Angry Beaver said:

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Who would've thought that as part of the Blue Bell renovation of Olsen Field we were gonna get rid of the right field bleachers only to set up a bunch of temporary bleachers around the stadium a few years later

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twk said:

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e=mc2 said:

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I love a good stadium conversation. I'm thinking we could handle around 12,000 in virtually the same footprint. Maybe we go to Bluebell, Bucees, Slovacek, and some others for some marketing rights in the stadium. I wonder how long the naming rights with Bluebell are or was it a one-time donation?

I agree, it needs to be a priority. We have the No. 1 team in the country!

ETA: Meant to do a thumbs up.

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I believe the naming rights deal with Blue Bell was 15 years, so there will be two more years left on it after this season. I suspect that if a new sponsor could be found, a buyout of the remaining year or two could be worked out. The Kruze family was instrumental in getting the last renovation done, but I believe the company has been sold, if I recall correctly.

They certainly kicked around a bunch of ideas, but two that seem to have been ruled out are a new park, and a rebuild more or less on the Olsen site. This is just my speculation, but, whatever we do, I don't think there will be any drastic change to the existing grandstand--most of the new stuff will be down the lines and in the outfield. I believe they've ruled out anything that would require a temporary relocation.

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Just leave it as Olsen Field and stop all stupid park names, Blue Bell!!!!!!

Scooley01 said:

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Is the point of the berms just to be low maintenance seating for GA? Or is there an actual desire from fans to touch grass during the game or something?

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I seem to recall the berms were put there because that was all we could afford AT THAT TIME. The idea was they could be used for GA and eventually they could be replaced with additional seats in a future renovation.

Angry Beaver said:

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Scooley01 said:

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Is the point of the berms just to be low maintenance seating for GA? Or is there an actual desire from fans to touch grass during the game or something?

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I seem to recall the berms were put there because that was all we could afford AT THAT TIME. The idea was they could be used for GA and eventually they could be replaced with additional seats in a future renovation.

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If saving money had been the prime concern, they would have left the old metal bleachers.

Despite the preferences of middle aged men, there are some folks who like the berm seating. Besides that, the administrators like it because an empty berm looks better than empty seats, and the difference between berm seating and conventional seats is enough to create a sense of scarcity for reserved seats, which helps us sell season tickets.

If you have a lot of GA seating which is almost as good as your other seating, such that people can afford to only buy GA tickets to the big games, rather than feeling the need to buy season tickets just so that they can have a real seat for big games, then you are going to end up selling fewer season tickets.

The trick is finding the right balance, and we are way too far down the scarcity trail now, and need to move a good bit in the other direction.

If I recall correctly, the Blue Bell naming rights deal had a 15 year term, so that's going to change. I'll be shocked if we don't do another naming rights deal with a company, but I suppose some individual could step forward and provide a big enough donation to have their name on the facility, but it would have to be a huge donation.

Seriously, don't care. I will thank the donor or corporate partners.

Still waiting for Pornhub Park.