Why the complaints about LaVell Edwards Stadium? It's a great facility, we don't

Mar 31, 2023
1:23:39pm

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usually fill it anyway, and it is already an iconic venue nationally. LES will be even more well-known and talked about starting this fall. It meets all of our needs and then some with the best backdrop in CFB.

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Why the complaints about LaVell Edwards Stadium? It's a great facility, we don't

TailgateU

3/31/23 1:23pm

I agree. Update the bleachers to chairs and I'm happy.

ManicBlue

3/31/23 1:25pm

That would require a total tear down iirc

Nat Gas Man

3/31/23 1:26pm

I doubt that. They added them to the East bleachers without tearing anything down. There is a lot more

ManicBlue

3/31/23 1:59pm

No way...not worth reducing capacity.

RUNBYU1

3/31/23 1:41pm

Plus having a stranger's knees snuggled into your butt is part of the charm

Clark Addison

3/31/23 1:48pm

or having their oversized chairs digging into your ribs or broken chair backs digging into your knees. Good times.

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:01pm

Lose some weight...

BYU Grounds

3/31/23 3:20pm

I fit into my regulation size chair just fine. You want me to tell the guys bringing them that? Sounds like fun.

ManicBlue

3/31/23 3:23pm

It wouldn't reduce it that much, and we don't sell it out now.

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:00pm

The last single side change lost us 2,000 seats. So we would likely lose 6000 or

RUNBYU1

3/31/23 2:03pm

I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. Maybe leave only upper bowl in each endzone as bleachers for

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:09pm

Didn't we sell out the Baylor game last year?

AntiSNOT

3/31/23 5:27pm

At a minimum add a back to the bleachers.

Spiff

3/31/23 3:53pm

YOURE NOT STANDING THE WHOLE GAME??!!

puntersarepeople

3/31/23 4:35pm

I'm old, and I sit in front of my best friend's dad (by design) who can't stand much so no. 🙂

ManicBlue

3/31/23 4:46pm

Exactly! Or at least, most!

RUNBYU1

3/31/23 5:31pm

It could be too small going forward. Better teams, better in game experiences

Nat Gas Man

3/31/23 1:26pm

yeah I doubt attendance will increase much. Very few universities average more now plus with

ManicBlue

3/31/23 4:51pm

If that happens and we sell or every game, then expansion talk is merited.

TailgateU

4/1/23 1:27am

Teams consistently update their facilities. IIRC, other than a scoreboard, not

Archaea

3/31/23 1:32pm

Since it was originally constricted it's gone through some huge changes. Originally built in '64, endzone seating came

lightmann

3/31/23 1:49pm

My mistake. By original, I am referring to the 82 reconfiguration. More than 20

Archaea

3/31/23 1:54pm

There have been lots of upgrades since 1982. Have you not been?

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:05pm

Those are minor changes. Yes, I've been but haven't been impressed.

Archaea

3/31/23 2:09pm

Definitely not minor changes.

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:12pm

Adding the "plaza" areas in the corners was a great upgrade.

cougarmeister

3/31/23 2:18pm

The venue and vistas are the selling points of the stadium. They are superb. The

Archaea

3/31/23 2:27pm

"creature comforts"? It's a football stadium that you're there for about 3.5 hrs, 6 times per year. What do you expect?

ManicBlue

3/31/23 2:39pm

Have you been to UT’s, Tennessee’s

Archaea

4/1/23 9:10am

Have you seen their balance sheets?

TailgateU

4/1/23 1:52pm

There may be a reason their places are nicer but I'm just saying the stadium is

Archaea

4/2/23 1:56pm

Nobody is arguing that LES is a luxury venue, but it's very functional

cougarmeister

3/31/23 2:39pm

There have been some luxurious buildings owned by its sponsor

Archaea

4/1/23 9:09am

It is a cheap looking facility without a facade

claw

3/31/23 2:01pm

It's a large bare minimum stadium with amazing views

Coug

3/31/23 2:09pm

If it wasn’t BYU’s stadium, I’d say the only things it has going for it is the

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