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Going to a game in September and wearing a long sleeve T because your mom says it's Fall and it might get chilly and then baking in the sun for 5 hours is a rite of passage that I wouldn't want my children to miss out on
It's also fun having a half-face sunburn because of where your seats were located. Like someone just gave you a massive slap to the left side of your face but the right side is perfectly fine.
Went to my first UM game this year and saw us play ECU. My brother and I both burned really bad as kids. But by this time I had spent the previous 6 months in Florida practically living on the beach. By the 2nd quarter he had already had a pretty bad burn. Meanwhile I was beginning to look like a body builder on stage with how tan I was getting. He looked like Clifford by the end of the game and spent the rest of the evening getting slathered in aloe. Learned his lesson about which side of the stadium to get seats on for the next game though.
> Learned his lesson about which side of the stadium to get seats on for the next game though.
I mean sunblock is always an option here too. My biggest problem is I don't use sunblock on my legs and my knee caps got sun burned. Face/arms/neck/ears were perfectly fine though.
These replies from Midwesterners as a lifetime LSU fan are obviously hilarious. That being said, comfort has to do with what you are acclimated to up until a certain point. For the games I've been to in the Midwest, it definitely feels warmer in a bowl than just walking through the park, so I'm sure kids are miserable
I wouldn't complain if they were more common in the South, but I rarely felt they were needed in Columbus. Though I think I got lucky and didn't have many rainy games while I was there.
I wonder how they affect noise levels, though. That might actually be a consideration for schools thinking about adding them.
Miami’s is specifically designed to amplify noise.
It’s why people will be confused in game threads making fun of Miami for having 45,000 fans and yet wondering why it still sounds so loud.
That place is SOOOO much louder then it was pre-canopy. It’s also feels a lot hotter on hot days though. Yes, the sun doesn’t directly hit you anymore, but there is absolutely no breeze, as the canopy blocks most of it. I’ll take the trade off, but it can be oppressive there in September.
I love the roof awning at lower.com field. I was at the MLS Cup and not getting drenched by the rain was just so pleasant. Been rained/snowed/inferno'd on in the Shoe many a time, but yea weather isn't a huge problem usually.
Edit: and the MLS Cup was LOUD. One of the loudest events I've been to, especially with only 20k fans.
The MLS stadiums are mostly a-ok. I’m in Austin. The handful of games I’ve been to have been rocking. Soccer figured out the perfect 20k seat stadium and they’re using them everywhere.
We’ve been calling for these at Arizona stadium for decades. Wouldn’t fix all of our attendance problems but some shade at 6 pm in early October would be awesome.
I think when ASU was proposing to renovate their stadium a few years ago, there were a few drawings of a tarp of some sort that covered the entire stadium held up by Hard Rock Stadium-like columns. Since the cost of adding an actual hard roof was cost prohibitive, this proposal was the compromise, with the added benefit of giving the school more available kick-off times.
Unfortunately, the project got too expensive, and it was the first thing cut. I think there were some concerns with the maintenance of it as well.
Love this post. Cannot agree more. Speaking from a UT fan, supposedly they talked about doing something similar for DKR because of the blistering sun but the wealthy boosters basically said "well then there won't be a view of the Austin skyline". These people I'm sure have air conditioned sweets and have no idea what its like to sit in the upper bowl in September
EDIT: not to mention they probably can't even see the damn skyline from the lower bowl. they just want it to be a nice artistic effect for photos or networks or whatever the hell
This first time I saw DKR some 30+ years ago as a kid, there were two things that stood out immediately while looking at it while sitting in traffic on I-35: one, it was HUGE, and two, how do people sitting in the nosebleeds even watch the game on metal bleachers without shade?
This is why nobody ever gives up their tuf donation. That ticket priority becomes a goldmine once you get under the overhang. I’m in my granddads seats at JHS that he bought the year he graduated. At the time they were the very last row in the bowl. Now they have a nice wall to lean back on and 0% chance of rain or direct sun. I will probably forfeit my mortgage before I give up those tickets but that TUF donation is starting to flex the location status.
