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Post by sader1970 on May 22, 2017 9:54:42 GMT -5
BTW, in the 5th picture down for May, as well as the 10th picture, you can see "Nate's Perch" (or "Porch"?) almost dead center in the 5th picture, right above the words "Air Lift." Best seat in the house!
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Post by hchoops on May 22, 2017 10:06:57 GMT -5
It may not be high enough for punters, but it is very high, dominating the upper campus. Too high ?
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Post by CHC8485 on May 22, 2017 10:12:59 GMT -5
Is there any other function besides graduation that this site would need 6000 seats ? I don't see it happening too often but ... Baccalaureate Mass probably gets close to that, Mass of the Holy Spirit may get 50 - 75% of that. Though I don't think they'd ever use for a concert, the last couple of years the spring concert was on Freshman Field and this year was apparently quite muddy. Not sure they need 6000 "seats" for it, but depending on who it is, I could see several thousand in attendance. Because the Hart Basketball arena can accommodate 4,000 - 5,000 depending on the floor seating, I don't think it would happen too often, but if they had a really big name speaker, they could hold that in the Luth practice field.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 22, 2017 10:48:22 GMT -5
The contractor has landscaped both sides of the new main entrance and if my eyes are not deceiving me, the Cooz's statue is back. _________________________________ With respect to the proverbial brick ****house, I'll speculate that's it because the N FH is rated as a place for public assembly, temporary seating over 6,000. Codes would typically require a stronger building. (That, and weight of the snow in a Worcester winter.) 750 graduates + 4500 (6 tickets each) + plus TPTB/ faculty = no more Hart court for commencement In which photo do you see the Cooz statue ? No photo, but the webcam. I believe the statue is to the left of the large tree.at screen right, and just below the right edge of the construction trailer parked on the road that goes along the west side of the Hart rink.
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Post by sader1970 on May 22, 2017 10:52:07 GMT -5
Yes, you can see LAC from 146 as you come up the highway. However, 90% of the reason for that is it is at the top of the hill. The impressive size of the building is its square footage, not its height.
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Post by hchoops on May 22, 2017 10:59:54 GMT -5
Yes, you can see LAC from 146 as you come up the highway. However, 90% of the reason for that is it is at the top of the hill. The impressive size of the building is its square footage, not its height. What is impressive to some is depressing, aesthetically, to others.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 22, 2017 11:01:16 GMT -5
One of my observations to others when inside during the tour was that it was NOT high enough for punters, unless they are practicing line drives. Plenty high for practicing FGs though. I agree. Not high enough for booming punts, probably high enough for kickoffs, and high enough for FGs at the FCS level. IIRC, the FG crossbar and uprights are hung from the roof trusses, there is no center post. It will be interesting to see if the baseball batting cage(s) goes full height.
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Post by sader1970 on May 22, 2017 11:06:32 GMT -5
Well, I have a hi-def and large monitor and I see where you are referencing and it might be the Cooz statue but if you are sure, it leads me to believe that you are using those magnifiers that the CIA uses to look at high altitude/satellite photos that you probably own from when you were "on the job."
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 22, 2017 12:28:07 GMT -5
Well, I have a hi-def and large monitor and I see where you are referencing and it might be the Cooz statue but if you are sure, it leads me to believe that you are using those magnifiers that the CIA uses to look at high altitude/satellite photos that you probably own from when you were "on the job." I can see the seams of the basketball in his hand. However, the location of the statue in the architect's rendering is not where it seems to be now. The rendering has it sort of tucked near the west wall of the Blaney court, and where I see it is near the junction corner of the sidewalks leading to the main entrance and the secondary entrance (to the NFH / strength and conditioning)..
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Post by timholycross on May 22, 2017 17:48:08 GMT -5
One of my observations to others when inside during the tour was that it was NOT high enough for punters, unless they are practicing line drives. Plenty high for practicing FGs though. I agree. Not high enough for booming punts, probably high enough for kickoffs, and high enough for FGs at the FCS level. IIRC, the FG crossbar and uprights are hung from the roof trusses, there is no center post. It will be interesting to see if the baseball batting cage(s) goes full height. "high enough for FGs at the FCS level." ? Please explain. Crossbar is same height. You might have an extra inch or two of clearance because the linemen might be a tad shorter. Other than that, all else is the same. An excellent kicker or punter for an FCS team probably has a better chance of playing on Sunday than any other position.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 22, 2017 19:24:02 GMT -5
I agree. Not high enough for booming punts, probably high enough for kickoffs, and high enough for FGs at the FCS level. IIRC, the FG crossbar and uprights are hung from the roof trusses, there is no center post. It will be interesting to see if the baseball batting cage(s) goes full height. "high enough for FGs at the FCS level." ? Please explain. Crossbar is same height. You might have an extra inch or two of clearance because the linemen might be a tad shorter. Other than that, all else is the same. An excellent kicker or punter for an FCS team probably has a better chance of playing on Sunday than any other position. I don't think many kickers at the FCS level attempt long FGs, which IMO, require a bit of loft to clear the crossbar. Here is a link to a video of a high school kicker trying to make field goals from various distances on what appears to be a windy day. Most longer attempts, the ball in flight disappears out of the frame. His attempt from 67 yards is more of a line drive, not sure it would have cleared onrushing lineman reaching up to block it. www.wired.com/2013/03/how-difficult-is-a-70-yard-field-goal/
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jun 22, 2017 17:43:59 GMT -5
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 22, 2017 18:37:56 GMT -5
Doesn't look appreciably different than when I went on the tour during volunteer weekend. I also noted that the volleyball player was making a video with her iPhone! Hope she doesn't get in trouble with the contractor!
