University of Texas DKR Football Stadium Expansion and Renovation - Page 21

txbuilding_nerd · #**401** Posted **Sep 15, 2020, 4:00 PM**

oh didnt see those photos. yea the last 2 images look like they are from a plane

AusTxDevelopment · #**402** Posted **Sep 16, 2020, 5:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

Thank you. So that was from a drone and not a plane? That looks higher than 1500 ft which is what my big drone can max out at. And I was so hoping for an airplane ride. lol

No plane, sorry. According to my flight log the highest I got on that flight was 997 feet. Those are oblique photos which always appear much higher than they actually are due to the horizontal distance - the farther away you are the higher you appear. I launched from near Disch Faulk. The highest I can get in an unrestricted flight zone before the drone software's geofencing stops me is 1,650 feet. I rarely go that high. No need to.

Riverranchdrone · #**403** Posted **Sep 16, 2020, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by AusTxDevelopment

No plane, sorry. According to my flight log the highest I got on that flight was 997 feet. Those are oblique photos which always appear much higher than they actually are due to the horizontal distance - the farther away you are the higher you appear. I launched from near Disch Faulk. The highest I can get in an unrestricted flight zone before the drone software's geofencing stops me is 1,650 feet. I rarely go that high. No need to.

Got it. Fooled me. I just went over 1000 feet today with a top down view above the Independent. I need to try launching from there. Just dont want the UT police to get me. I heard the university is very restrictive on photos of the campus or UT tower.

Tyrone Shoes · #**404** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 8:54 AM**

not sure of the year

Armybrat · #**405** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 12:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoes

not sure of the year

Like many proposed renderings, reality winds up looking not quite so fanciful.

drummer · #**406** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 2:30 PM**

Interesting - almost a French influence on that.

jg6544 · #**407** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 4:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Armybrat

Like many proposed renderings, reality winds up looking not quite so fanciful.

This was the original design for the stadium, which would put it at sometime in the early 1920s. It was planned according to the conventions of college stadium design at the time, but with Spanish (-ish) touches. The completed stadium never got the Spanish touches.

Armybrat · #**408** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 5:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by jg6544

This was the original design for the stadium, which would put it at sometime in the early 1920s. It was planned according to the conventions of college stadium design at the time, but with Spanish (-ish) touches. The completed stadium never got the Spanish touches.

Yep, money was a consideration. But the actual original Stadium was built in just a matter of months.

freerover · #**409** Posted **Sep 18, 2020, 8:05 PM**

Wasn't the the same north end zone pre 2007?

lzppjb · #**410** Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by freerover

Wasn't the the same north end zone pre 2007?

The original TMS did not have the horseshoe. That was added in 1926.

The original had seats on all 4 sides of the field:

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/...morial-stadium

I remember doing a Power Point presentation on the history of TMS in speech class at UT many years ago.

the Genral · #**411** Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 5:29 PM**

Where are the goal posts?

Armybrat · #**412** Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by lzppjb

The original TMS did not have the horseshoe. That was added in 1926.

The original had seats on all 4 sides of the field:

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/...morial-stadium

I remember doing a Power Point presentation on the history of TMS in speech class at UT many years ago.

My wife’s aunt was at that inaugural A&M game.

JACKinBeantown · #**413** Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

Where are the goal posts?

You can see the one on the north end right at the end of that long shadow. You can just make out the other one too. Keep in mind that the grass arc is the running track, and the football field doesn't extend all the way to the stands on either end.

lzppjb · #**414** Posted **Sep 22, 2020, 10:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by the Genral

Where are the goal posts?

the Genral · #**415** Posted **Sep 22, 2020, 11:20 PM**

I got it, thanks guys. Now where are the yard lines and boundary lines? And after zooming in, I estimate at least a thousand people made up that giant 'T'. Also, anyone have an idea where they got that elevated shot?