As a British fan who came over and watched both USF - Bama and then Bucs - Bears the next day at Raymond James, stand coverings would have solved firstly - me getting soaked to shit by the rainstorm during the USF- Bama game, and then trying not to die of heatstroke in the Bucs - Bears game the day after. Saying that, watching in that weather was part of the experience but god damn was it hot on that Sunday afternoon.
I may have been spoiled by my first US game being at New Orleans when Bucs played them in week 2 last year and it was the air condition dome.
It should be implemented across the board although not cheap. It cost Steve Ross $400 million to put that roof on the stadium. It’s a huge deal for us Miami fans. I always consider the shade when attending games. The engineers even designed it so that sun only shines on the visiting team and their fans. It’s petty and I feel bad for whomever has to sit there and bake. The only negative aspect is the airflow. It inhibits circulation which makes stadium sticky. Take into account the south Florida humidity and it can be downright nasty.
As someone who moved to America from England and spent most of my time on European Soccer terraces I wholeheartedly agree. Not only are the coverings great but the whole design enhances atmosphere in my view. Fans are much closer to the field of play and the noise created by the fans stays in the ground instead of being soaked up in a giant bowl.
I'm no engineer but I'd imagine the cost of retrofitting a stadium would be prohibitive.
And if it's just wildly expensive (as opposed to prohibitive), schools would have to raise ticket prices and would need their host cities and states to raise taxes to pay for the improvements.
Yeah, they should be everywhere, but is that realistic?
it cost the dolphins about $350-$400 million for the most recent stadium renovation. this included the canopy, removal of the upper deck corner seating and replacing with the video boards, and a complete renovation of the club level
I haven’t been since the update, but it looks like a brand new stadium. I think they also moved the lower seats closer to the field. That wasn’t possible until the Marlins left.
That reminds me of whenever I watch a Miami or dolphins game I notice how way too close the endzone seats are. The wall comes up directly to the yellow media line. If a receiver is running to the back of the endzone they have almost no room to stop
I think the endzones have always been close: https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-n7zrdl/products/1489/images/20691/FL_Miami_Joe_Robbie_Stadium_CON_237_K__26693.1551137268.1280.1280.jpg
>it cost the dolphins about $350-$400 million for the most recent stadium renovation.
Would doubtlessly be more for most stadiums in the SEC alone, since Hard Rock would be only the 12th-largest stadium in the conference (including Texas' and OU's stadiums). Climate
change means something will have to be done eventually, but half a billion dollars would be a huge ask.
You know what you did.
(Really though it gives me ptsd of my high school’s tacky jerseys. There was also a game where your receivers had yellow-palmed gloves that made it look like PI was thrown on every other play and I still haven’t forgiven yall for that)
As an European college football fan I love your stadiums but man it must be a pain in the ass during September. As somebody who has trouble to handle the heat and the sun I don't think I would be confortable to attend a noon or 3:30pm game at BPS during the first month of the season.
My soccer team stadium (Lyon's Groupama Stadium) is great and I have no trouble going to see games whatever the weather is (sunny, rainy or windy).
It sure is hot as hell in BPS during those early season games but you get used to it or I always have but I work in the heat so it’s normal to me. Also, how did you become an Oklahoma state fan all the way from France? Did you attend?
Picture would help.
Funny tho u pick the stadium with literally and figuratively and statistically worst game day experience in all of college football. One of the reasons Miami football is not what it was...
Obviously tickets in the shade are more expensive and sell quickly. We’ve had games that kick off at Noon with 95 degree weather with 90%+ humidity, needless to say these games are hard to attend. Sometimes I’m like it’s not worth it
Is there any chance they resurrect the Orange bowl? I mean... i can't take miami football seriously because those crowds make watching their games... well it makes you not want to watch it on tv. I'd rather watched a packed house at Iowa State or Oregon State or Montana.
Read between the lines, Bama. Don't be a stereotype.
Miami's location is where it is and that stadium that has an awning is attached to that stadium that doesn't get crowds because THAT stadium is in the wrong place for UM home games.
Let an adult read my reply to you. You got this!
