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Post by laaztec on Aug 30, 2014 18:41:15 GMT -8
What a terrible stadium for SDSU to play in.
Our Men's teams play in polar opposite buildings.
The Q is a disaster and Viejas is an awesome college arena.
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Post by drshotblock on Aug 30, 2014 18:45:50 GMT -8
It certainly feels like amateur hour compared to Viejas.
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Post by hbaztec on Aug 30, 2014 18:49:17 GMT -8
I thought it was decent. They has a lot of Aztec imagery and it did not feel like charger stadium.
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Post by laaztec on Aug 30, 2014 18:50:35 GMT -8
I thought it was decent. They has a lot of Aztec imagery and it did not feel like charger stadium. Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards The main problem is it's too big. |
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Post by RockNFish on Aug 30, 2014 18:58:56 GMT -8
I thought it was decent. They has a lot of Aztec imagery and it did not feel like charger stadium. Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards The main problem is it's too big. Twss. Oh wait |
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Post by hbaztec on Aug 30, 2014 19:27:02 GMT -8
I thought it was decent. They has a lot of Aztec imagery and it did not feel like charger stadium. Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards The main problem is it's too big. We had 50k watching Faulk. Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards |
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Post by Spud on Aug 30, 2014 19:33:13 GMT -8
It felt like tonight's crowd could fit into Viejas...The real problem isn't the stadium...if that thing is full, the place is rocking. It's 1) Our lackluster schedule 2) crappy conference 3) Coach that doesn't WOW anybody...
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Aug 30, 2014 19:33:56 GMT -8
The main problem is it's too big. We had 50k watching Faulk. Sent from my DROID RAZR using proboards 50K in a 71K stadium is no bueno. 1998 50K in a 54K stadium is bueno. 1992 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2014 19:35:42 GMT -8
Love all the novel thoughts in this thread.
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Post by adammclane on Aug 30, 2014 19:40:46 GMT -8
I did appreciate that they didn't seat anyone in the way up nosebleeds.
Agreed about the Q. We don't need 64k seats. We need 30k-35k max.
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Aug 30, 2014 19:42:14 GMT -8
I did appreciate that they didn't seat anyone in the way up nosebleeds. Agreed about the Q. We don't need 64k seats. We need 30k-35k max. 40K - State has been saying that since 1998. |
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Post by therealeman on Aug 30, 2014 19:46:32 GMT -8
Horse.
Dead.
Beating it.
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Post by sleepy on Aug 30, 2014 21:31:59 GMT -8
It's a craphole. Time to hire a demolition squad. I go in there now and half expect a chunk of concrete to dislodge and brain somebody. Lord knows what's crawling around in the food prep areas.
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Post by aztecmusician on Aug 30, 2014 21:41:04 GMT -8
There is nothing that can be done, so bitching won't change anything. The Q is our home field.
Win at North Carolina and Oregon St. and there will 50k at the Q for the UNLV game.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Aug 30, 2014 22:09:13 GMT -8
I did appreciate that they didn't seat anyone in the way up nosebleeds. Agreed about the Q. We don't need 64k seats. We need 30k-35k max. I do NOT appreciate that, and for a very good reason. For many years I had three season View Level seats right about the 42 yard line. That spot was great, and I could easily afford three seats. Then they exiled us downstairs. Then a few years later we were able to move upstairs. Then downstairs again, and for three years (I think) we had great seats on the 40 something yard line at the same price. Then we were no longer able to get the same seats at the old price. Frankly, with the necessity of getting season basketball season tickets as well, I just couldn't afford the higher price. This is about the third year we have been in the end zone, section 21. It's better than being forced to stay at home, but it kind of sucks. Oh, yes, you are wrong on another issue, as well. Thirty to thirty-five thousand seats would definitely NOT be enough. 40K absolute minimum, better about 45K with possible expansion built in to the plan from the start. AzWm |
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Post by The Aztec Panther on Aug 30, 2014 22:32:55 GMT -8
I've always said that 42k would be right - with expansion options up to 50k for big games (kind of like how they used to rework the stadium from baseball to football and back).
Sadly, the seats on the sidelines at the Q feel like they're a mile away from the field. The configuration is terrible for football. The seats should be closer to the field, which would make it louder and give the Aztecs more of a home field advantage.
We've gotten 46 or so years out of this stadium. I'd say that after 50 years it will be time for a change.
It's a shame that they got rid of Aztec Bowl and didn't put the basketball arena somewhere else. That stadium could have easily been reworked. Oh, well - nothing we can do about that now. What we can hope for is a new Aztecs only stadium in the next decade or so.
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Post by adammclane on Aug 30, 2014 22:41:23 GMT -8
I did appreciate that they didn't seat anyone in the way up nosebleeds. Agreed about the Q. We don't need 64k seats. We need 30k-35k max. I do NOT appreciate that, and for a very good reason. For many years I had three season View Level seats right about the 42 yard line. That spot was great, and I could easily afford three seats. Then they exiled us downstairs. Then a few years later we were able to move upstairs. Then downstairs again, and for three years (I think) we had great seats on the 40 something yard line at the same price. Then we were no longer able to get the same seats at the old price. Frankly, with the necessity of getting season basketball season tickets as well, I just couldn't afford the higher price. This is about the third year we have been in the end zone, section 21. It's better than being forced to stay at home, but it kind of sucks. Oh, yes, you are wrong on another issue, as well. Thirty to thirty-five thousand seats would definitely NOT be enough. 40K absolute minimum, better about 45K with possible expansion built in to the plan from the start. AzWm Yeah, 40k for the 25k that show up. Good plan. |
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Post by sleepy on Aug 30, 2014 22:41:33 GMT -8
There is nothing that can be done, so bitching won't change anything. The Q is our home field. Win at North Carolina and Oregon St. and there will 50k at the Q for the UNLV game. That's like saying back in the sports arena days "just beat Kentucky and Michigan and we'll have 15,000 for UTEP". You're not acknowledging the root of the problem. |
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Post by adammclane on Aug 30, 2014 22:42:41 GMT -8
There is nothing that can be done, so bitching won't change anything. The Q is our home field. Win at North Carolina and Oregon St. and there will 50k at the Q for the UNLV game. I'd take that bet. |
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Post by Top of the Pyramid on Aug 30, 2014 22:45:24 GMT -8
What a terrible stadium for SDSU to play in. Our Men's teams play in polar opposite buildings. The Q is a disaster and Viejas is an awesome college arena. Yup. Small but lively crowd tonight. The passion was there, the camaraderie was not. Put these same 20k in an Aztec building and it will be much different. We can watch it grow. WE can watch it flourish. WE will see 20k turn into 40k. WE will make it flourish because WE will be doing it TOGETHER. Many people reached out to me today - from 20 blue seats over. They wanted to make it an event. I would've shared my binoculars with them. I wanted to cheer with my fellow Aztecs. I saw them there. Our eyes met. I saw scarlet in their hearts. Like lost lovers, we stared at each other across a vast sea of crumbling concrete and gaudy Charger swag. Someday my fellow Aztecs. Someday we can use the unique culture that spawned the rise of Aztec Basketball. We can invest. We can make football a special event. We can make it our own. Our football players are willing to fight for us. Are we willing to do the same? |
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