JTS Improvements - Want More
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Is there a demand for more? 9 suites in the tower, 36 in the concourse, club seating on the east side, club seating in the south end zone, VIP seating in Jacobson (1st and 2nd floor).
As I've said before, if all of the premium seating were in the tower (like it is at so many other schools), it would be at least 3 levels high and run the length of the field.
I guess I don’t know about the high end premium but I thought there was demand for club seating.
You build the demand, we heard this same excuse when we bowled in the South endzone from Iowa fans. Why don't they wait until they sell out every game and then do it. Because it will never be done, if you follow that logic.
Look at Iowa's new North endzone, they took out general seating, and lowered the overall seating for the stadium to add suites and premium seating, they had no problem that I am aware of selling those seats.
Many fans will upgrade from $500 a ticket to $750 or so to be able to drink at the game, use the RR without rushing and better food variety, with quicker lines. Not everyone, but enough to make it profitable, it also opens up those seats to new season ticket holders.
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I would think more club style seats between the 40s at $300 more than regular donor tickets with a $2500 donation would be a good money maker. Not sure of the market, but I would be interested. Sitting in the endzone does not do it for me. But adding club seats will lower overall capacity. I assume 2-4 seats fewer per row than bleachers.
That would require being intelligent enough to learn from experience. They’ve already failed the “intelligent enough to follow instructions” test. And now you want to double down?
I guess my head was thinking in the frame of a press box. Move the current suites up there and turn the current suites into club seating.
I don't know but I'm assuming it will be completed before the upcoming season based on the fact that we have not heard about a reduction in hillside tickets for the upcoming season, unless I missed it.
A 4 decked stadium? Sounds good to me! John and Eric might have a little trouble calling the game tho.
A bump with this Twitter item from @Cyclone_Club. Notice the construction in NE corner of NEZ.
Can you imagine the b*tching about parking if this happened... They may as well pave every square inch on grass in Ames
Before the SEZ was built, I sent JP some drawings of a design objective. His response was that he liked it, but was too deep into the current design. Succinctly, it was to use the upper tier corner seats as suites. This kills several birds with one stone. It's the perfect location, because most have TVs in them as well so viewing wouldn't be a bad experience. Those seats would be the first empty ones due to weather or record (so on TV they're always full). Reverberation of sound doesn't disappear up there. Translucent video screen (see LG new see through OLED) can be a scoreboard without inhibiting viewing, thus opening more seats up. Of course, my design was a full bowl with 4 quadrants of executive suites with the top floor of suites wrapping around the whole stadium to serve as both a concourse for these executive suites and press boxes. It was a suite design (pun lol).
In architecture there, I'll never forget one of my jurors saying "All your designs have the intention of blowing people away." That was a criticism at the time, but 'yep' that's me.
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