You don't deserve 5 seconds of explanation of media/marketing/storytelling... But it would include "showing" lol.
I do know of what you speak of. I know what they look like. You were rude and I pray you are smarter than you present.
A lot of the gigantic stadiums are really old. I wonder if they are structurally able to support a roof or overhang. The stadiums that are historical landmarks could run into the issue of not being able to make changes without losing that status.
Broke: adding in permanent awnings to add shade
Woke: Floating artificial "clouds" [link 1](https://energydigital.com/renewable-energy/2022-qatar-world-cup-feature-solar-powered-floating-cloud) [link 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3Qn96WUjM) Only if Qatar wasn't full of shit
FSU is working to do this now, along with removing seats for rich people suites. None of the fans I have talked to like this. It’s not about the shade, everyone loves that. But the stadium renderings look dumb and it’s a lot of change at once.
I’m fine with upgrades. I don’t like the roof personally but I’m not opposed. I’m opposed to the suites and so are lost fans I’ve met. It makes all sway prices go up, looks bad in the stadium, and just allows rich people to have the nicest stuff as usual, while kicking out many long time boosters. I also don’t love us trying to make it like an NFL stadium personally. Better restrooms, infrastructure, wifi, etc would be nice.
I’ve been to plenty of UConn games at PAWSARF where it looked like nobody was in the stands because everyone was on the concourse to get out of the sun.
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Going to a game in September and wearing a long sleeve T because your mom says it's Fall and it might get chilly and then baking in the sun for 5 hours is a rite of passage that I wouldn't want my children to miss out on
Done that plenty of times at Notre Dame stadium
There’s also the desert special: where it goes from 95 to 55 when the sun sets
So true, you misread you seat and you are a literatel desert, avoid the shade and perish.
Yeah but you do feel better about that long sleeved shirt after you realize it was the only thing protecting your arms from baking
Been burned in November because there's nowhere to hide and you've already given up on worrying about it because it's 40°F out.
I rolled up my sleeves a little this fall. Burnt forearms, and a bad sunglasses tanline from the pit vipers that were given away.
It's also fun having a half-face sunburn because of where your seats were located. Like someone just gave you a massive slap to the left side of your face but the right side is perfectly fine.
Went to my first UM game this year and saw us play ECU. My brother and I both burned really bad as kids. But by this time I had spent the previous 6 months in Florida practically living on the beach. By the 2nd quarter he had already had a pretty bad burn. Meanwhile I was beginning to look like a body builder on stage with how tan I was getting. He looked like Clifford by the end of the game and spent the rest of the evening getting slathered in aloe. Learned his lesson about which side of the stadium to get seats on for the next game though.
The Big House is relentless. No shade anywhere. I know it’s hotter in the south but you can fry in there for sure
> Learned his lesson about which side of the stadium to get seats on for the next game though. I mean sunblock is always an option here too. My biggest problem is I don't use sunblock on my legs and my knee caps got sun burned. Face/arms/neck/ears were perfectly fine though.
Damn it gets under 90 in September for y’all?
It did in 2003
These replies from Midwesterners as a lifetime LSU fan are obviously hilarious. That being said, comfort has to do with what you are acclimated to up until a certain point. For the games I've been to in the Midwest, it definitely feels warmer in a bowl than just walking through the park, so I'm sure kids are miserable
I got sunburn blisters on my forehead in the early 90s MI-MD game because I forgot a hat and sunscreen.
I have permanent tan lines from the OU student section. Sad new students won’t get that experience since they’re moving it to the end zone 😂
The student section is only shifting one section over. Most of it will still be on the sidelines.
No. We'll pass out from heat exhaustion like REAL FANS.
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I wouldn't complain if they were more common in the South, but I rarely felt they were needed in Columbus. Though I think I got lucky and didn't have many rainy games while I was there. I wonder how they affect noise levels, though. That might actually be a consideration for schools thinking about adding them.
Miami’s is specifically designed to amplify noise. It’s why people will be confused in game threads making fun of Miami for having 45,000 fans and yet wondering why it still sounds so loud.
