Roos Field Renovation

[LDopaPDX]

The stadium pecking order in the Big Sky would be:
Portland State
Montana/EWU (Montana's advantage being overall size)
Montana State (still respectable but I'd put EWU's proposed upgrade above it)
.

Portland State...seriously? When I was there last weekend I was impressed with the roof design but other than that, boring.
At some stadiums they sell spots on the lawn areas.

In terms of luxury boxes and such, Portland State is really nice. Plus, almost all seats are, in fact, seats rather than just benches. They have a huge videoboard and great soundsystem, and covered seats. The drawback is that this was all built for the soccer team, not PSU. And since PSU only has about 6 fans, it is always empty.

Had it not been for Eastern fans last week, there might have been under 1,000 people in attendance. I felt bad for PSU on Senior Day. Most of the noise you heard for their seniors was our fans giving them a clap.

 

[LDopaPDX]

The major drawback to Montana and Montana State is that such a large percentage of their seats are in the endzone. 95% of our seating, when completed, will be along the sidelines.

 

[Vic E. Wallace]

FrontFive4Life,
Those pictures looks fantastic, I am just hoping I am around when all the renovation is completed. My Grand Daughter assured me I will be around, she lives in Las Vegas, in Glad she has input with the Man Up Above. My buddy Neal Gmeiner said there are quite more pictures on Renovation area, page 23. Take care. Vic

 

[EWURanger]

Lookin Good!!

click on pic to expand

Oh hell yeah!

 

[EWURanger]

Where did the mist recent pictures on this thread come from and are there more of them somewhere?

 

[clawman1]

They DO need to get rid of that seagul and put an Eagle in the photo!

 

[kalm]

 

[EWU98]

Kalm could you please post a link to your picture or hyperlink it I so want to see this picture blown up!
Thanks

 

[EWURanger]

No kidding, I'd like to see that one blown up. It looks truly imposing from that view.

Looks like it will be constructed mostly from steel based on the pictures at this site:

http://www.pcs-structural.com/projects/eastern-washington-university-stadium" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More than a stadium, the Gateway Project is a 250,000 square foot mixed-use facility that redefines the center of the Eastern Washington University campus. Football amenities include approximately 9,500 new seats located on multiple decks with premium seating options that include 1,100 club seats, 22 loge boxes, and 20 suites. A new football operations center below the seating bowl includes a state of the art athletic training facility that will be utilized by athletics and external partnerships.

PCS Structural Solutions has developed a detailed schematic design including a Revit model to facilitate budgeting for the EWU Foundation. Poor soils conditions along with an existing utilidor through the entire project created unique challenges. PCS proposed a lateral and vertical structural solution that meets the client’s needs, provides efficiencies in construction phasing, and creates flexibility for the multiple levels of horizontal program and egress.

The Gateway Project is primarily funded through private donations. It is intended to be completed for the 2015 or 2016 football season.

 

[LDopaPDX]

I'm not an architect, but I can't imagine it would be feasible to build this type of structure with anything other than steel (or something even more expensive). You can see it is a steel frame in the mock-ups. The upside to steel is that you have more flexibility in design, and for the "what have you done for me lately?" fans, it will go up much quicker.

 

[EWU98]

Shoot I can get that started right now...heading up to get my erector set from my parents house....will be done much sooner than 2015 Looks awesome!! UBBER PUMPED!

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Shoot I can get that started right now...heading up to get my erector set from my parents house....will be done much sooner than 2015 Looks awesome!! UBBER PUMPED!

:lol:

 

[kalm]

Kalm could you please post a link to your picture or hyperlink it I so want to see this picture blown up!
Thanks

See if this works:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/406953_447660241936646_677115010_n.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[EdubAlum]

Kalm could you please post a link to your picture or hyperlink it I so want to see this picture blown up!
Thanks

See if this works:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/406953_447660241936646_677115010_n.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That picture truly illustrates the scale of the new grandstand vs the original. Perhaps one day we will be tearing down the exist press box and building the west to match the east!

 

[EWURanger]

Kalm could you please post a link to your picture or hyperlink it I so want to see this picture blown up!
Thanks

See if this works:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/406953_447660241936646_677115010_n.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thanks!

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Kalm could you please post a link to your picture or hyperlink it I so want to see this picture blown up!
Thanks

See if this works:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/406953_447660241936646_677115010_n.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That picture truly illustrates the scale of the new grandstand vs the original. Perhaps one day we will be tearing down the exist press box and building the west to match the east!

It's pretty impressive... from what I've read it should hold 10-12k.

Those parking spots along the street are gonna be a bitch to get into though. :? :lol:

 

[howroark]

The parking direction was described in the BOT meeting and were not by mistake. They are back-in angle parking. They are supposed to be safer and faster than nose-in angled parking and also enable the inclusion of bike lanes. They also mentioned increasing parking densities to support retail.

 

[kalm]

Red & Black posted this one over at AGS and I had not seen it here yet. It's obviously just a mock up but the grassy knoll thingy in the south endzone would be kind of funky. I'm sure they got the idea from Kidd Brewer and/or SHSU's stadiums.

Just out of curiosity, I heard a rumor from a fairly reliable source awhile back that the student government had voted to approve a 7,000 seat student section. Anyone else hear anything about this? If it's true, where would they stick it?

 

[Eagle1990]

Wow. The pictures are phenomenal. Does anyone know of a time line for construction?

 

[BLACKFALKIN1]

The pics are dope..lets hope this gets built by 2013 or 2014. and btw NO GAMES AT JOE ALBI!!