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jun 22, 2017 19:53:04 GMT -5
The more I see of this facility, the more I am impressed
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Post by hchoops on Jun 22, 2017 20:10:34 GMT -5
For the best part of $95 mill, I hope so.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jun 23, 2017 5:20:19 GMT -5
Doesn't look appreciably different than when I went on the tour during volunteer weekend. I also noted that the volleyball player was making a video with her iPhone! Hope she doesn't get in trouble with the contractor! I looked at the video again; it was probably made mid-May. The volleyball player talks about the new locker room for volleyball which lacked one. The new locker room in the video is men's lacrosse. There are six new locker rooms under new strength and conditioning: M/W lacrosse, M/W soccer, M/W track and field. The new volleyball and field hockey locker rooms are on the other side of the new building and weren't yet finished.
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Post by alum on Jun 27, 2017 15:11:16 GMT -5
Doesn't look appreciably different than when I went on the tour during volunteer weekend. I also noted that the volleyball player was making a video with her iPhone! Hope she doesn't get in trouble with the contractor! I looked at the video again; it was probably made mid-May. The volleyball player talks about the new locker room for volleyball which lacked one. The new locker room in the video is men's lacrosse. There are six new locker rooms under new strength and conditioning: M/W lacrosse, M/W soccer, M/W track and field. The new volleyball and field hockey locker rooms are on the other side of the new building and weren't yet finished. I dunno. I think I would rather keep the lousy old locker room and the substandard indoor track as opposed to "no indoor track" when the old fieldhouse is gutted. (I hadn't complained about this in a while.)
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Post by lou on Jun 27, 2017 15:19:22 GMT -5
I looked at the video again; it was probably made mid-May. The volleyball player talks about the new locker room for volleyball which lacked one. The new locker room in the video is men's lacrosse. There are six new locker rooms under new strength and conditioning: M/W lacrosse, M/W soccer, M/W track and field. The new volleyball and field hockey locker rooms are on the other side of the new building and weren't yet finished. I dunno. I think I would rather keep the lousy old locker room and the substandard indoor track as opposed to "no indoor track" when the old fieldhouse is gutted. (I hadn't complained about this in a while.) I'm with you. there has to be a track somewhere on campus. It walking is your exercise of choice, where is it done on campus in the winter?
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Post by rickii on Jun 27, 2017 16:18:30 GMT -5
Is the astroturf putting green still in Hogan or is that being moved to Luth ?
Whatever happened to the classy Brunswick pool tables in the basement ?
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jun 27, 2017 16:49:17 GMT -5
I dunno. I think I would rather keep the lousy old locker room and the substandard indoor track as opposed to "no indoor track" when the old fieldhouse is gutted. (I hadn't complained about this in a while.) I'm with you. there has to be a track somewhere on campus. It walking is your exercise of choice, where is it done on campus in the winter? Plenty of room to jog or walk or run recreationally around the perimeter of the new indoor Center. Thank God NP came in and made that switch to all turf.
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Post by lou on Jun 27, 2017 16:57:15 GMT -5
Is the astroturf putting green still in Hogan or is that being moved to Luth ? Whatever happened to the classy Brunswick pool tables in the basement ? There are pool tables in Hogan (no ping pong however)
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Post by zambonihomie13 on Jun 27, 2017 20:46:17 GMT -5
I dunno. I think I would rather keep the lousy old locker room and the substandard indoor track as opposed to "no indoor track" when the old fieldhouse is gutted. (I hadn't complained about this in a while.) I'm with you. there has to be a track somewhere on campus. It walking is your exercise of choice, where is it done on campus in the winter? Probably on a treadmill, in front of a TV or book. Don't know too many students when I was there that walked on the outdoor track, not sure they would use one during the winter either. Could be wrong though, but most students I know that walk (aren't that many) tend to do the treadmill.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jun 28, 2017 5:46:49 GMT -5
With respect to the indoor track, some while ago, the college was looking at least three options: 1.) a bubble over the current outdoor track, which was apparently ruled out: 2.) a dedicated indoor track to be jointly funded by several colleges and universities, one possible location was the site where the community ice rinks are being built by the Railers owner, 3.) buying and renovating the indoor soccer? complex in Auburn that went belly-up. To those, I would think the new student recreation center is a fourth possibility. As the current field house will be demolished, the school is not constrained by the footprint or the height of the existing. Indeed, the existing field house footprint will be pushed out to the north, perhaps by 30 feet or more. That opens the possibility of an elevated practice track,
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jun 28, 2017 17:00:11 GMT -5
A practice track suitable for division 1 athletes to train on and a recreational track are two completely different things.
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Post by sarasota on Jun 28, 2017 18:30:49 GMT -5
In the early sixties we had a two-mile relay team that was New England Champs, Millrose Champs, IC4A Champs and nationally ranked.
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