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Sgt_Cane said:
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I spoke on this, but when HKS Architects was brought on, this situation appeared more realistic than fantasy. HKS is a global leading architect firm. They r not in the business to waste their time. They specialize in innovative architectural planning & structure.

Again, since I live w/in spitting distance of the new Ram’s stadium, no one, & I literally mean no one thought a stadium could be built in the proposed area. Literally, right next door to the stadium is a gated community. It worked; the downside is the traffic, but they’re working on that as we speak.
 
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BostonCanes47 said:
Now that’s a football locker room. I’d take that 100 out of 100 times vs the new ones. I know I’m in the minority with that thinking and understand why schools have to go all out.
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It’s stupid, a locker room should be about function. That said, you have to do every single thing you can to attract the talent you need and this is part of it.
 
Rellyrell said:
And if u watch the UGA locker video, there’s a link to The NFL’s KC Chief unveiling their new locker room. Hence why I said in the facilities thread that even NFL teams r investing in their facilities. That wasn’t an opinion. Lol.

The game of football has changed; no longer are the days of some generic lockers, a table, and a laundry area going to suffice for prospects. Facilities matter & they attract. If they didn’t, it wouldn’t happen all over CFB. You can thank Oregon for all of this. Since Oregon didn’t have a blue blood tradition to rely upon, they started to attract young, impressionable kids w/ a grip of alternate uniforms & facilities. There’s a whole article of blue blood schools & NFL teams visiting Oregon’s campus to see the hype & all came away impressed & followed the blue print.

Sports is a copy cat league. We can’t rely upon the past anymore; it’s time to step in to the future, & we have the right leadership to move us in that direction. Love the renewed emphasis to bring The U to the 21st century of collegiate athletics.
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This is a cutthroat business, people are looking for any advantage. If it hadn’t been Oregon, somebody else would have started this off. And you see this everywhere, hospitals are being designed to look more like hotels because that helps attract “customers”. And if we’re being fair, it’s not just kids who are impressionable and impressed by this stuff. People always say they bought their car because of safety and sh*t like that, but you know the biggest selling point was they liked the way it looks/makes them feel.
 
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TheOriginalCane said:
I would just remind the world of this.

Multiple boosters sitting in Beta Blake's office asked him what his dream project would be, if he had a BLANK CHECK, and his confidence-crushing response was "locker room renovations and hire a couple more consultants".

THAT piece of crap has been our fund-raising "leader" for the past decade. Keep in mind, Dwayne/Dany's contribution to build that locker room in the first place was $2 million. So we had an AD who was hypothetically offered a BLANK CHECK, and he responded with a laundry list that would have cost $3 million. Maybe $4 million.

That's my point, that we should just let our football players give whatever they feel good about. I don't think they felt great over the past decade, at least in the sense of feeling that their donations would be well-spent.

I think a lot is changing now.
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That Blake James story was such an obvious test made by Lambert back then, I am amazed that a university graduate didnt see that.

Lambert never said that with the intent to spend more, he said it to see whether James had the necessary knowhow and vision to be an AD. And to say that James failed is an understatement and a half.
 
Rellyrell said:
I spoke on this, but when HKS Architects was brought on, this situation appeared more realistic than fantasy. HKS is a global leading architect firm. They r not in the business to waste their time. They specialize in innovative architectural planning & structure.

Again, since I live w/in spitting distance of the new Ram’s stadium, no one, & I literally mean no one thought a stadium could be built in the proposed area. Literally, right next door to the stadium is a gated community. It worked; the downside is the traffic, but they’re working on that as we speak.
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Plus if they could get AECOM involved again like with the IPF. AECOM was one of the joint venture GCs for SoFi and they do some amazing next level work.
 
Rellyrell said:
I spoke on this, but when HKS Architects was brought on, this situation appeared more realistic than fantasy. HKS is a global leading architect firm. They r not in the business to waste their time. They specialize in innovative architectural planning & structure.

Again, since I live w/in spitting distance of the new Ram’s stadium, no one, & I literally mean no one thought a stadium could be built in the proposed area. Literally, right next door to the stadium is a gated community. It worked; the downside is the traffic, but they’re working on that as we speak.
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Seems like they could have dedicated access to 826 to and from the stadium, to reduce the local traffic to a minimum.
 
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