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Post by BandidoNB on Jul 25, 2024 2:52:35 GMT -6
I'm cool with the Alice stadium plans. I'll still go to my grave saying they should leave the current endzone seating as part of it but I'm ok with it. The visitors side is definitely too small at 1800 capacity but the stadium plan shows that there is plans to add 700 more seats to each end of the visitors side bleachers in the future so 1400 more seats total. Why are fans so enamored with the end zone seating? I’ve always thought that end zone seating offered terrible game views and was rather disconnected from the rest of the game. Wouldn’t it be better to have future plans to expand the main visitor grandstands?
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Post by Cochino on Jul 25, 2024 8:27:17 GMT -6
I'm cool with the Alice stadium plans. I'll still go to my grave saying they should leave the current endzone seating as part of it but I'm ok with it. The visitors side is definitely too small at 1800 capacity but the stadium plan shows that there is plans to add 700 more seats to each end of the visitors side bleachers in the future so 1400 more seats total. Why are fans so enamored with the end zone seating? I’ve always thought that end zone seating offered terrible game views and was rather disconnected from the rest of the game. Wouldn’t it be better to have future plans to expand the main visitor grandstands? I rarely sit there but it's a nice option to have. Also it's just unique to south Texas to have seating in both endzones. Heck maybe the entire state. What other high school has endzone seating in both endzones.
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Post by proscout on Jul 25, 2024 8:27:44 GMT -6
I'm cool with the Alice stadium plans. I'll still go to my grave saying they should leave the current endzone seating as part of it but I'm ok with it. The visitors side is definitely too small at 1800 capacity but the stadium plan shows that there is plans to add 700 more seats to each end of the visitors side bleachers in the future so 1400 more seats total. Why are fans so enamored with the end zone seating? I’ve always thought that end zone seating offered terrible game views and was rather disconnected from the rest of the game. Wouldn’t it be better to have future plans to expand the main visitor grandstands? The endzone seating is more about honoring what made Memorial Stadium unique. An homage, if you will.
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Post by Cochino on Jul 25, 2024 8:29:08 GMT -6
Former Mathis AD and HC Trae Stevens was named assistant AD in Alice. Castellano putting a great staff in the athletetic department. Where is this posted? I don't see it anywhere.
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Post by proscout on Jul 25, 2024 9:10:14 GMT -6
Former Mathis AD and HC Trae Stevens was named assistant AD in Alice. Castellano putting a great staff in the athletetic department. Where is this posted? I don't see it anywhere. It was from his personal Twitter account. Travis Bush retweeted and offered his congratulations.
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Post by warcat82 on Jul 25, 2024 10:47:29 GMT -6
Where is this posted? I don't see it anywhere. It was from his personal Twitter account. Travis Bush retweeted and offered his congratulations. Yep he's going to be the girls coordinator. Glad he is out of Mathis and away from those corrupt fools that tried to ruin him. Castellano got him a good one to help run that program.
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Post by gpballer4life on Jul 25, 2024 11:37:56 GMT -6
Why are fans so enamored with the end zone seating? I’ve always thought that end zone seating offered terrible game views and was rather disconnected from the rest of the game. Wouldn’t it be better to have future plans to expand the main visitor grandstands? I rarely sit there but it's a nice option to have. Also it's just unique to south Texas to have seating in both endzones. Heck maybe the entire state. What other high school has endzone seating in both endzones. It was different, and always had a few blows thrown on the back side of those bleachers during the 4x400 during track season.
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Post by footballfan2019 on Jul 25, 2024 11:48:09 GMT -6
When I went to the tour of the stadium. One of the coaches said they were getting rid of the end zone seating. Cause it interfered with seeing the athletes run during track season and because they wanted the band to get more involved with the fans. They believed it would get the fans more involved. Then you bring the fans that would sit on the visitors side and it would bring everyone together.
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Post by gpballer4life on Jul 25, 2024 12:21:08 GMT -6
When I went to the tour of the stadium. One of the coaches said they were getting rid of the end zone seating. Cause it interfered with seeing the athletes run during track season and because they wanted the band to get more involved with the fans. They believed it would get the fans more involved. Then you bring the fans that would sit on the visitors side and it would bring everyone together. That all makes sense from a coaches perspective and endgame environment. It was just something different. Most of the stadiums now days are pretty similar.