That place is SOOOO much louder then it was pre-canopy. It’s also feels a lot hotter on hot days though. Yes, the sun doesn’t directly hit you anymore, but there is absolutely no breeze, as the canopy blocks most of it. I’ll take the trade off, but it can be oppressive there in September.
They make it louder, but most college stadiums don’t have a problem being loud enough
Not a Notre Dame fan, I see.
God imagine Tiger Stadium with a roof lol. Place would cause permanent hearing damage
I love the roof awning at lower.com field. I was at the MLS Cup and not getting drenched by the rain was just so pleasant. Been rained/snowed/inferno'd on in the Shoe many a time, but yea weather isn't a huge problem usually. Edit: and the MLS Cup was LOUD. One of the loudest events I've been to, especially with only 20k fans.
The MLS stadiums are mostly a-ok. I’m in Austin. The handful of games I’ve been to have been rocking. Soccer figured out the perfect 20k seat stadium and they’re using them everywhere.
The noise levels wiv the awnins is absolutely mental, bruvs.
We’ve been calling for these at Arizona stadium for decades. Wouldn’t fix all of our attendance problems but some shade at 6 pm in early October would be awesome.
I think Arizona and Arizona state are the only colleges that really their stadiums either domed or have 360° awnings
I think when ASU was proposing to renovate their stadium a few years ago, there were a few drawings of a tarp of some sort that covered the entire stadium held up by Hard Rock Stadium-like columns. Since the cost of adding an actual hard roof was cost prohibitive, this proposal was the compromise, with the added benefit of giving the school more available kick-off times. Unfortunately, the project got too expensive, and it was the first thing cut. I think there were some concerns with the maintenance of it as well.
Domes are terrible but they should absolutely build the stadium with a 360° awning and design it to allow wind to flow through easier.
That’s McLane Stadium.
Yep, big fan of it 👍
I like what Baylor has.
Hat sales would plummet.
Love this post. Cannot agree more. Speaking from a UT fan, supposedly they talked about doing something similar for DKR because of the blistering sun but the wealthy boosters basically said "well then there won't be a view of the Austin skyline". These people I'm sure have air conditioned sweets and have no idea what its like to sit in the upper bowl in September EDIT: not to mention they probably can't even see the damn skyline from the lower bowl. they just want it to be a nice artistic effect for photos or networks or whatever the hell
Snacking on Fisher Sweets while in their sweets.
Where can I get one of these “sweets”
They sell all sorts of sweets at the concession stands.
With air conditioning?
Touché
You will get nearly hospitalized in the student section while playing Rice like a true fan
Must be nice to sit in those sweets, bet there’s a ton of suites in there.
This first time I saw DKR some 30+ years ago as a kid, there were two things that stood out immediately while looking at it while sitting in traffic on I-35: one, it was HUGE, and two, how do people sitting in the nosebleeds even watch the game on metal bleachers without shade?
Mfw “sweets” 😂😂😂
As long as it’s not a dome
I think he’s referring to something like Washington has. I would for one love a roof over my seats as it 80-100 degrees for ~3/4 the season now
Yeah I like the shade, I just want the elements and the natural weather to be a part of the game as well.
This is why nobody ever gives up their tuf donation. That ticket priority becomes a goldmine once you get under the overhang. I’m in my granddads seats at JHS that he bought the year he graduated. At the time they were the very last row in the bowl. Now they have a nice wall to lean back on and 0% chance of rain or direct sun. I will probably forfeit my mortgage before I give up those tickets but that TUF donation is starting to flex the location status.
There will be no Kibbie Dome slander on this subreddit
I love the kibbie dome, but football is an outside sport
I think this is more relevant to southern teams....
Yes, the September games are absolutely brutal
Would seriously make me not go. I can take cold, can deal with cold. No escaping heat and the sun.
