Agreed. Like to see it in person
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Agreed. Like to see it in person
I'll let ya know in August:)
Well obviously it trumps our stadium (as it sits right now). It's state of the art and brand new. However, did the owner pay for it all out of his own pocket? Not being a jerk, I just honestly don't know the details. That has everything to do with what we're getting. How many owners are going to drop a billion of their own money to build a stadium for the city?
It's not really anything to do with his net worth, it has to do with the business' (which this business just happens to be the Miami Dolphins) net worth. The Dolphins are worth approximately a billion...so why on earth would he spend the whole net worth of the business on the "office"? I think what he's doing is above and beyond what any other owner would do. They wouldn't give any money so he said "screw it, I'll pay for it myself".
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LOL Miami can forget about hosting a Super Bowl for while. They won't host another SB until at least 2020. They won't win over new Atlanta and minnesota stadiums.
For those curious about UM seating.
The daily afternoon thunderstorms should take care of that problem
I admire the foresight. There have been great breakthroughs in stadium design over the past decade. Prior to Dallas' version everything looked like a standard stadium, with increasing bells and whistles. Now it's not only more creative but also incorporating trends like wireless and social media access, including specific areas. I'm not necessarily in favor of those things as opposed to a design that favors home field advantage. But they are realities and are logically touted. Everybody wants to know they'll be able to text away, with the stadium engineered to maximize aspects like that. It was comical during the national title game to see the camera pan the crowd and so many fans were fixated on little devices in their hands, seemingly oblivious to the game itself.
Atlanta handicapped logically that not much figures to change in the next decade or so compared to a decade ago until now. There could be another major advance, but not likely. It reminds me of the genius realtor at Big Bear Lake in mid 2006 who tried to convince me to swoop up properties in Las Vegas, that home values were destined to double again very soon, and then keep advancing sharply. I laughed and told him he was out of his mind, that it's not the way normal progression works. No way property values could detour so far away from income levels.
Construction costs do hold the upward trend. Atlanta couldn't build this structure in a decade for what they paid today. In the meantime they are all but guaranteed to host at least one Super Bowl and enter that rotation, along with probably the college championship game and other mega events.
We've got a patchwork that will look swell only in comparison to what we had previously. That's the way this works. I remember buying a G3 upgrade card for one of my old Macs in the early '00s. I was proud and content with my patched Power Mac 7500 until I walked into CompUSA and checked out the latest models. They had faster bus speed and everything else, and weren't limited by architecture from a prior generation.
Our improvements aren't worth $350 million or $425 million, or whatever the final tally ends up. I've emphasized that from the outset. I've noticed several others here mention that theme also, the guys who normally have a grasp of reality. We are paying bloated dollar for contrived fixes that are hardly ideal. They are merely what works given the limitation of the original design combined with current intent. Nobody is going to copy us. Wow, can we get a patched roof like that!
I don't like the huge Canes banners in the end zone, BTW. Lots of fans prefer to sit exactly there, low upper deck in the center end zone. It's an awesome view of how the plays unfold at the line of scrimmage and in the secondary, combined with a dependable breeze. At Canes games those areas have been relatively full in recent years.
My seats are low upper deck around the corner, at the goal line. I have actually considered relocating to same spot in the mid end zone. I guess that's gone. Now I'll await my voucher, with a likely increase. They better not raise it to much. I already have one member of my party who is canceling the season ticket, no matter what they charge.
We are going to have one of the best stadiums in the NFL. It's going to be magnificent when it's finished. I think that you are 100% wrong about it being a half assed renovation. As a developer, Mr Ross has access to the best in design and construction. He knows how to extract top value for the $400M that he's spending.
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Don't know if this was mentioned but won't the fact that the seats are a darker color mean that they'll be hotter especially in the blazing FL sun in Aug - Oct?? I think the orange may have reflected some of the suns rays but the aqua seems like it will be more likely to absorb them making them measurably hotter (esp. the non-cushioned seats).
Dolph N.Fan
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Yeah but that's not until 2016
Maybe a few degrees but once you sit down there won't be a difference and like BlueCelica said, the stadium will be shaded eventually.
Is this sarcasm? I honestly can't tell. You couldn't possibly believe a terribly designed stadium from the 80s can be patched into one of the best venues in the NFL.