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I wonder if the atmosphere would be much improved if they blew out the west wall of Shroyer and then add 3,000 360 degree around the court seats. Cat-Griz stays in Fieldhouse.

This puts students on the court and makes a much louder and more intimidating environment with everyone packed in the smaller gym.

I LOVE the Fieldhouse and what it has been but it's pretty obvious we're a LONG way from ever having the full house days back.

Thoughts?

that would turn the fieldhouse into a indoor football practice facility

wbtfg wrote:that would turn the fieldhouse into a indoor football practice facility

That probably wouldn't hurt football recruiting.

I think remodeling and reducing the capacity of the Fieldhouse would be a cheaper and more effective option than remodeling Shroyer - the Fieldhouse is in a much better location for parking and traffic flow, and taking out the west wall of Shroyer would even make the parking situation worse in that area. Probably a moot point, as most people I know have no plans to attend Bobcat basketball games any time soon regardless of where they are played.

Screw that. Let's go back to Romney:



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You know what BelgradeBobcat I didn't think about that possibility but that would be sweet. They have been wondering what to do with Rommey and this is a fantastic idea.

Add some escalators for the old folks and were good to go. I really enjoyed going up there as a kid and while in college to play basketball. It's a really cool gym.

Fieldhouse could remain as is with some upgrades for indoor football practice.

This thread has me daydreaming.

BelgradeBobcat wrote:Screw that. Let's go back to Romney:



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Awesome photo. So were the baseline bleachers sunken? That's what it looks like, but I can't tell for sure.

Click on the link. Then click on Higher quality/resolution (blue box), then click again. It zooms in huge. According to the scoreboard it's a game between Helena and Gallatin (back when Bozeman High was called Gallatin County High School). The score is 0-0 so it must be just before the center jump. The zoomed in photo shows incredible detail. Look how dressed up everybody is.

Looks like the floor is very small. But being a former Class C player-I've played in gyms that had smaller floors than Romney.

Whatever they do with Romney-I hope they can preserve that space somehow. There's a lot of history up there.

Great pic, BB. Thanks!

Ya. And given the attendance projections you could run a few miles up top while catching the game.

Love those old gyms with the balcony right over the floor. Schreiber gym in Missoula is like that.