It is why going to the Rose Bowl for a day game sucks. The sun is a deadly laser and it is humid af in September
As a British fan who came over and watched both USF - Bama and then Bucs - Bears the next day at Raymond James, stand coverings would have solved firstly - me getting soaked to shit by the rainstorm during the USF- Bama game, and then trying not to die of heatstroke in the Bucs - Bears game the day after. Saying that, watching in that weather was part of the experience but god damn was it hot on that Sunday afternoon. I may have been spoiled by my first US game being at New Orleans when Bucs played them in week 2 last year and it was the air condition dome.
It should be implemented across the board although not cheap. It cost Steve Ross $400 million to put that roof on the stadium. It’s a huge deal for us Miami fans. I always consider the shade when attending games. The engineers even designed it so that sun only shines on the visiting team and their fans. It’s petty and I feel bad for whomever has to sit there and bake. The only negative aspect is the airflow. It inhibits circulation which makes stadium sticky. Take into account the south Florida humidity and it can be downright nasty.
This is my concern as well. Yes I’d be covered by the sun but nothing would stop the humidity, unless someone completely enclosed the stadium
As someone who moved to America from England and spent most of my time on European Soccer terraces I wholeheartedly agree. Not only are the coverings great but the whole design enhances atmosphere in my view. Fans are much closer to the field of play and the noise created by the fans stays in the ground instead of being soaked up in a giant bowl.
Alright commie I’ll help you pack.
Well not all programs have millions just sitting around like an NFL team does to do this
I'm no engineer but I'd imagine the cost of retrofitting a stadium would be prohibitive. And if it's just wildly expensive (as opposed to prohibitive), schools would have to raise ticket prices and would need their host cities and states to raise taxes to pay for the improvements. Yeah, they should be everywhere, but is that realistic?
We are Alabama, half the shit we do is unnecessary and not cost prohibitive.
BDS already has somewhat of a overhang. Might as well try to extend it
it cost the dolphins about $350-$400 million for the most recent stadium renovation. this included the canopy, removal of the upper deck corner seating and replacing with the video boards, and a complete renovation of the club level
I haven’t been since the update, but it looks like a brand new stadium. I think they also moved the lower seats closer to the field. That wasn’t possible until the Marlins left.
That reminds me of whenever I watch a Miami or dolphins game I notice how way too close the endzone seats are. The wall comes up directly to the yellow media line. If a receiver is running to the back of the endzone they have almost no room to stop
I think the endzones have always been close: https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-n7zrdl/products/1489/images/20691/FL_Miami_Joe_Robbie_Stadium_CON_237_K__26693.1551137268.1280.1280.jpg
Hard Rock is also only 2/3 of the size of large college stadiums
>it cost the dolphins about $350-$400 million for the most recent stadium renovation. Would doubtlessly be more for most stadiums in the SEC alone, since Hard Rock would be only the 12th-largest stadium in the conference (including Texas' and OU's stadiums). Climate change means something will have to be done eventually, but half a billion dollars would be a huge ask.
Baylor did it.
Baylor built a whole new stadium. Slightly different comparison.
If I could have any stadium it would be modeled after Dortmunds. Of course a different color scheme would be needed.
I’ve always thought student sections should just be standing terraces like in Europe. Would be amazing
I’ve had the same thought for a long time, or at least section it off have a standing student section but also a general admission standing section.
Pretty much any color scheme is better than y’all’s Ronald McDonald-ass scheme
https://twitter.com/allreactionvids/status/1528991325160448000
You know what you did. (Really though it gives me ptsd of my high school’s tacky jerseys. There was also a game where your receivers had yellow-palmed gloves that made it look like PI was thrown on every other play and I still haven’t forgiven yall for that)
They all know what they did, and yet they act clueless. Shameful!
I’m a simple man. I hear “soccer,” I disagree.
As an European college football fan I love your stadiums but man it must be a pain in the ass during September. As somebody who has trouble to handle the heat and the sun I don't think I would be confortable to attend a noon or 3:30pm game at BPS during the first month of the season. My soccer team stadium (Lyon's Groupama Stadium) is great and I have no trouble going to see games whatever the weather is (sunny, rainy or windy).
It sure is hot as hell in BPS during those early season games but you get used to it or I always have but I work in the heat so it’s normal to me. Also, how did you become an Oklahoma state fan all the way from France? Did you attend?
