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Crisler Fanciness Detailed
A reader was kind enough to forward along some artists renditions of what Crisler Arena looks like now and what it will look like once it gets the future created on it*. Virtually all of this is supposed to be done by the beginning of the 2012 basketball season, which, like, whoah.
Commence the envisioning!
First I was like…
…but then I was like:
And then I was like…
…but then I was like…
And then I was like…
![TOAC-CorLit-774966[1]](http://mgoblog.com/sites/mgoblog.com/files/TOAC-CorLit-7749661.jpg "TOAC-CorLit-774966[1]")
…but then I was like:
Further shots of Crisler all gussied up and ready for serious, national-relevance-type basketball have been stored after the jump.
Jump with me, my pretties.
MVictors just noticed the verboten block M in the background of this shot. No more bars through the block M. Just M, they say. M and stars worthy of ten-forward on the ceiling.
Anyway. After this is done, Michigan will have a facility on par with anyone's, removing a significant hurdle between the program and slaying all comers with big pointy teeth and top-50 recruits.
That we have to do this now says something about pre-Martin ADs more than anything. Now that everyone's slagging on the guy because he was caught flatfooted on the football coaching search, it's worth noting that he's the guy who figured out football tickets were massively underpriced and fixed that in a way that had the federal government subsidize the athletic department, thus paving the way for the Michigan Stadium renovations and the revenue that allows M to do things like this and put enormous scoreboards everywhere.
I have no idea if I am sincere about that or not.
*["Create the future" here used in its positive, non-irony-laden sense. So I probably should have said something else. ]
**[Not without reason. He had an entire year between Lloyd telling him he wanted to retire and actually retiring, and after that year he didn't know if Tony Dungy wanted the job, that Mary Sue Coleman would stab him if he tried to hire Kirk Ferentz, or that Lloyd Carr would stab errybody up in here if Les Miles was even considered. Argh.]
October 26th, 2011 at 1:22 PM | 
Where have you heard that
Where have you heard that
October 26th, 2011 at 11:28 AM |
That really isn't a renovation
That really isn't a renovation
David Brandon has made a deal with the aliens from Zeta Reticuli, and what looks like a freshened-up Crisler is actually a UFO that's settled down on top of things. Bow down to your new pick-and-roll insect overlords.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:08 PM |
Not a UFO
Not a UFO
Not a UFO, I'm pretty sure the Robinson family just landed the Jupiter 2 on top of the arena....
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
October 26th, 2011 at 11:28 AM |
Now they need to just
Now they need to just
renovate, or demolish that ugly campus security building in between the Glick and the Big House
October 26th, 2011 at 11:35 AM |
Let's see....
Let's see....
Hmmm...pretty good
Classic....very Yost-like
Meh...not bad
Yeeahhh....needs work
Yep....we nailed it.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
October 26th, 2011 at 12:32 PM |
I know the third photo there
I know the third photo there
I know the third photo there is of Breslin. Is the second one Cameron Indoor Stadium? What are the others (besides Crisler)?
October 26th, 2011 at 12:53 PM |
Dean Dome - UNC
Dean Dome - UNC
Dean Dome - UNC (1986)
Cameron - Duke (1940)
Breslin - msu (1989)
Pauly Pavilion - UCLA (1965)
New Crisler
The Dean Dome and Breslin are definitely products of the era in which they were built - definitely very 80s. And for the record, Pauley is being renovated to look like this:
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October 26th, 2011 at 11:49 AM |
I like it, hopefully comes
I like it, hopefully comes
I like it, hopefully comes with new lighting.
Next priorites for the Athletic Department..
1. Track and Field facilities - Indoor and Outdoor. The Indoor facility is a joke. They need to build an Al Glick Fieldhouse like facility with new locker rooms. The outdoor track actually borders the IM building. It needs to be moved away and some type of seating structure should be built. Screw the parking lot.
2.Cliff Keen Arena - Have you seen the banners in there? It looks like a junior high gym! Need a FULL renovation of that place to make it legit for our great wrestling/volleyball programs.
3. Lacrosse, which is already in the works.
Get those two done, I think Michigan will be a perrenial force to unseat Stanford as the Director's Cup champ.
October 26th, 2011 at 11:51 AM |
Personally, I love Cliff
Personally, I love Cliff
Personally, I love Cliff Keen.
October 26th, 2011 at 11:51 AM |
Damn these guys don't mess
Damn these guys don't mess
Damn these guys don't mess around
October 26th, 2011 at 11:51 AM |
It's been about 10 years
It's been about 10 years
It's been about 10 years since I've been to Crisler, so I don't remember every detail...but currently Crisler does not have the row of windows along the top, correct? I'm assuming that's what will make the concourses so much brighter.
