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Official Construction Update Thread

SEI website says Champions Center will have 'Team Dining Facilities' but I thought I read that Training Table will remain in Dal Ward. Are these different things?
 
89BUFF89 said:
SEI website says Champions Center will have 'Team Dining Facilities' but I thought I read that Training Table will remain in Dal Ward. Are these different things?
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training table will be on the 3rd floor. The same space will be converted to a club level on game days for the champions club seats in that corner. Either the CC will be football only or they are removing the Dal Ward training table and replacing it with more academic space.
 
Shldr2Shldr said:
training table will be on the 3rd floor. The same space will be converted to a club level on game days for the champions club seats in that corner. Either the CC will be football only or they are removing the Dal Ward training table and replacing it with more academic space.
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DW map still shows a training table so I guess there will be one for football only in the new bldg.http://cusustainableexcellence.com/dal-ward.html
 
89BUFF89 said:
Sounds like June 1 isn't happening...http://www.dailycamera.com/top-sports/ci_27561010/cu-football-mcchesney-turns-down-offer-join-buffs
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That doesn't really matter to me as long as it's done by August.

But it's very disappointing that they're now looking at January for the IPF. That is a major letdown for recruiting with December visits, especially this year with the early signing day in Dec being tested out (along with the Dec Grad JUCOs who will enroll in January).
 
As long as it is ready for next spring, I will not worry much about recruiting implications.
 
Buffnik said:
That doesn't really matter to me as long as it's done by August.

But it's very disappointing that they're now looking at January for the IPF. That is a major letdown for recruiting with December visits, especially this year with the early signing day in Dec being tested out (along with the Dec Grad JUCOs who will enroll in January).
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It'll be close enough to completion for recruits to tour it and envision it. The exterior should be close to completion. The interior will be at least 80% done.
 
Another video walkthrough discussing some of the finer details:

[video]http://www.cubuffs.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3728623[/video]
 
The latest date I had heard for the CC is August 1. That is perfectly fine with me. The training facility done by the beginning of fall camp, and the IPF done in time for the last few OV's before signing day is not a bad time line.
 
WasianCU said:
Another video walkthrough discussing some of the finer details:

[video]http://www.cubuffs.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3728623[/video]
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Pretty awesome. Not to be a nancy pants, but it kind of sucks that they are staring straight at the opposing teams fans when they run out of the tunnel....
 
TimmyDUBs said:
Pretty awesome. Not to be a nancy pants, but it kind of sucks that they are staring straight at the opposing teams fans when they run out of the tunnel....
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Reminds me of a game, I think against Oklahoma when Cortlen Johnson scored a touchdown and gave the "sshhh" finger right in front of their fans. When we're good, staring down the opposing teams' fans isn't so bad.
 
TimmyDUBs said:
Pretty awesome. Not to be a nancy pants, but it kind of sucks that they are staring straight at the opposing teams fans when they run out of the tunnel....
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At some point, the west side will be re-developed and those opposing fans will be moved out of premium seats near the field.
 
Shldr2Shldr said:
There is only one other route that would work, and that wouldn't make any sense, so no.
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Back in the days long before the Dal Ward Center was built, the football team entered the field from a set of doors right in the middle of the lockerroom complex. Not at the East side. Ralphie ran from there.

Depending on how they work it out, this won't be a big deal.
 
TimmyDUBs said:
Pretty awesome. Not to be a nancy pants, but it kind of sucks that they are staring straight at the opposing teams fans when they run out of the tunnel....
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Two options:
A) a thunder shoot outside the locker room that is "L" shaped and points the team to the south.
B) move the visitors from 101 & 102 to section 109 & 203
 
Skidmark said:
Two options:
A) a thunder shoot outside the locker room that is "L" shaped and points the team to the south.
B) move the visitors from 101 & 102 to section 109 & 203
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I thought that was odd too when I first saw the design. The team is going to have to make a hard left coming out of the locker room behind Ralphie. It seems awkward.
 
SerenityBuff said:
I thought that was odd too when I first saw the design. The team is going to have to make a hard left coming out of the locker room behind Ralphie. It seems awkward.
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The pizza slice shaped recessed corner under the Champions Center is dead space and makes for a strange architectural choice. The corner where the players will exit as well as the gaint concrete wall leading out of the stadium does not fit the architectural vernacular of the stadium's east side, neighboring Dal Ward, or of the campus in general.

The architect didn't prioritize blending the seating area and aesthetics of having clean lines. But at this point, what is done is done. Fingers crossed that there is some beneficial functionally that comes from the empty pie corner.
 
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'Tini said:
To what? Come out of the new tunnel? Guarantee you the handlers could not steer here like that.
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Bring him in at gate 6, down the stairs through the student section over the rail, diagonally across the field. Easy peasy.
 
Skidmark said:
The pizza slice shaped recessed corner under the Champions Center is dead space and makes for a strange architectural choice. The corner where the players will exit as well as the gaint concrete wall leading out of the stadium does not fit the architectural vernacular of the stadium's east side, neighboring Dal Ward, or of the campus in general.

The architect didn't prioritize blending the seating area and aesthetics of having clean lines. But at this point, what is done is done. Fingers crossed that there is some beneficial functionally that comes from the empty pie corner.
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The concrete does match the look of the east side and Dal Ward.

You may not like it, and I agree it could have been more interesting but it is an architectural choice that is carried out from Dal Ward through the east side.

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That striped, tiered concrete is repeated all over the stadium.
 
Skidmark said:
The pizza slice shaped recessed corner under the Champions Center is dead space and makes for a strange architectural choice. The corner where the players will exit as well as the gaint concrete wall leading out of the stadium does not fit the architectural vernacular of the stadium's east side, neighboring Dal Ward, or of the campus in general.

The architect didn't prioritize blending the seating area and aesthetics of having clean lines. But at this point, what is done is done. Fingers crossed that there is some beneficial functionally that comes from the empty pie corner.
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Could you give a rendering of that pizza slice with flagstone on the upper two thirds Skiddy?
 
I think that for events you need to be able to enter the stadium from over there. Whether we're talking machinery (4th of July / concerts) or athletes (Bolder Boulder). The value of the stadium goes beyond football.
 
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