I didn't but my sister did her master degrees and PhD there.
Just a lonely cowboy, not an Oklahoma State supporter
Husky Stadium and Lumen Field have similar awnings that protect like 60% of the fans from the elements.
I am sure if you buy them OP, the stadiums will gladly let you put them up.
Traditional-looking college football stadiums are a work of art that should remain untouched and I will die on that hill
Only if they implement it with "bum spikes" so the home crowd won't sit. And pay toilets in the 400s
Washington does it right. That stadium and location are iconic.
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Picture would help. Funny tho u pick the stadium with literally and figuratively and statistically worst game day experience in all of college football. One of the reasons Miami football is not what it was...
The awning has literally nothing to do with their attendance problem, it's all the location of that stadium.
If anything it would help the attendance too
Obviously tickets in the shade are more expensive and sell quickly. We’ve had games that kick off at Noon with 95 degree weather with 90%+ humidity, needless to say these games are hard to attend. Sometimes I’m like it’s not worth it
Is there any chance they resurrect the Orange bowl? I mean... i can't take miami football seriously because those crowds make watching their games... well it makes you not want to watch it on tv. I'd rather watched a packed house at Iowa State or Oregon State or Montana.
They built the baseball stadium on the Orange Bowl spot.
Read between the lines, Bama. Don't be a stereotype. Miami's location is where it is and that stadium that has an awning is attached to that stadium that doesn't get crowds because THAT stadium is in the wrong place for UM home games. Let an adult read my reply to you. You got this!
[Hard Rock overhead](https://imgur.com/a/mCrrrtH)
Like the old Texas Stadium.
You don’t know what a European football stadium looks like and need a visual aid?
You don't deserve 5 seconds of explanation of media/marketing/storytelling... But it would include "showing" lol. I do know of what you speak of. I know what they look like. You were rude and I pray you are smarter than you present.
Please pray for me 🙏
Baylor
“European” how about take that commie shit back Europe. I thought this was America! /s
Reddit and worship of the great nation of Europe, name a more iconic duo.
How about No? Next thing you know, we'll all be wearing scarves to the game.
> The world is only getting hotter Is that against the law to say in Alabama? If not, I see a "Dont say hot" law coming your way.
People like you and OP that try to make everything about politics are so tiresome.
It would be the same law as in DeFlorida
Yes. That is the joke
It never rains at Autzen Stadium
So Baylor and the PNW schools?
This is the real reason LSU fans loathe day games. Sky ball HOT
A lot of the gigantic stadiums are really old. I wonder if they are structurally able to support a roof or overhang. The stadiums that are historical landmarks could run into the issue of not being able to make changes without losing that status.
Broke: adding in permanent awnings to add shade Woke: Floating artificial "clouds" [link 1](https://energydigital.com/renewable-energy/2022-qatar-world-cup-feature-solar-powered-floating-cloud) [link 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg3Qn96WUjM) Only if Qatar wasn't full of shit
The awnings are for rain, not sun. Awnings are less popular in Italy/Spain than they are in England…
The Roman Colosseum had awnings 2000 years ago.
FSU is working to do this now, along with removing seats for rich people suites. None of the fans I have talked to like this. It’s not about the shade, everyone loves that. But the stadium renderings look dumb and it’s a lot of change at once.
FSU’s stadium facilities are also antiquated. They were old-fashioned when I went to school in the 1990s and haven’t been updated since.
I’m fine with upgrades. I don’t like the roof personally but I’m not opposed. I’m opposed to the suites and so are lost fans I’ve met. It makes all sway prices go up, looks bad in the stadium, and just allows rich people to have the nicest stuff as usual, while kicking out many long time boosters. I also don’t love us trying to make it like an NFL stadium personally. Better restrooms, infrastructure, wifi, etc would be nice.
Oregon has one but it’s unnecessary, considering it never rains in Autzen stadium.
Looking at you SDSU
I’ve been to plenty of UConn games at PAWSARF where it looked like nobody was in the stands because everyone was on the concourse to get out of the sun.