October 26th, 2011 at 11:59 AM |
Recruiting WILL go up
Recruiting WILL go up
I did a diary piece on this a year ago or so. I looked at three Big 10 hoops arenas that were built -- Breslin, Value City, and Kohl -- and the records of the men's and women's basketball teams (and hockey for VCA) both before and after the stadiums.
Suffice it to say, the new stadiums MARKEDLY increased the teams' records. I attribute this mostly to getting better recruits. MSU was the perfect test; Heathcoat was the coach for years before and after Breslin opened, and his records got way, way better in the new arena. tSIO was harder to measure, because when VCA opened, they switched coaches that year. But their records got way better in the new arena, FWIW. U-Dub, I think, had the same coach (Bennett at the time, IIRC) before and after and got a definite record-bump too. Women's bball didn't show exactly the same bumps but overall the new stadia had better teams.
So improving Crisler should, over 3-5 years, result in much better recruiting and records -- to say nothing of what Coach B is doing already.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:03 PM |
It may be hard to measure the
It may be hard to measure the
It may be hard to measure the rennovation's impact on our national championship with Mitch McGary skewing things.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:01 PM |
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Renovation
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Renovation
Looks like Iowa is also dealing with a somewhat ugly facade. Carver will be used for wrestling and volleyball as well (which I don't think Crisler is used for, I have seen a gymnastics meet at Crisler and it seems to work well for that.) More Carver photos available.
Before:
After (slightly different angle):
Man ball. Formerly, somebody else.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:03 PM |
Recruiting WILL go up
Recruiting WILL go up
I did a diary piece on this a year ago or so. I looked at three Big 10 hoops arenas that were built -- Breslin, Value City, and Kohl -- and the records of the men's and women's basketball teams (and hockey for VCA) both before and after the stadiums.
Suffice it to say, the new stadiums MARKEDLY increased the teams' records. I attribute this mostly to getting better recruits. MSU was the perfect test; Heathcoat was the coach for years before and after Breslin opened, and his records got way, way better in the new arena. tSIO was harder to measure, because when VCA opened, they switched coaches that year. But their records got way better in the new arena, FWIW. U-Dub, I think, had the same coach (Bennett at the time, IIRC) before and after and got a definite record-bump too. Women's bball didn't show exactly the same bumps but overall the new stadia had better teams.
So improving Crisler should, over 3-5 years, result in much better recruiting and records -- to say nothing of what Coach B is doing already.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:07 PM |
Has the work on the
Has the work on the
Has the work on the concourses begun already, or is that in the future?
October 26th, 2011 at 12:22 PM |
Looks amazing. Can't wait to
Looks amazing. Can't wait to
Looks amazing. Can't wait to watch my first game after the renovations.
October 26th, 2011 at 12:52 PM |
Completion date--2014, not 2012
Completion date--2014, not 2012
Virtually all of this is supposed to be done by the beginning of the 2012 basketball season
I believe this is mistaken. The Yost renovation is supposed to be done by the beginning of the 2012-13 hockey season, but the reports on the second phase of the Crisler renovation all cite "winter of 2014" as the completion date for that project. See, for example, this September 12, 2011, Michigan Daily article:
The 63,000-square-foot addition to the arena will include new entrances and retail, ticket and private club areas. Another 54,000-square-foot addition will add handicap-accessible seats, additional restrooms, concession stands and other “fan amenities,” the communication states.
Construction on the arena is scheduled to be complete in winter 2014.
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October 26th, 2011 at 1:35 PM |
Yeah, but we can only hope we get this along with it...
Yeah, but we can only hope we get this along with it...
BGSU's 'Stroh Center Rap'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YxNJJgs08Xg
Class of '97. Missed it by that much.
October 26th, 2011 at 2:13 PM |
#winning
#winning
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
October 26th, 2011 at 2:13 PM |
#winning
#winning
“True loyalty is that quality of service that grows under adversity and expands in defeat. Any street urchin can shout applause in victory, but it takes character to stand fast in defeat. One is noise — the other, loyalty.”
October 26th, 2011 at 4:02 PM |
posted from iPad
posted from iPad
I see a lot of mature trees being taken out in these renderings. It's Ann Arbor fergodsakes.
"Anyone who isn't confused, really doesn't understand the situation." - Edward R. Murrow
October 26th, 2011 at 6:29 PM |
Ehhh it's ok
Ehhh it's ok
Same old whore in a new dress. Better than before, because at least she took a shower.
[Caved troll is caved. Sorry, Mobile app users.]
October 27th, 2011 at 6:19 PM |
edit
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e5.
Where have you heard that about the cracking? That'd be news to me.
Even so, boy do I not miss U-Hall. Architecture produced some really stupid things in the 60s and 70s but not many things are stupider than building a circular building to house a rectangular court. The sightlines from the middle sucked.
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