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The 13 Most Expensive College Football Stadium Renovations

ellupo

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What...what?

You don't think this:

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looks different than this:
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???
Worlds largest toilet.
 

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It wasn't a huge design change ... adding luxury seating, lights and making it ADA compliant. Oklahoma's Stadium is an awesome job ... wish it had a bigger scoreboard.

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I think that's the biggest mistake they made (thought the scoreboards were technically part of a different renovation). They needed to be about twice as big as they are. They were nice at the time, but definitely not created to be future-proof. They looked small within a couple years. I think they thought because most stadiums had one, and we have two, that the need for larger boards wasn't the same.
 

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Worlds largest toilet.
OSU fans need to stop using this joke. Because unbiasedly if there's any stadium that looks like a toilet, it's your own:
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I mean, come on. There's no arguing that.
 

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OSU fans need to stop using this joke. Because unbiasedly if there's any stadium that looks like a toilet, it's your own:
ohio_stadium__columbus.jpg


I mean, come on. There's no arguing that.
Looks like a horseshoe to me. Its more about whats in the toilet up north that makes it a toilet.
 

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Unfortunately in the mid 2k's when the team sucked that view was about all we had on game day.


Husky Stadium added the cantilevered roof as a rain cover. It was only over one side originally. They didn't add the second deck/roof until the mid 80's.

The Seahawks more or less copied aspects and put it in their design. There is no doubt the understood the sound reflection value as well as rain shielding for the upper deck fans.

Damn it! I didn't mean to give that a chill. Was going for useful :tsk:
 

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Washington's stadium is pretty cool, I'd like to go again. It's one of the coolest places I've been able to attend.
 

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All very cool. Still prefer my home.

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That lake in the distance is where my house is on if you ever wanna come find me.
 

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Rain. If you ever lived in the Seattle area you'd know it rains a lot there.
I'd LOVE for WVU to put on a retractable roof. Part of me would like it for battling bad weather and part of me would like it for the home field sound advantage.
Nothing worse than planning a tailgate and CFB Saturday and then having it ruined by 38 degree rain all freggin day. At least the game would be in good conditions no matter what.
 
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