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Aggie Class of 2026 said:

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we can't fix the park's biggest flaw (the small lower deck)

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You think that's the biggest flaw? Why?

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Because that's where big donors want to sit. The more seats we have close to the infield, the better.

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If that's the case build more box seats. I've seen far to many empty seats on the lower deck to include near home plate.

My suggestion

1. Build double decks on 1st and 3rd base lines to connect with what's current.

2. Do something similar to what Florida has for the out field fence where fans can watch ground level through the out field walls.

3. Put a berm somewhere in the outfield with something unique on it to give the stadium character

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Before the Kyle redo

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You still have those britches

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And they still fit.

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I've only met you once and you were wearing those pants. A highlight of my life.

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Can someone inform me what A&M plans to do with our ballpark?

Are they going to "fix it up" in the off season or will a new park be built?

Anyone have any renderings of what they plan to build?

Thank you!

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I'll try this again. This is what I specially mean. The yellow indicates suites/box seats.

Red indicates continued double deck seating down both foul lines. I had mentioned something unique in an outfield berm and Miss St more or less has that.

Make the outfield fencing like Florida has where fans can watch the games at field level.

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The word you are looking for is "suites."

While we have people who are willing to make some nice donations, that does not necessarily translate into potential suite buyers. Arkansas has 30+ suites because there are 3 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the area and a bunch of affiliated businesses who will lease suites and write some of that off as business entertainment expenses. We do not have the same business climate in Brazos County. Our donors are more interested in club seats, but they would prefer to be in the club close to the field. Maybe we can sell some club seats down the line, but that is not the preferred location.

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The extension beyond the 3B line to the LF Foul pole will be heavy on premium offerings.

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Bullpen Chias said:

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twk said:

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Cynical_Texan said:

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Can someone inform me what A&M plans to do with our ballpark?

Are they going to "fix it up" in the off season or will a new park be built?

Anyone have any renderings of what they plan to build?

Thank you!

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I'll try this again. This is what I specially mean. The yellow indicates suites/box seats.

Red indicates continued double deck seating down both foul lines. I had mentioned something unique in an outfield berm and Miss St more or less has that.

Make the outfield fencing like Florida has where fans can watch the games at field level.

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The word you are looking for is "suites."

While we have people who are willing to make some nice donations, that does not necessarily translate into potential suite buyers. Arkansas has 30+ suites because there are 3 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the area and a bunch of affiliated businesses who will lease suites and write some of that off as business entertainment expenses. We do not have the same business climate in Brazos County. Our donors are more interested in club seats, but they would prefer to be in the club close to the field. Maybe we can sell some club seats down the line, but that is not the preferred location.

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The extension beyond the 3B line to the LF Foul pole will be heavy on premium offerings.

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I'm sure it will, but if they reseat the entire park, the people with first choice will take the existing Diamond Club over whatever they build down the line.

In reply to twk Probably. Some people enjoy Zone Club over All American Club though. And what if you can see the field from the club? Could make it more appealing to some.

Either way, there's only 330 current club seats with a 99%+ renewal. People will gladly buy up the premium seats down the line, b cause it will be the next best offering.

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While we have people who are willing to make some nice donations, that does not necessarily translate into potential suite buyers. Arkansas has 30+ suites because there are 3 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the area and a bunch of affiliated businesses who will lease suites and write some of that off as business entertainment expenses.

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Veering slightly off topic, but businesses can no longer write off entertainment expenses, like suites. They can still pay for them (and do), but they don't get to take a deduction on their taxes. They can still deduct 1/2 the cost of the food and drinks as long as they aren't extravagant, but they need those costs to be clearly split on the invoice to clearly designate what is food and drink vs what is non-deductible entertainment.

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twk said:

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While we have people who are willing to make some nice donations, that does not necessarily translate into potential suite buyers. Arkansas has 30+ suites because there are 3 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the area and a bunch of affiliated businesses who will lease suites and write some of that off as business entertainment expenses.

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Veering slightly off topic, but businesses can no longer write off entertainment expenses, like suites. They can still pay for them (and do), but they don't get to take a deduction on their taxes. They can still deduct 1/2 the cost of the food and drinks as long as they aren't extravagant, but they need those costs to be clearly split on the invoice to clearly designate what is food and drink vs what is non-deductible entertainment.

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Since I never bother with trying to claim business entertainment, I was only vaguely aware that they had made some changes on this subject. I don' think that would affect A&M as much as my example of Arkansas. The suite owners at A&M, from my limited knowledge, tend to lean toward individuals. But, the point is, there are fewer individuals than businesses that are interested in this kind of seating. Suites aren't cheap to build, so unless you get a good price for them, it's not a great idea to overbuild suites. From my visit to Gainesville earlier this season, I think they only have TWO suites in their new park (but they have 800 or so club seats). I really think that is where the market is for Aggie baseball. Maybe a half dozen more suites would make sense (we have 10 IIRC), but we need a lot more club seats.

In reply to twk If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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I don't know, but I kind of think that most of the work would be down the line. It would be expensive to add them along the current level, and result in a loss of seating (as you point out; working against Schloss's goal of expanding capacity).

However, they are apparently going to reseat the entire stadium, so be prepared to say goodbye to your seats (unless you are up there in priority points, or have less desirable seats) and your neighbors (who don't have the same points as you).

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If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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They have room to add one more on each side. Currently they are open decks.
Would take out some seats in front to add the seating for the suite, I suppose.

In reply to TexAg1987 That would be us….

I think some simple changes can be made to add a few seats down low, eliminate the (red) rails and add seating, add rows (yellow) in the diamond club and make it three rows possibly four if you move the wall all the way back to the row above. I know y'all have said it won't get touched but there's a lot of space not being used.

In reply to 75AG I just want a seat

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I just want a seat

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Me too. Me too.

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TexAg1987 said:

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If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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They have room to add one more on each side. Currently they are open decks.
Would take out some seats in front to add the seating for the suite, I suppose.

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Those are ADA seating areas. They are required by law. If they put a suite there, they'll have to take out seats elsewhere for new ADA seating in the second level.

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75AG said:

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If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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They have room to add one more on each side. Currently they are open decks.
Would take out some seats in front to add the seating for the suite, I suppose.

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If they do that, I think they have to add ADA seating in the second deck somewhere else.

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twk said:

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75AG said:

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If they add more suites to the existing suite level, welp there go our seats.

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They have room to add one more on each side. Currently they are open decks.
Would take out some seats in front to add the seating for the suite, I suppose.

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If they do that, I think they have to add ADA seating in the second deck somewhere else.

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They would, but the decks were built for future suites. Maybe two on each side, I can't remember.

Just make the berms artificial field turf and not real grass, less maintenance.

I'd like to see us move the berm behind the outfield fence somewhere. It would provide room for more permanent seating down the 1B line (in addition to the same on the 3B side, not instead of); and it would move the often distracted (parents, students) or less attentive (young kids) out of a hot foul ball area. I think RF connected to the playground area would be awesome.

Is this temporary measures for the postseason? Or vestigial elements from the past? Or???

Renovations to Olsen Field are getting underway. My guess is they're building some Left-Center bleachers?
The light pole was still here a few days ago, it's gone now.

These could be some shady temporary bleachers that may get taken down after the Super Regionals.

Or it could… pic.twitter.com/7hR1j3TUsD

— Aggies Recruiting (@AggiesRecruitEx) April 26, 2024

Probably bleachers for Arky/postseason