OT: Pictures of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium
WOW! It looks outstanding. A Gazillion times better then that piece of trash Dome. Cant wait till we play them there.
http://www.gopherhole.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1013
August 7th, 2009 at 10:34 AM ^
to make fun of the size. Sure, it's small compared to Michigan Stadium, but I guarantee it will be louder. The "big house" is the quietest 100,000+ people I've ever been around.
August 7th, 2009 at 10:47 AM ^
The design is pretty open; from the end zones to the way the upper deck isn't sitting on top of the lower level like at OSU. The noise might even escape more than the Big House after the renovations are complete.
The University did a sound study on how best to contain noise inside the stadium as part of the design process. It's about as steep as it can be given modern building codes (max rise for the steps) and the desire to keep sight lines clear of pillars and the like. The pictures might not give you the feel of being at the stadium but it "feels" like it's much bigger than 50k.
As for the other poster saying Michigan fans would be making most of the noise...good luck. Season ticket sellouts in our admittedly small-capacity stadium will keep most of you out. More importantly it will keep us from having 15,000 Badger or Hawkeye fans in the stadium annually.
Lastly, I really do like Michigan fans in general. The game I went to a few years back(2005-the Gary Russell run to set up the game winning FG) made it clear to me that Michigan fans are by and large the classiest in the big ten. I do find it very disappointing that there are people on the board bashing (profanely for some reason) what is going to be a huge boost to the Gopher football program and something that will actually be very good for the conference. If those posters were as secure in their Michigan supremacy as they probably should be, they shouldn't have any reason to bash on the Gopher program.
I don't care to get into a spitting match, but I must say it's a little bizarre for a fan of Minnesota to be dogging other schools' fanbases.
Who dogged your fan base? I said you guys were the classiest fans in the big ten. Was that an insult?
Yes, I said that the big house was the quietest 100k+ people I've been around. That was simply true and something I've heard from a lot of people who have been to games there. It's largely a function of having a single shallow bowl for a stadium. Michigan stadium is intimidating to play in, but not because of crowd noise. It's because it is so damn big and so rich with history.
Your sound engineers were probably the same Russians that studied the sound for M. Those commies are taking over.
I can sympathize with making sure that there aren't columns in the way. I've had some pretty bad seats at Fenway and Wrigley because of the support structures. Maybe the design codes are Minnesota codes because Soldier Field is built with that concern in mind but still has a more vertical look.
I would still contend that it looks rather open-bowlish. That could have to do with the end zones being rather open.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:20 AM ^
If it's anything like the games Michigan has played at the Metrodome, most of that noise will be coming from the visitor's section
August 7th, 2009 at 11:26 AM ^
your mom's louder than TCBY Stadium in Minnesota ya fuckin' geauxfer
August 7th, 2009 at 10:10 PM ^
Do not be fooled by liars, who are being polite......SIZE DOES MATTER.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:25 AM ^
looks like a really nice stadium
A couple comments popped up here about it looking more like an NFL stadium than college. Let me tell you that the stadium has a distinctly college feel. The brick exterior and colonnade around the stadium are reminiscent of Memorial Stadium on campus and the open end is a distinctly college stadium attribute.
There are, however, amenities that not many college stadiums can boast: the giant video board, the incredible suites, the club room, the biggest locker room in college or pro football, etc. But those are things that are only going to help garner more donor support and boost recruiting in both the short- and long-term.
Has there been any discussion at all of the Vikes playing there if Target Stadium never goes down?
August 8th, 2009 at 12:37 AM ^
Target Field is actually the new home of the Twins next spring.
The Vikings will remain in the Metrodome through 2011 when their lease expires. Either they'll move to CA at that point or (more likely) they'll get their stadium when the economy turns around and may have to lease the dome for a couple extra years. The Vikings stadium plan du jour (there have been several) calls for a new stadium on the dome site so their only option would be to play on campus for a couple years while the dome is being torn down and the new stadium is built.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^
That's a pretty bitchin' stadium. Tickets must be like $599 per game now. Maybe when they start winning they can sell it out. E-fact.