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Post by Cochino on Jul 25, 2024 14:55:59 GMT -6
When I went to the tour of the stadium. One of the coaches said they were getting rid of the end zone seating. Cause it interfered with seeing the athletes run during track season and because they wanted the band to get more involved with the fans. They believed it would get the fans more involved. Then you bring the fans that would sit on the visitors side and it would bring everyone together. That all makes sense and is why I am all over the place with this decision. I like it and don't like it. I want the endzone seating but I also understand that by not having it and having all the Alice fans and band sitting all together it's going to make for some really good support from the stands to have everyone together.
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Post by BandidoNB on Jul 26, 2024 1:15:05 GMT -6
Why are fans so enamored with the end zone seating? I’ve always thought that end zone seating offered terrible game views and was rather disconnected from the rest of the game. Wouldn’t it be better to have future plans to expand the main visitor grandstands? The endzone seating is more about honoring what made Memorial Stadium unique. An homage, if you will. But is it really unique? I can think of a few stadiums right off the bat that have endzone seating. Smithson Valley, Lehnhoff (Steele & Clemens), East Central and Lake Travis for starters. I’ve always viewed it as an economy option to add more seating, but doesn’t involve the fans and spirit teams that have to sit there. I would be pissed if NBISD ever recommended end zone seating to an NBISD stadium. The only exception would be if there were ever an horseshoe stadium setup like Alamo Stadium. Now that would be pretty cool.
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Post by proscout on Jul 26, 2024 6:13:52 GMT -6
The endzone seating is more about honoring what made Memorial Stadium unique. An homage, if you will. But is it really unique? I can think of a few stadiums right off the bat that have endzone seating. Smithson Valley, Lehnhoff (Steele & Clemens), East Central and Lake Travis for starters. I’ve always viewed it as an economy option to add more seating, but doesn’t involve the fans and spirit teams that have to sit there. I would be pissed if NBISD ever recommended end zone seating to an NBISD stadium. The only exception would be if there were ever an horseshoe stadium setup like Alamo Stadium. Now that would be pretty cool. It's unique in the fact that there are only a few stadiums that have endzone seating. I wasn't saying endzone seating was exclusive to Alice. Also, there's a certain vibe to Alice home games. I've seen hs football games all over the state, but atmosphere in Alice is just different. With the bleachers and all the foot traffic between the stands, it does give the feel like you're in an enclosed space. I don't know any other word to describe it, but it's almost cozy. The new stadium is going to be great, but as an old timer who grew up going to Alice games, I'm going to miss Memorial Stadium.
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Post by Cochino on Jul 26, 2024 7:27:22 GMT -6
I don't like the endzone seating being removed. I understand they have their reasons I just don't agree with their reasons but I respect that it's their decision and I'm a nobody. You aren't just getting rid of endzone seating you're getting rid of ATMOSPHERE. Those endzone seats are part of, "The Alice Experience". And also important is they represent 2k worth of seats. That matters even more when you're replacing a stadium that seats 7500 with a stadium that only seats 6000. I understand the, "you can't see track runners around the curves of the stadium", argument but I don't think you design a football stadium based off 2 track meets you have a year at that stadium. Just my opinion.
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Post by Cochino on Jul 29, 2024 15:54:40 GMT -6
On the Alice stadium design and your Facebook comments.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2024 16:23:48 GMT -6
I don't like the endzone seating being removed. I understand they have their reasons I just don't agree with their reasons but I respect that it's their decision and I'm a nobody. You aren't just getting rid of endzone seating you're getting rid of ATMOSPHERE. Those endzone seats are part of, "The Alice Experience". And also important is they represent 2k worth of seats. That matters even more when you're replacing a stadium that seats 7500 with a stadium that only seats 6000. I understand the, "you can't see track runners around the curves of the stadium", argument but I don't think you design a football stadium based off 2 track meets you have a year at that stadium. Just my opinion. Runners disappeared because of the terrible lights, not the bleachers. Lol. J/k.
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