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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 14, 2011 18:24:27 GMT -6
As of last month the Coyote Administration said that by the middle of December that they would release the images of what the new arena would look like. I am anxiously waiting for the release. Hopefully we will get them soon.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 14, 2011 22:52:14 GMT -6
Any preliminary information about the facility? Where will it be located? Capacity? It will seat approximately 6,000. It will be located (I believe) directly to the south of the dakotadome and be connected at the least by an indoor walkway. I believe the McLeod Center at UNI has been a facility that USD might look at closely. Sayler said he wants it to be a best of facility. He wants to take the best features of the recent newer facilities and combine them to make USD's facility. As a fan my biggest wish is to see an arena that puts the fans on top of the court rather than back and away from the court. I hope they build with the philosophy of "up" and not "back". |
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Post by GoYotes on Jan 23, 2012 9:47:02 GMT -6
A comment on Micks live chat said the drawings were shown to some fans before the Western Illinois game and they looked very impressive. Anybody seen the drawings? Details? When will the drawings be released to the public?
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Post by usdfbalum on Jan 23, 2012 19:37:47 GMT -6
A comment on Micks live chat said the drawings were shown to some fans before the Western Illinois game and they looked very impressive. Anybody seen the drawings? Details? When will the drawings be released to the public? The renderings done by Populous were awesome. Totally blew me away. Hopefully fundraising will go well, there is a lot of work to do. The pictures will not be made public anytime soon according to Sayler. He is making the rounds showing big potential donors first. |
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Post by GoYotes on Jan 23, 2012 21:14:50 GMT -6
Thanks for the update usdfbalum. Any idea what sort of time frame Sayler is looking at for completion of arena(Phase 1) and dome renovation (Phase 2)?
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Post by usdfbalum on Jan 23, 2012 22:07:43 GMT -6
If they started today they could be completely done in three years. The two hold ups will be the amount of time it takes to raise money (biggest factor) and also the timing of taking down the South DakotaDome wall. The basketball arena portion will have to be finished first, then the dome renovation (integration with the new basketball arena). The entrance to the new facility looked great. Very open with a lot of glass.
The basketball arena will seat 6000 with room for an additional 1000 in a luxury area. Very open design with a relatively low ceiling - to trap sound, making it louder. The DakotaDome will have around 12000 seats with the ability (theoretically) to expand to 15000. Sounds like that would be a very expensive upgrade, but possible. North of the Dome there will be two field-turf practice fields. East of the dome you will have two soccer fields, a softball facility, and a track facility. The track will share enclosed premium seating with the soccer game field.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Jan 23, 2012 22:12:59 GMT -6
I wish I could see those renderings. Does the arena look like what UNI has? Do the grandstands have a steep pitch (hopefully)? I think it's a good thing to have a low ceiling to make sound contained.
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Post by usdfbalum on Jan 23, 2012 22:22:56 GMT -6
Really hard to tell on the pitch of the seats from what I saw. If they build what they showed us it will be smaller than the Valley arenas but will have every bit the quality.
I really think this project has the potential to change USD as a school and Vermillion as a town dramatically for the better. Sayler appears driven to do this the right way. Sounds like President Abbott is on board too.
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Post by GoYotes on Jan 24, 2012 15:49:28 GMT -6
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Post by Coyote Fan on Jan 24, 2012 16:40:05 GMT -6
goyotes,
Is there anyway that you could pan down a bit because it looks like you have a shot of the inside of the arena but it's not showing up.
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Post by Cousin Eddie on Jan 24, 2012 16:45:28 GMT -6
That is from Mick Garry's blog. That is all he has.
Has anybody else been able to see these plans yet?
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Post by joeybrownerhof on Jan 25, 2012 19:14:19 GMT -6
The Yankton Press and Dakotan hit it out of the park again. TY to James and Jeremy. Go to their website and click on Video. You can watch the Dan Fitzimmon's presentation to the Yankton QB Club. He has a large board of the overall plans for the facilities. He also provides some details concerning the same.
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Post by Cousin Eddie on May 10, 2012 14:32:05 GMT -6
Saw the full set of plans for the arena and the dome. Sorry I don't have pictures to share, but I can tell you they are doing it right and it will be very nice, without being excessive. The bunnies won't have anything on us in regard to facilities.
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Post by Coyote Fan on May 10, 2012 19:52:17 GMT -6
Throw us a bone. What is the arena from another college that might be the closest to the new design.
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Post by flashtaco on May 11, 2012 10:19:10 GMT -6
A smaller uni with some sprinkling of ualr. Easily expandable on the west side. No center scoreboard.
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