sutomcat
No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
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Agreed.Winner! The real issue is modernizing the Dome. We all agree on that. Naming rights, stream of revenue, honor, etc., are all emotional issues with which we take umbrage. While each point is valid (new money, honor, increased football spending, integrity) each of is individually places more emphasis on this point or that.
Of course, once the final plans are announced, we will begin fighting over the specific details while missing the point that improvements are on the way and with out a billionaire footing the bill, we simply will not get everything we each want.
It would be an interesting exercise to identify say the top 20 issues the fan base wants resolved with the renovation, and have everyone on the board prioritize them.
SU has done some polling of the fan base already and has other avenues, like the Fan Council, to get feedback here, so they have a list. Sounds like it includes air conditioning and individual seats.
I am a fan of individual seats as long as they are going to rip all the concrete out of the third deck and completely redo it so the space between the rows is big enough to accommodate modern legs and allow people to enter and leave rows without great difficulty.
I have season tickets for basketball on the 3rd level today, with individual seats with backs. It is good to have them because you are guaranteed enough room to sit down again after you stand up (to applaud a play, show respect for the national anthem, etc.). It is bad because there isn't enough room in my row when people try and walk past me, no matter how I position myself. I am only 6'0 tall.
Further, I am constantly getting kicked in my back by the person sitting behind me, or by people passing through the row behind me. There was always a problem on the 3rd level allowing people to get by you but it got a lot worse after the individual seats were installed. At least with these seats, they are only held in place by a plastic tie and you can slide them a little bit to buy a little room. With permanent seats, it is just going to be worse.
The problem is the rows on the 3rd level were not designed to have enough room to accommodate seat backs. The seats on the first and second levels were designed to have backs and there is noticeably more leg room on those levels. I don't think it will be a problem installing permanent individual seats on those levels.
I hope SU is aware this is a problem and doesn't just blindly install individual seats on the 3rd level. I think this will make fan comfort far worse and be a major disaster.