Athletic Facilities

[SDHornet]

Michelle is very negative on the stadium for some reason. And, she's wrong.

Haters gonna hate.

 

[SDHornet]

Last requirement of the 5 requirements is 15,000+ for each of the rest of the home games.
FUCD should be doable, but the others?

Homecoming should have no problem clearing 15k. They are also doing giveaways at all the non-Causeway games to encourage attendance. Regardless of how many make it through the gate, I trust the admin will be wise and cook the books to make sure, on paper, that 15k come through the gate.

 

[SDHornet]

Why not talk to the other 98% who want it? Who would complain, the area is zoned as industrial/commercial around the stadium. Residential area North around J Street wouldnt be effected, or not anymore as 30,000 students attending daily classes.

Glad they gave early exclusive renderings to CBS and not KCRA.

Highway 50 has been one big construction zone for the past 2 years from Bradshaw through West Sac. Anyone heading to downtown, midtown, and east Sac for work has the pleasure of sitting in brutal traffic everyday. Complaining about a project that will generate even more congestion on 50 is easy clickbait for the media.

 

[SDHornet]

Not likely. There’s just not enough cachet with the incoming opponents, even when this team is really winning. UCD is likely the only exception.

In the past 2 seasons Hornet home games have more or less averaged “around” 12K.

The instances of eclipsing 15K were against Montana, Montana State, Idaho and UCD (which was over 23K). So only 4 of 12 home games. Even the home playoff games against Richmond and IW didn’t come close to 15K.

Part of that was weather (for at least one game) and another is unfamiliarity with the FCS opponents.

Color me silly, but the turnout for the likes of Cal, Stanford, ASU (yes, I know they aren’t Pac12 anymore) would be drastically higher than for Richmond, Incarnate Word, and the vast majority of the Big Sky. Familiarity matters. A lot.

You have to go back to the '21 season to find a regular season home game that didn't clear 10k. I've heard that historically we report actual attendance and not tickets sold. Hopefully the department has wised up and is reporting tickets sold.

Our attendance at the FBS level in a conference with regional opponents will crush our FCS attendance numbers against schools the casual fan has never heard of. Any arguments using our FCS attendance as a reason to be "unworthy" of an FBS invite are not based on comparable situations.

 

[BuckeyeHornetFan]

I messaged her privately and asked What are you doing?

Your comments are suggesting and encouraging the community to complain about traffic etc?

She said they had some people voice concerns?

People complaining about traffic is beyond nauseating.

You live in a metro area of 2.5M, people! Furthermore, with regard to those near the Sac State campus, you live near the heart of that 2.5M metro area. There’s always going to be traffic! Get over it!

If you want nothing around your community with nowhere to go and nothing to do — go live in a rural area nowhere near a medium or large-sized city!

For those that recognize the benefits of more attractions and things to do, but looking to avoid the extra traffic — there’s this transportation option in place called light rail. Students can use it from University and 65th streets to get to downtown and back and so can fans via the gold or blue lines.

And anyone along the HWY50 corridor can use it to get to Hornet Stadium.

Time to stop complaining and start utilizing public transportation like most every major city on the east coast already does. If people start using it more often, they’ll have the money to upgrade, expand, and improve upon it.

Fwiw, I typically like Dapper. But she’s going in the wrong direction on this.

 

[HeavyistheClown]

I don't see the Pac accepting a 25k seat stadium in their conference.

USU is 25,000. WSU is mid to low 30,000’s.