Hornet Stadium Renovation to be Announced

[Ut-Grizfan]

Keeping the track = a big screw up imo, just personally not a fan

 

[Montanabob]

While on a bye, did some digging after a SacBuzz poster leaked plans for a new stadium for Sac State.

There is a $50-75M renovation planned for Hornet Stadium. The plan will remove all Rose Bowl bleachers and increase capacity north of 30,000 with a permanent structure. The plan includes a new football only facility with new locker rooms and meeting rooms. Attached to the stadium and practice field adjacent. There will be boxes, concessions, and restrooms as well. Unfortunately the plans include keeping the track, but temporary bleachers will be connected at the lowest levels to bring fans closer.

Expect an announcement before Thanksgiving to tap into “giving Tuesday.”

Cool. Two questions:
1. What are "Rose Bowl Bleachers"; and
2. Have you heard about the Gateway Project EWU haD in the works?

fixed it for you...

 

[Kadeezy]

Keeping the track = a big screw up imo, just personally not a fan

I agree, not the best for watching a game. But a system similar to Nevada might bring some of the fans closer to the game.

Hard to demo the track when it’s probably the second best in the county (to Oregon) and you regularly host NCAA championships and Olympic trials there too…

 

[EverettGriz]

Deez is correct; Sacto holds some major track events. It's just too bad they cannot afford to separate the venues because, damn. Tracks just ruin football stadiums

 

[Kadeezy]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyDvJ0jO7mD/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ==

 

[The.Real.2506]

Or half the BSC joins OSU and WSU for the Pac 8 rebirth?

OSU
WSU
MSU
um
Sac
uCD
UNLV
Nevada

Right, because obviously OSU and WSU would prefer to play Big Sky opponents over Wyoming, Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State, Utah State...

I could see then being interested in SAC and UCD, not because they prefer to be playing them but because of the media market that they could possibly pull in.

 

[Wolf777]

I could see interest in the market and to retain access to California for footprint and recruiting. Looking at Sac State and UC Davis, it is mind blowing to see the athletic budgets for these two schools. They are already spending at around the average MWC levels ($30-40 million a year). A big source of that is athletic fees where students at UC Davis pay almost $600 per year and at Sac state it is about $175. U of M and MSU are at ~ $23 million with an athletic fees of $77-$85.

 

[grizzlyjournal]

The posted paid attendance at last week's SAC 31-30 win over NAU was 12,549. That is decent by Big Sky attendance averages... 3rd or 4th overall for 2022 & close to Cal Davis.

 

[Green Eeyore]

Sac State averaged 15,500 fans in 2022.
Not as big as UM & MSU, but on low end par of MWC.

Then you have 2,500 attendance at UNC and PSU along with sub $15M athletic budgets for ISU and EWU, something has got to give in the BSC.

 

[grizzlyjournal]

Sac State averaged 15,500 fans in 2022.
Not as big as UM & MSU, but on low end par of MWC.

Then you have 2,500 attendance at UNC and PSU along with sub $15M athletic budgets for ISU and EWU, something has got to give in the BSC.

My point exactly. A max of four football schools are holding up/subsidizing the Big Sky with gate receipt $$. When all sports are included, things get even worse. Something has got to give in the BSC.

 

[EverettGriz]

Sac State averaged 15,500 fans in 2022.
Not as big as UM & MSU, but on low end par of MWC.

Then you have 2,500 attendance at UNC and PSU along with sub $15M athletic budgets for ISU and EWU, something has got to give in the BSC.

Wait. They doubled their annual attendance from 2021, when they averaged 7600 (38th in the fcs, behind NAU)? I find that HIGHLY dubious.

https://herosports.com/2021-fcs-attendance-leaders-bzbz/#:~:text=But%20its%20attendance%20has%20been%20slipping%2C%20going%20from,to%2017%2C440%20in%202019%20to%2015%2C101%20in%202021.

 

[Kadeezy]

Sac State averaged 15,500 fans in 2022.
Not as big as UM & MSU, but on low end par of MWC.

Then you have 2,500 attendance at UNC and PSU along with sub $15M athletic budgets for ISU and EWU, something has got to give in the BSC.

Wait. They doubled their annual attendance from 2021, when they averaged 7600 (38th in the fcs, behind NAU)? I find that HIGHLY dubious.

https://herosports.com/2021-fcs-attendance-leaders-bzbz/#:~:text=But%20its%20attendance%20has%20been%20slipping%2C%20going%20from,to%2017%2C440%20in%202019%20to%2015%2C101%20in%202021.

When you’re 11-0, host the rivalry game, the Griz, and play on National TV a couple times, that happens. No rain games either.

 

[MiningCityGrizFan]

Keeping the track = a big screw up imo, just personally not a fan

Normally I’d agree with this sentiment, but that particular track and field venue is very important.

Sac State regularly hosts Olympic trials and NCAA championships. In fact, the reason that stadium has so much seating is for track and field events, not football games.

So there is no way they could justify removing a track that is used almost year around to provide better seating for ~6 football games each year that draw fewer fans the stadium.