly nice.
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=34 (photo gallery)
The rest of NDSU athletic facilities:
Baseball -
http://ballparkreviews.com/template2.php...h%20Dakota
Indoor T&F -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=5
Outdoor T&F -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=6
Soccer -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=30
Volleyball -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=3
Softball -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=36 (getting artificial turf right now)
Basketball/Wrestling/Golf/Support -
https://gobison.com/facilities/?id=37 (the pulldown on the virtual tour can take you to each part of the facility)
Nice thing about NDSU athletic facilities is that they are all located together in a contiguous 12 square block area(except for VB). It's easy to see from Google Maps satellite view. Just find the Fargodome and look south, or find NDSU and look north.