Potentially good sign for attendance ...

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:58 pm

Just starting making tentative plans for our annual trip, targeting Oct. 8. Hotel rooms are sold out in a few BG hotels already. Young lady at the Hampton Inn told me there was a wedding and a convention that weekend, but she had already made several reservations for people coming in for the game ... they are SOLD OUT for that weekend as of now. She also said she had been receiving a lot (no specifics here) of reservations for homecoming.

In fact, Expedia tells me that the Days Inn was the only BG hotel with rooms available. I reserved one, of course.

Here's hoping the other rooms are booked by football fans, too! 8)

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:17 pm

Hmm, that gives me some ideas. I am planning on heading up to that game, and since I still know quite a few couches in BG I wasn't too worried. Now my parents, who live in P-burg are heading to chicago to test my old man's 49yr old legs in a Marathon (his first, he started training in july, should be a funny site at the end), anyway that leaves a 4bed 2.5ba home open. The evil capitalist in me sees a way to make some quick money.

Wonder if I could convince them to leave early friday morning to double up on the income. I could turn it in to a bed-n-breakfast for the weekend. If you don't mind beer for breakfast.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:21 pm

I can't remember the last time I was sent so many materials about homecoming.

I get the feeling it may sell out.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:27 pm

Well, this got me off the dime. I booked the flight & rental car for the Oct. 8 game against Ohio.

Forward Falcons!

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:32 pm

thats good... now you just need a bigger stadium.... not that Miami is huge and I am not trash talking that way... I think BG needs a bigger stadium for big games....

duckunder53 · Post by **duckunder53** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:43 pm

redskins4ever wrote:thats good... now you just need a bigger stadium.... not that Miami is huge and I am not trash talking that way... I think BG needs a bigger stadium for big games....

I want a bigger stadium, but at the same time I think we need to consistently fill the Doyt at it's current capacity first. Now I know someone will jump on me about losing the end zone seating so we'll fill it, I just hope you're right.

AJatBG · Post by **AJatBG** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:36 pm

Not to sound naive, but how long would it take to build a new 50,000 seat stadium? about 2 years? Cuz i love natural grass as much as the guy, but a new stadium couldnt hurt...right?

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:39 pm

AJatBG wrote:Not to sound naive, but how long would it take to build a new 50,000 seat stadium? about 2 years? Cuz i love natural grass as much as the guy, but a new stadium couldnt hurt...right?

Ehhhh......you buyin'?

AJatBG · Post by **AJatBG** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:31 pm

Well not me...but "Omar Jacobs Stadium" has a nice ring to it...eh?

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mk455 · Post by **mk455** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:59 am

new stadium would be nice. no offense, i love the doyt and all because its the home of the falcons... but it doesn't represent what bg is made of. its ugly. flat out ugly. and it may be cliche to say this... but it looks like a high school stadium. not saying it will be easy or cheap to do so, i just think it would be nice if we got an entirely new stadum, instead of just getting "the bob." as far as the hotels are concerend... dont worry about it. you can sleep in my basement.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:44 am

I'll never understand why people insist our stadium looks like a high school stadium.

Where did you all play high school football? Seriously. I really want to know. Please post pictures of your stadium and explain the resemblance.

I know this: There's only one high school football stadium in the state that's bigger than Perry Stadium:

And Fawcett might be the only high school stadium in the country bigger than Perry Stadium. (I just checked; ain't none bigger in Texas, for instance).

Yet Toledo fans have been leveling the same charge for years, this "high school" meme -- even though, for years, the Glass Bowl wasn't as big as Perry Stadium.

I'll say this: If we could do it over, maybe we should consider building a stadium with steeper seating. Our place is a little low slung, which deceives people as to its real size. It also means some fans complain when the fans sitting in front of them stand up.

On the other hand, a lot of modern football stadiums (Paul Brown Stadium, Cleveland Browns Stadium, etc.) have lower decks with a fairly gentle slope. So I don't think what we have is that unusual.

I think the real issue with our stadium is that it is unadorned. The chain link fence, the lack of landscaping, the absence of street furniture -- it's plain Jane. The orange plastic benches were replaced with aluminum, and that was a step backward aesthetically.

The Sebo Center is really going to help. It's going to give our stadium a georgeous front door. And I've got to think there will be some other knick-knacks that go along with it that could help.

In the meantime, the situation is understandable. I imagine the athletic department is still recovering from the lean years of the Late Blackney Era. It probably spent less on upkeep at the stadium than it should have during the late 1990s.

I think a lot of us get frustrated with the stadium itself when what we are really hungry for are bells and whistles.

I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with our stadium. We could take what we have and grow it into a 60,000-seat stadium if we needed to.

And that's good -- because it is wholly unrealistic to even talk of building new unless someone wants to put up $20 million in cash to get it done.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:59 am

Easy fellas, on the new stadium. Check out last year's attendance figures.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:23 am

PGY Tiercel wrote: I could turn it in to a bed-n-breakfast for the weekend. If you don't mind beer for breakfast.

It's football season...what the hell else would you have for breakfast?

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:26 am

PGY Tiercel wrote:If you don't mind beer for breakfast.

Rice Krispies and Old Mil - Snap, Crackle, and BURP!

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:48 am

I would say this about the "If we had it to do over again"

I wish it was countersunk a bit so the playing surface was not a ground level.

This would allow for natural, berm seating in the endzones and not the bleacher show we have seen here lately. Also could potentially make it less windy and louder by keeping some sound in. . .