The in game "experience" is a mickey mouse, minor-league baseball joke, made worse by a sound system so bad that nothing can be heard or understood. Which is usually actually better than hearing inane drivel. But it also made it impossible to hear the speech written by Tim Green and read by his son.
were these photos before the game or 3rd qtr ?
I could not believe how long the lines were to get in by the Ernie Davis statue. We always walk past him for the good luck tap on his foot, went over to I believe Gate M where you go down the stairs and only waited a couple of minutes.Individuals can be adults but crowds tend to be children.
Isn't widening the concourse part of the renovations?
I'm glad I came early. i got into the orange Shop and out very easily (to get the media guide) and the lines at the concession stands were minimal.
Even then there were two long lines leading into the security entrance between the Physics Building and Steele Hall, (where the Ernie Davis statue is) but when i went around to the other side of the Physics Building there was another security station with no lines at all and i got right in...Maybe I shouldn't have said that.
The halls are up to code, the problem is that the university in many areas has set up stands to sell merchandise and drink in those halls. This changes the thruway and causes a lot of the congestion problems. Could the hallways have been bigger obviously yes? The city of Syracuse and Onondaga county need to crack down on the stands being set up in hallways, this would solve much of the congestion problem.
yes that’s it. Let’s just do away with concessions. Why didn’t we think of that earlier?
No just concessions set up in halls that violate code enforcement for the thruway in those halls. They were not there in the eighties or nineties, and violate original design code requirements. I am not talking about the occasional vendor , but the areas that have been set up with bars etc. they are taking at least four or five feet of thru space. They are clear violations of original code for the hallways.
I hear ya but we need more than 5 feet... more like 20.
concessions are the cholesterol to the main arteries of passage.
Funny you mention that. After that debacle I woke up this morning to a credit card payment for my hoops ticket. I was stuck in that mess for almost 30 minutes. There was a lot of pushing and shoving. I felt bad for the women and kids in that mess and also the EMS workers who had to fight through the crowd to get to whatever emergency there was.
That would be a great battle. Something needs to be done but if it involves SU losing out on a nickel it won't happen.
I do not know if any increase is planned, even if it is it will not be any where near 20 feet, but you at least can not take away from what is already there.
if a building code is enforced the university will have little it can do about it, this is not only a congestion issue but a safety issue for fans attempting to egress should there be some emergency with resulting panic. This building was built with minimum compliance to code or near to it, anything which cuts into that is a serious problem in my opinion.
I agree...this was nearly a stampede situation and we were very lucky nothing serious happened here. As well, I was stuck in the middle of this and was separated from my party. There was insane pushing and shoving going on and a few scuffles did break out. Kids (and some adults) were crying and some folks had panicked look in their eyes. I know a medical crew was trying to get through and was struggling mightily to do so. I have coming to the Dome since the mid 80’s and by far my worst experience ever. Yes...this could have been a disaster.
