Stadium Renovations

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. You plainly can not take a concrete structure and "tweak it" by a couple of feet. They have pretty much done what is possible and it doesn't fit what their vision of the future entails. Putting paint on and patching up some holes is about all they can do. They aren't talking about that kind of money. They are going for it.

And it WILL be a boondoggle.

 

I am not a architect or structural engineer te, my expertise is in mechanical engineering (HVAC).

From the HVAC (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing)perspective alone a renovation would be significantly expensive, requiring significant demolition and modification underground and on the struture itself, then of course the engineers are challenged to adapt new systems to a very old and decepyt base structure.

I am also hearing that 400 million budget is being discussed as 1 billion now.

Considering that kind of money you may have a valid point when the actual overall renovation plan is considered.

It very well could be less of a renovation and more like a significant rebuild, unless of course an entirely different site and completely new facility is constructed.

 

They could upgrade to Charmin.

 

Whats wrong with pizza that was baked four hours ago and a $30 beer sitting in a tub of melted ice, now its just cool water. Theres literally nothing they have to eat that is worth feeding to my dog. I love the nostalgia of the stadium but when they started making new representations of the cars from the 60's, they did modernize them. Eventually, they may build a new stadium. Seems now, they are going to spend half that much and put lipstick on a pig. Who knows, maybe the remodel will catch the best of both worlds but i doubt it. Remodeling and old car to make it modern but look old starts at the chassis/ foundation, not glitter on top.

 

Completely agree. Knock it down and start over. Do not want to lose home games for 2 years minimum? The golf course down the street would make a nice home with more room. No way to make everyone happy but to rebuild is inevitable. Wasting millions along the way is not a good move.

 

Somebody has to do it.

 

New location is the way to go. Teo years my ass. We just got a new bridge here and they opened the park and bost ramp on the gulf breeze side this past weeked. I think they started in 2016?

 

That pizza and beer is delicious when the Gators are winning, not so much the other way around

 

Damn, tiny. Lol... A 15 shoe size is pretty big.

Seems like a good enough reason to chop 20,000 seats from The Swamp.

 

It's not the renovations that concern me, it's the MASSIVE REDUCTION IN SEATING that is the problem.

And SS has the gull to say that it won't affect the loudness of the fans/stadium... BS!!!!

 

Again, not every single seat in the stadium has to be handicap accessible. But steep and narrow aisles are a life safety NFPA 101 issue, not an ADA issue.

 

It’s all those firehouse subs. They go right to your feet.

 

True. But you do need a certain amount of wheelchair accessible seating areas. There are very few in the Swamp now.

As soon as you install handrails, it becomes an ADA compliance issue. Or at least that's what Stricklin has said.

 

Lol

 

Tear it down
Tear it down

 

AMEN

 

half assed you reduced their searing by about 15000 when the remodeled their home side stands

 

hope they dont want to renovate the work 'em silly sign

 

I skip it all and just watch the game, they offer nothing else for my money.

 

Even if they decided to demo the Swamp and build elsewhere, they need to preserve that and bring it to the new stadium.