RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Oct 29, 2017 11:51:20 GMT -5
Cooper Field: Construction complete August 2018 The project was supposed to have started July 2017 and last one year. We're realistically not going to see this until the 2019 season at the earliest, so why won't they admit to it? Heh, I mean, it's a minor miracle they even posted that 'Summer Update.' After an initial stretch of activity around the development of the new campus plan, my understanding is that the planning crew lost a key staffer (maybe it was Jamie Scott?) who was in charge of all that comms stuff, and updates have been few and far between since then. Anyway, without any real inside knowledge, here's what I think happened. Robin Morey has often talked about the game of musical chairs that is facilities planning at Georgetown, since most spaces are so thoroughly (over)subscribed that taking any one offline for any period of time requires making extensive arrangements to find alternate space. He has made that exact point a few times in reference to the MSF, which sees extremely heavy use - so much so that the field had to be replaced years before its standard lifespan. Even with the latest MSF plans looking not especially grandiose, it's still not something you could wedge in between the end of lacrosse season and the beginning of the following school year. Sure, you can make the football and field hockey teams go on the road, but MSF also sees extensive use by student clubs. While varsity athletes will ultimately follow orders and practice/play where they're told, club athletes and other 'regular' students have been ever more aggrieved and vocal over the past few years about the dearth of field space. That dynamic has been exacerbated by the fencing off of Kehoe Field. I think it dawned on administrators that having both the MSF and Kehoe Field unavailable for any part of the school year would generate a huge amount of resentment from students. That was undoubtedly a key consideration in the decision to reverse course and commit to a temporary renovation of Kehoe, which will be "completed by the spring or summer of 2019 and cost about $5 to $10 million." So the open question is: would the University choose to wait until Kehoe is back online - all the way into 2019 - before turning MSF into a construction zone? Or is the commitment to renovating Kehoe meant to be enough of a bone thrown students' way that they will accept the temporary inconvenience of going without any on-campus field space for some time? If I had to guess, I'd say it's the latter, but regardless, I do think the Kehoe situation at least partially explains why we've yet to see "shovels in ground" for the new Cooper Field.
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Oct 31, 2017 8:41:04 GMT -5
Cooper Field: Construction complete August 2018 The project was supposed to have started July 2017 and last one year. We're realistically not going to see this until the 2019 season at the earliest, so why won't they admit to it? Maybe they heard you! www.thehoya.com/university-plans-cooper-field-improvements/
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Post by eb59 on Dec 26, 2017 14:36:01 GMT -5
From a Trusted Source at Gtown, who shared with me pics of the removal of the Visitor Side Stands at Cooper Field... "Believe it or not Georgetown people they are removing the bleachers on east side of Cooper Field. Does this really mean they will finish this watered down project after 20 plus years. We will see...." Attachments:
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 26, 2017 14:57:38 GMT -5
From a Trusted Source at Gtown, who shared with me pics of the removal of the Visitor Side Stands at Cooper Field... "Believe it or not Georgetown people they are removing the bleachers on east side of Cooper Field. Does this really mean they will finish this watered down project after 20 plus years. We will see...." Photos? Can you post them? After 20 years of this nonsense, evidence is fleeting...
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Post by eb59 on Dec 26, 2017 16:02:29 GMT -5
Does anyone have the link to the most recent Renderings of the Stadium? I'd like to see a so called Berm / Grass visitor side that I apparently missed.... Word coming from someone up at Gtown is that: 1) Home side, permanent stands and bathrooms for 3500 with game day locker rooms only. FB team will continue to use existing locker rooms for day to day use.... 2) On Visitor side temporary bleachers will replace West (home) side during construction. Eventually this will have a hill type berm like UVA has in their end zone. According to him, the Visitor side you see in Renderings that it will have a grass hill and that's it. That is the long term plan right now unfortunately.
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 26, 2017 17:10:03 GMT -5
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Post by eb59 on Dec 26, 2017 17:13:48 GMT -5
This does not have the most recent Renderings that were included on your site (DFW) as of few months ago, unless I'm just missing them....
These should be at the bottom of the page.--Admin
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Post by eb59 on Dec 26, 2017 21:20:46 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 27, 2017 6:04:03 GMT -5
I believe that's the same version (#5) that DFW posted dated July 2017.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Jan 1, 2018 22:19:27 GMT -5
From a Trusted Source at Gtown, who shared with me pics of the removal of the Visitor Side Stands at Cooper Field... "Believe it or not Georgetown people they are removing the bleachers on east side of Cooper Field. Does this really mean they will finish this watered down project after 20 plus years. We will see...." Photos? Can you post them? After 20 years of this nonsense, evidence is fleeting... Just got back to DC. I can share some tomorrow.
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Jan 3, 2018 0:12:53 GMT -5
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eb59
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Post by eb59 on Jan 7, 2018 17:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Jan 8, 2018 9:19:08 GMT -5
In the renderings in the McDonough hallway, they say either 3,000 or 4,000 seats in the new stands (I think it’s 3,000 but need to double check), plus seating for 750 on the grassy knoll in the North end zone (and possibly on the east sidelines).
Nothing exciting, but about a 50% capacity increase from the old bleachers, I guess.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Jan 11, 2018 9:27:16 GMT -5
Home bleachers are completely down (minus a few bits of scaffolding).
Press boxes have been moved to the top of the visitors side stands, which looks like that will be the setup for lacrosse season.
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eb59
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Post by eb59 on Jan 11, 2018 13:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by eb59 on Jan 11, 2018 13:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by eb59 on Jan 11, 2018 23:33:46 GMT -5
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Feb 11, 2018 12:15:24 GMT -5
Enjoyed this bit from the Sisu-in-Chief:
Show airs at 10:00 pm Eastern tonight. Maybe this is the salvation of Georgetown football: Cooper Field at Sunniva Stadium!
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lichoya68
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Post by lichoya68 on Feb 13, 2018 10:37:50 GMT -5
just doing cooper field NOW yup go hoyas
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eb59
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Post by eb59 on Feb 21, 2018 17:55:53 GMT -5
Letter Winners Challenge - I Just made a 2x donation to the Program from years past, b/c I'm so happy to have a New Stadium in progress!!!
Short Description on my donation: NEVER FORGET!!! Happy to see the FB Stadium being built Finally! Now, lets build out the Visitor side ASAP....
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