University of Texas Development Updates - Page 15

We vs us · #**281** Posted **May 5, 2020, 3:34 PM**

FWIW, UT, A&M, Texas Tech and others all intend to have in-person classes this fall. Also, according to this article by KXAN, there's a lot of brave talk about having football in some form ready to play this fall, too.

https://www.kxan.com/news/coronaviru...asses-in-fall/

Color me skeptical, though.

Syndic · #**282** Posted **May 5, 2020, 7:12 PM**

Meh, it's probably not any more dangerous than other kinds of businesses so if those are open then let's play some football.

The ATX · #**283** Posted **May 6, 2020, 8:27 PM**

No more virus talk. A little bit of it was relevant, but the discussion keeps getting heated - especially the post about gun toting Nazis.

lzppjb · #**284** Posted **May 6, 2020, 9:42 PM**

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especially the post about gun toting Nazis.

lol wut

freerover · #**285** Posted **May 12, 2020, 3:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Syndic

Nice, I don't remember seeing that one before. I hope they get rid of that ugly white dome thing on Moncrief. It's cool inside of there but from the outside not so much.

It's coming down today.

txbuilding_nerd · #**286** Posted **May 16, 2020, 9:43 PM**

here is an update from manor parking garage

Old MNC practice field is being demoed

https://www.flickr.com/photos/188538...posted-public/

right across the street is the new basketball stadium site which is not just one big pond after the rains

Armybrat · #**287** Posted **May 17, 2020, 10:03 PM**

Sure hope the new video board isn’t plastered with any stationary ads, and the new audio system doesn’t blast me out like Michael J. Fox’s woofer at the beginning of Back to the Future.

freerover · #**288** Posted **May 17, 2020, 11:25 PM**

I wonder what they are going to do in place of the old dome that they are tearing down.

Armybrat · #**289** Posted **May 18, 2020, 12:17 AM**

Hope itis something better than that old mildewed canvas tent.

clubtokyo · #**290** Posted **May 18, 2020, 12:46 AM**

The weird Michelin man blob looking thing is being torn down?

freerover · #**291** Posted **May 18, 2020, 1:00 AM**

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The weird Michelin man blob looking thing is being torn down?

It's almost down.

the Genral · #**292** Posted **May 18, 2020, 2:38 AM**

I would have thought steel beam construction goes up a lot quicker than what we are seeing. Place, bolt in place, repeat...

Syndic · #**293** Posted **May 18, 2020, 12:46 PM**

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I wonder what they are going to do in place of the old dome that they are tearing down.

Seems like... nothing?

That big flat surface feels like a missed opportunity to me.

freerover · #**294** Posted **May 18, 2020, 2:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Syndic

Seems like... nothing?

That big flat surface feels like a missed opportunity to me.

I don't think that photo shows you where the dome currently is.

GoldenBoot · #**295** Posted **May 18, 2020, 4:56 PM**

Tom Herman said a long time ago that he wanted to be able to see downtown Austin from the club levels in the new south end zone structure.

I do agree it might be a missed opportunity. At least, I would hope that they install a green roof on that structure.

freerover · #**296** Posted **May 20, 2020, 4:11 PM**

CDC hinted on Twitter that another video board is coming somewhere in DKR.

x41133127x · #**297** Posted **May 22, 2020, 3:54 PM**

How much confidence do you put in the title of this article?

https://www.constructionequipmentgui...capacity/46729

Jdawgboy · #**298** Posted **May 22, 2020, 5:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by x41133127x

How much confidence do you put in the title of this article?

https://www.constructionequipmentgui...capacity/46729

The article is a little confusing. In terms of seating, it only mentions seating capacity won't change, so not sure why the title says eyeing 112,000 capacity when the article itself says nothing regarding that.

paul78701 · #**299** Posted **May 22, 2020, 9:48 PM**

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The article is a little confusing. In terms of seating, it only mentions seating capacity won't change, so not sure why the title says eyeing 112,000 capacity when the article itself says nothing regarding that.

Seating capacity and total capacity are different. It's not unheard of to see game attendance listed higher than the seating capacity of a stadium. Everyone in the stadium is counted (like media people for instance), not just those in the seats.

Edit: I guess I glanced at the article too quickly. The article title does say seating capacity. So who knows...

ILUVSAT · #**300** Posted **May 23, 2020, 12:23 AM**

^^^Agree.

Texas' average home attendance was over 100% "seating capacity" for the majority of Mack Brown's time in Austin. And, UT's largest crowd (officially) was versus USC in 2018 at 103,507 (103.34% capacity at that time) - not a Mack Brown year, obviously.

Just to be statistically clear, there were times under Mack that the stadium reached more than 104% capacity at that specific time in the stadium's history.

There are a lot of arguments about it, but CDC said that UT scanned 116,000 into the LSU game. As much as I'd love it...it's hard to imagine that fact since the stands in the south end zone had already been removed.