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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 8, 2020 2:10:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 14:09:31 GMT -5
True Rankings should be 1, 2, and 3 (Georgetown), 4. Fordham and on from there... Yale and Harvard are way better than the majority of college stadiums.
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Post by thecrossisback on Dec 8, 2020 14:16:47 GMT -5
Yale could use some renovation to the broken seats.
Any ideas for updates to make Fitton Field better?
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Post by timholycross on Dec 8, 2020 14:22:52 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Dec 8, 2020 14:26:33 GMT -5
Yale could use some renovation to the broken seats. Any ideas for updates to make Fitton Field better? Play some G*d*mn ootball games there first. Then I'll get back to you.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 8, 2020 16:58:41 GMT -5
Yale could use some renovation to the broken seats. Any ideas for updates to make Fitton Field better? My list for upgrades needed to Fitton Field. The current site and sight lines are great and should be maintained in the renovations. 1. ADA access must be made to the home side of the stadium through the use of a wider viewing platform that will not obstruct the view of either the disabled or other fans. The platform should be either at mid level or at the top of the stadium, so that the viewing of the field will not be compromised. 2. Replace Locker-rooms for all on field teams and staffs. Home team, Visiting team, Game Day officials. The new locker rooms should be at field level to allow ease of access for all participants using these rooms. No more walking down the stairs in cleats. 3. Bathrooms need to be enlarged and renovated with automated mechanisms for sanitation. Flushing toilets and urinals and soap dispensers, should be automatic along with UV lights for germ and virus elimination. 4. Concessions need to be redesigned for better ingress and egress for customers. 5. Press Box should be replaced to allow ADA access. An elevator is needed for all working press to be able to use the facilities. Watching game day staff carrying pizza up the stairs to the press during the game is perilous during inclement weather. One of these days, someone will slip, and pizza will be in the aisles in section 5. Renovations should include bathrooms at the Press Box level, with a deck that will allow disabled access for press and general public. 6. Concourse level around the stadium should be created at a level grade, or a grade with a gradual slope between the home and visitors side.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 8, 2020 20:36:36 GMT -5
I actually like Yale and Harvard too I wouldn't put them on any worst stadium list. Harvard can be uncomfortable but you can't beat those angles.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 8, 2020 21:14:52 GMT -5
The article seemed to weigh (or at least repeatedly cite) attendance and team quality and food offerings as part of its ‘worst’ designation. Aesthetically, some of them were perfectly fine...and some just needed a small bit of modernization/conveniences.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 9, 2020 14:50:13 GMT -5
I actually like Yale and Harvard too I wouldn't put them on any worst stadium list. Harvard can be uncomfortable but you can't beat those angles. ....especially when you compare them to quite a few so-called stadiums (GU, Fordham in our conference) at the same level of football as the Ivies are.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 9, 2020 17:35:30 GMT -5
Article like this are clickbait--the author basically scoured Yelp and matched up photos with Google Images. Some of these stadiums are closed (Qualcomm Stadium), don't host football games regularly (War Memorial/Little Rock), or are just places that look different caught his attention (Apogee Stadium at North Texas is a clean, modern stadium.) With the demise of Jacksonville from the I-AA ranks, Duquesne will overtake Georgetown in 2021 for the worst facility. In Washington, Georgetown took 20 years and spent millions to get a replica of Marist's field. Still, it's a step up from that monument to MAAC Football: Arthur J Rooney Field.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 9, 2020 18:37:58 GMT -5
"Foresight and planning turned a former staff and faculty parking lot into what is now the focus of the Duquesne campus. The initial space limitations caused Rooney Field, which was completed in 1993, to be one of the few in college athletics that run east-to-west. Workers had to cut down approximately six feet to finish the playing surface. The excavation created both excellent sight lines and the terrace effect that allowed for concrete bleachers on the Academic Walk side of the field and grassy knoll on the Bluff Street side of the field.
The first phase of renovation work, completed late in the summer of 2008, included the creation of permanent grandstand seating on Bluff Street - replacing temporary bleachers that had been installed for the previous 14 years."
I like where somewhere else it states - Seating 2,500. Capacity 4,500. 2,000 people standing up when there's virtually no stands is a lot of people standing up.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 9, 2020 20:06:50 GMT -5
Fitton is a great place for fans to watch a game....(of course, lockers, bathrooms, concessions, and press facilities do leave a bit to be desired).
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 10, 2020 15:57:41 GMT -5
"Foresight and planning turned a former staff and faculty parking lot into what is now the focus of the Duquesne campus. The initial space limitations caused Rooney Field, which was completed in 1993, to be one of the few in college athletics that run east-to-west. Workers had to cut down approximately six feet to finish the playing surface. The excavation created both excellent sight lines and the terrace effect that allowed for concrete bleachers on the Academic Walk side of the field and grassy knoll on the Bluff Street side of the field. The first phase of renovation work, completed late in the summer of 2008, included the creation of permanent grandstand seating on Bluff Street - replacing temporary bleachers that had been installed for the previous 14 years." I like where somewhere else it states - Seating 2,500. Capacity 4,500. 2,000 people standing up when there's virtually no stands is a lot of people standing up. I understood that Duquesne wanted an on-campus field rather than a high school setup, but South Stadium sat 10,000 and was just a half mile across the river from the campus:
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Post by hc87 on Dec 10, 2020 16:18:19 GMT -5
Harvard Stadium is a great place to actually watch a game....the Yale Bowl is mostly not (stands go up and out rather quickly)
Neither should be on any list of "worst college football stadia" though...
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 10, 2020 22:51:59 GMT -5
Fitton is a great place for fans to watch a game....(of course, lockers, bathrooms, concessions, and press facilities do leave a bit to be desired). Hats off to Crucis for his comprehensive list of items that would improve Fitton. But if HC decides to do the minimum for safety, maintenance and legal compliance and defer the other desirable upgrades due to the pandemic, recession, etc., I will still go once or twice a year and enjoy the heck out of the experience. It's like MLB parks in the 1950s. Most had interesting quirks but they all were located near the center of the city (somewhat equivalent to college football fields being located on campus). Then they went with new often multipurpose stadiums away from the city with easy access and parking. Now they build ballparks in the city again often with designed interesting quirks. Fitton is both on campus but also only a hundred yards or so from an interstate highway exit. Yes, you should be current on all your shots to use the rest room, but it is still a gem.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 11, 2020 9:02:53 GMT -5
When I start (soon, I hope) going again, making it a point to sit on the visitors' side, like it a lot better.
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Post by cruskater31 on Dec 11, 2020 13:34:41 GMT -5
Here is a revolutionary thought for Fitton: how about a video board to watch the replay of a controversial play!
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 11, 2020 22:01:01 GMT -5
Here is a revolutionary thought for Fitton: how about a video board to watch the replay of a controversial play! It's funny how I instinctively look at the scoreboard for half a second to view the replay of an exciting play before realizing there won't be any replay. A fan could have the game playing on his phone and it would probably be a play or two behind the live action, but that's a little geeky on a beautiful fall afternoon.
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