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Athletic Facilities

It's a column -- the columnist gave an opinion that his idea of "details to be released soon" means in a 90 day period. That period passed.

This just makes our President look like a childish clown... offering the story to another paper? Publicly?

This is the first time I'm starting to panic about if he is the right person to lead all of this.
 
stingthemgood said:
It's a column -- the columnist gave an opinion that his idea of "details to be released soon" means in a 90 day period. That period passed.

This just makes our President look like a childish clown... offering the story to another paper? Publicly?

This is the first time I'm starting to panic about if he is the right person to lead all of this.
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As long as we become CSU-HBCU, then all is good.
 
This thing is moving forward, whether you wish it was a different person leading it or not. A lot of people before Dr. Wood had a shot and either they couldn't handle it or they were cowards.
 
Here's the State Hornet article/interview with Dr. Wood on the stadium. As far as I've seen, this is the first time in writing where the phasing is discussed to this level of detail:

Stadium Construction​

Wood called the first phase the “pre-construction phase” and said it will begin this year. He said this part of the process will focus on adding new amenities like ribbon boards, seating on the home side and in the end zone, bathroom arrangements and lighting systems.

He said that the cost of this first phase is estimated to be around $2.5 million dollars, but that the estimated figure should be lower than that of San Diego State’s Snapdragon Stadium.

According to San Diego State Athletics, the estimated cost of Snapdragon Stadium, which opened in 2022, was $310 million.

“We are going to build what we can afford and stay within our resources,” Wood said. “I’m sure there are people who would love to have us build a half-a-billion-dollar stadium, but that’s not happening.”

In addition to this, Wood said that the only school funds used for the stadium’s construction will come from dollars already marked for use on athletic facilities. He said the rest of the funds will be from sponsors and donors.
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The second phase, Wood said, is projected to start in 2026. He said this phase will consist of the bulk of construction and include things like a new entrance, the removal of the track around the field and new stands and boxes.

“We’ll have at least the skeletal part of the stadium – at least our plan is to – by 2026,” Wood said.

Wood said the final phase is planned to start between 2027 and 2029. This phase, he said, will add additional modifications like overhangs with solar panels and a moveable stage for concerts to be held at the venue.

“The whole point of the stadium is to have an opportunity to generate revenue for our campus community,” Wood said.
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Wood said that Sac State chose this path to construction, as opposed to a full tear down, because it should allow the football team to continue playing at Hornet Stadium for the entirety of construction.

“We didn’t want a situation where students had to go somewhere else to see their team,” Wood said. “That just didn’t seem accessible. The whole reason we do this is for the student experience, and that’s why it’s a phased approach.”

Wood said that these are just the current plans for the stadium and are flexible, if need be. He also said that he had no new information to share about the capacity of the stadium.
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It doesn't sounds like digging a bowl works with this phasing, but I could be wrong. FWIW, I ran into Dr. Wood at the MBB Weber State game and inquired about the stadium. Expecting some rah rah "we're going to get it done, we're the best evah" he ran down the construction phasing and timeline with emphasis on stuff getting done before next season. He spoke as it was a done deal and the vibe had zero concern about it actually getting done.

There are still some questions (financing?) that need answering but I'm not overly concerned about movement on the stadium. We have to bear in mind that anything is an improvement of what we currently have. I'm not really interested in hearing what the haters have to say, for the first time ever we have a president that is going all in on athletics, new facilities, and a better home for football/athletics and I'm all in on it.
 
My bet still is that the track won’t be pulled up until after the 2026 NCAA west championships. Too much goes into a bid like that to change it at this point.

His use of the wording of stands instead of stadium is concerning. But again, hard not to improve on what is there currently
 
StockonLB said:
His use of the wording of stands instead of stadium is concerning.
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I caught that too.

Going back to the original press conference when Wood/Orr thought they could immediately swoon PACX and get a bid, all kind of embellished statements were made and this is the exact reason why PACX hasnt called because they know talk is cheap.

What about the visitors side, thats now staying?
 
He also said new boxes and not luxury suites! Oh no!

This isn't a gotcha moment. Sac State said from the beginning that where the team played during construction would depend on the architects and construction schedule. They would find alternative sites if they had to, but would try to make it work at home.
 
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