Indoor facility

[Catsrgrood]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ryan-field

Very interesting concept but $850M!

Will be cool to see, but on the surface, $850 million for 35k seats is wild…

[catsrback76]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ryan-field

Very interesting concept but $850M!

Will be cool to see, but on the surface, $850 million for 35k seats is wild…

Apparently there is money to be made in college football!

On a side note: this weekend would be a great time to showcase the almost finished IPF!!! Ha

[GoCats18]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

[rivercat]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

[MSU01]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

[rivercat]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

At a price tag approaching $1B for 35K fans? We have different views of college football. I wonder what ticket prices will be. Not going to be affordable for the majority of fans. Maybe that's the intent. $25,000 per seat

[MSU01]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

At a price tag approaching $1B for 35K fans? We have different views of college football. I wonder what ticket prices will be. Not going to be affordable for the majority of fans. Maybe that's the intent. $25,000 per seat

A billion dollars that is privately funded and mostly by the Ryan family who have already donated even more billions to Northwestern over the years including having the previous football stadium named after them. They don't need to jack up ticket prices to earn back revenue. If we're talking about college football not being affordable for the majority of fans, that's hardly a problem unique to Northwestern. Have you seen how much it costs these days to buy season tickets for the Bobcats? Supply and demand!

[ClowderUp]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

At a price tag approaching $1B for 35K fans? We have different views of college football. I wonder what ticket prices will be. Not going to be affordable for the majority of fans. Maybe that's the intent. $25,000 per seat

A billion dollars that is privately funded and mostly by the Ryan family who have already donated even more billions to Northwestern over the years including having the previous football stadium named after them. They don't need to jack up ticket prices to earn back revenue. If we're talking about college football not being affordable for the majority of fans, that's hardly a problem unique to Northwestern. Have you seen how much it costs these days to buy season tickets for the Bobcats? Supply and demand!

In the media clip they talked about restaurants, clubs,
concerts, and a business conference center. I see this as a more complete and consolidated entertainment venue and not just a place to play football with screaming fans.

[AFCAT]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

At a price tag approaching $1B for 35K fans? We have different views of college football. I wonder what ticket prices will be. Not going to be affordable for the majority of fans. Maybe that's the intent. $25,000 per seat

A billion dollars that is privately funded and mostly by the Ryan family who have already donated even more billions to Northwestern over the years including having the previous football stadium named after them. They don't need to jack up ticket prices to earn back revenue. If we're talking about college football not being affordable for the majority of fans, that's hardly a problem unique to Northwestern. Have you seen how much it costs these days to buy season tickets for the Bobcats? Supply and demand!

In the media clip they talked about restaurants, clubs,
concerts, and a business conference center. I see this as a more complete and consolidated entertainment venue and not just a place to play football with screaming fans.

If you want to compare indoor practice facilities with Northwestern, go to this link.

https://nusports.com/facilities/ryan-fieldhouse/18

[RockyBearCat]

Here is a video of what Northwesterns stadium upgrade will be like. Only holds 35k fans, but is pretty cool.



https://www.supportthecats.com/new-ryan ... index.html

Seems like the antithesis of college football. Give me the "Big House" with bench seating and over 100K screaming fans. Way better experience.

Probably so, but given that Northwestern doesn't have 100K screaming fans this looks like a pretty awesome smaller stadium design. Building a stadium where all fans can sit closer to the field and affect the game more with noise doesn't seem like the antithesis of college football to me.

At a price tag approaching $1B for 35K fans? We have different views of college football. I wonder what ticket prices will be. Not going to be affordable for the majority of fans. Maybe that's the intent. $25,000 per seat

A billion dollars that is privately funded and mostly by the Ryan family who have already donated even more billions to Northwestern over the years including having the previous football stadium named after them. They don't need to jack up ticket prices to earn back revenue. If we're talking about college football not being affordable for the majority of fans, that's hardly a problem unique to Northwestern. Have you seen how much it costs these days to buy season tickets for the Bobcats? Supply and demand!

In the media clip they talked about restaurants, clubs,
concerts, and a business conference center. I see this as a more complete and consolidated entertainment venue and not just a place to play football with screaming fans.

If you want to compare indoor practice facilities with Northwestern, go to this link.

https://nusports.com/facilities/ryan-fieldhouse/18

Our billionaire donors only build state of the art academic facilities. I'll take it.

[AFCAT]

[sdsyvie]

Soooooo

Is this going to be ready for this playoff push. Or is there a ton of work inside to get turf down?

[AFCAT]

Soooooo

Is this going to be ready for this playoff push. Or is there a ton of work inside to get turf down?

They are practicing in the North Bubble now. Just looking at the images above, it's apparent that the building is still quite a ways away from being habitable.

[wbtfg]

While MSU is doing these upgrades. U of M is over there, blowing up a bubble. The walk from their locker room to the inflatable, will be fun in November.

And Bobby H. is doing his best ‘hawk tuah’.

Has anyone created a @BobbyHauckTuah burner account on Twitter yet?

If that isn’t on a sign at Cat/gris this year what are even doing?

I must be out of the loop, but what the heck are you guys talking about?

Dangit! I have a great comment for this post but I can't use it. BN being PG rated an all. Anyway, just google "Hawk Tuah."

I was a little bit afraid I'd be in Bobcat Nation Jail for my original comment. But I figured I would be out before the first game.

This is without a doubt my favorite run of replies I’ve ever seen in the off season.

Need help coordinating your D? @BobbyHauckTuah can lend a helping hand.

This absolutely needs to gain WAYYYYY MORE traction.

Glad to see this took off like it should have. Well done Bobcat Nation!

[AFCAT]

[damnyoutuesday]

It feels like the "visible progress" on the building has slowed tremendously in recent weeks. Felt like they were putting it up a lightning speed during early construction, and now it looks just about the same as it did a few weeks ago. Not saying they're not doing anything, but it's hard to get excited when there's very few visible changes

[ClowderUp]

It feels like the "visible progress" on the building has slowed tremendously in recent weeks. Felt like they were putting it up a lightning speed during early construction, and now it looks just about the same as it did a few weeks ago. Not saying they're not doing anything, but it's hard to get excited when there's very few visible changes

You're certainly speaking for yourself, or at least not speaking for me. I get extremely excited at every new pic. Keep em coming Keaton!!

[AFCAT]

It feels like the "visible progress" on the building has slowed tremendously in recent weeks. Felt like they were putting it up a lightning speed during early construction, and now it looks just about the same as it did a few weeks ago. Not saying they're not doing anything, but it's hard to get excited when there's very few visible changes

Well, if that had done as I suggested, they would have put up a camera and pointed it at the construction site and we could have determined how much daily work on the outside of the building is actually being accomplished.

[1984champ]

Typically the roof would be a high priority to achieve dry in. Not sure why that roof is not finished unless they are still waiting on material.

[TomCat88]

It can be difficult to tell from just two photos. They were working on it during the Cat-Griz game, which might mean that they were banking days since it was thanksgiving after that.