HOUSTON - New Robertson Stadium (40,000)

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Spacecityroller

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You can see the current Robertson Stadium in the lower right corner of this image.

This image shows the portion of the parking lot that is going to be taken by the SE light rail line. But the great thing is that there will be a light rail station adjacent (the yellow in the top right) to the new stadium. The SE light rail line is expected to be completed in early 2015 and the new Robertson Stadium is expected to be completed for the 2014 football season.

.... the rail going through the parking lot?

[Spacecityroller]

Originally Posted by JJG

.... the rail going through the parking lot?

That whole side will have to be reconfigured. The light rail line will have its own right of way along that section of the route. This was another reason why the stadium parking garage was built...because of the parking spaces that are going to be lost.

The parking lot on that side of the stadium wont look anything like it does now.

[JYDA]

With dreams of the Big 12 dancing in their heads...

[JJG]

Originally Posted by JYDA

With dreams of the Big 12 dancing in their heads...

Big East... (as of now)

[scottturner]

New Houston Cougars Stadium is a planned American football stadium to be built in ... of Houston campus, and will be built upon the site of Robertson Stadium. ... capacity at the new stadium would be 40000 with expandability to 60000.


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[JJG]

Originally Posted by scottturner

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SPAM....

[Spacecityroller]

Board of Reagents approved the location today.

http://swamplot.com/goodbye-robertso...ad/2012-03-27/

[JJG]

Originally Posted by Spacecityroller

Board of Reagents approved the location today.

http://swamplot.com/goodbye-robertso...ad/2012-03-27/

Nice. Didn't think there was a plan to put it next to 45, but this works.

[CainanUK]

Going back to the Oilers... I could never understand why they play NFL games in Houston in a dome? This is a very nice looking stadium that with some expansion and additional luxury boxes, could be used by the Texans as well... Let both UH and the Texas share the cost.. A win win for everybody.

[WesTexas]

So...you want the Texans to give up their still new...ish stadium to move outside to this small thing?

[JJG]

Originally Posted by CainanUK

Going back to the Oilers... I could never understand why they play NFL games in Houston in a dome? This is a very nice looking stadium that with some expansion and additional luxury boxes, could be used by the Texans as well... Let both UH and the Texas share the cost.. A win win for everybody.

Um...... no? (I'm confused)

[WesTexas]

Right? Think he knows the Oilers are now the Titans and the Texans are a team built from scratch in a very nice state of the art retractable rough stadium.

He wants The Texans to play in the New 40,000 seat college stadium over this.....

[JJG]

Originally Posted by WesTexas

Right? Think he knows the Oilers are now the Titans and the Texans are a team built from scratch in a very nice state of the art retractable rough stadium.

He wants The Texans to play in the New 40,000 seat college stadium over this.....

Is that it?

Because the idea of college teams and pro teams sharing the same stadium died out last decade. I mean, you still see it with Miami and Tulane (New Orleans) and with Tulane getting their own, MUCH smaller stadium and Miami has a big enough fan base to share with the Dolphins, although I see them getting their own stadium sometime sooner than later.

But if anything, U of H will be playing at Reliant, not the other way around like he's suggesting (right?)

[WesTexas]

Pro teams dont want to share their stadiums with college teams. There is to much that has to be done for the switch from one teams look for on Saturday to the pro teams look on Sunday.

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by JJG

I mean, you still see it with Miami and Tulane (New Orleans) and with Tulane getting their own, MUCH smaller stadium and Miami has a big enough fan base to share with the Dolphins, although I see them getting their own stadium sometime sooner than later.

a) Add Pitt, Temple, SDSU, Ga State and USF to that list. Of that Pitt's the only one that truly works because their presence was incorporated into the design.
b) Miami doesn't have that large a consistent fan base, and many of their games early on in Dolphin/Sunlife/Lanshark stadium featured some woefully low attendance figures. Last year was a better year for them, aided by a full house for OSU and an amazingly high 60k figure for Duke. (Don't ask. I don't know) Other than that they're lucky if they drawing the full 40-43k they typically list as attending. It's a small, private school (13k undergrad) and the venue is much further from campus than the Orange Bowl.

That being said there's no room for them to build in Coral Gables and they've signed a 25(?) year lease with the stadium. Should never have sold the Orange Bowl, IMO.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by GunnerJacket

a) Add Pitt, Temple, SDSU, Ga State and USF to that list. Of that Pitt's the only one that truly works because their presence was incorporated into the design.
b) Miami doesn't have that large a consistent fan base, and many of their games early on in Dolphin/Sunlife/Lanshark stadium featured some woefully low attendance figures. Last year was a better year for them, aided by a full house for OSU and an amazingly high 60k figure for Duke. (Don't ask. I don't know) Other than that they're lucky if they drawing the full 40-43k they typically list as attending. It's a small, private school (13k undergrad) and the venue is much further from campus than the Orange Bowl.

That being said there's no room for them to build in Coral Gables and they've signed a 25(?) year lease with the stadium. Should never have sold the Orange Bowl, IMO.

Oh right, I forgot about those.... although, SDSU may not have to worry about sharing a stadium with anyone in the next deade and I thought GSU had their own.

Still, any PRO team playing in a college team's facility is just wrong. I feel pretty much the same the other way around.

I guess the Marlins wanted (or needed?) that spot more than the Canes...

[GunnerJacket]

Originally Posted by JJG

Still, any PRO team playing in a college team's facility is just wrong. I feel pretty much the same the other way around.

Pretty much agreed. U of Houston should have their own, and it will ever be a smaller, weaker venue compared to their NFL counterparts.

I guess the Marlins wanted (or needed?) that spot more than the Canes...

UofM owned it but the structure was aging and they didn't feel the investment to fix it up, while still retaining its historic status, was something they could afford. Especially since at the time Little Havana was considered a bad place to go for games. Looking back, many folks agreed they should've kept it and renovated it while partnering with the community to spearhead improvement there. A nice 50k venue for them would be ideal.

[triodegradable2]

awesome

[CougarRed]

Word is leaking out that the team of DLR Group and Page Southerland Page may have won the RFQ over HKS and AECOM Ellerbe Becket. Nothing official yet, but an announcement is expected soon.

The Athletic Director went on the radio a week ago and said the architect would be announced within the next 2-4 weeks and the design work would proceed immediately thereafter. He also confirmed the timeline for the demolition of Robertson Stadium starting in December 2012.

I'm not sure what the rules are for moving a project from the "Planning" Forum to the "Under Construction" Forum, but this project will be gaining steam quickly.

[JJG]

Originally Posted by CougarRed

Word is leaking out that the team of DLR Group and Page Southerland Page may have won the RFQ over HKS and AECOM Ellerbe Becket. Nothing official yet, but an announcement is expected soon.

The Athletic Director went on the radio a week ago and said the architect would be announced within the next 2-4 weeks and the design work would proceed immediately thereafter. He also confirmed the timeline for the demolition of Robertson Stadium starting in December 2012.

I'm not sure what the rules are for moving a project from the "Planning" Forum to the "Under Construction" Forum, but this project will be gaining steam quickly.

It's not "Under Construction" until you see heavy machinery. Right now it's still just Proposed, but it should be moved in December to UC.