Ponying Up: SMU embarks on $100 million football stadium upgrade

[Frogs1983]

I'm sure Baylor will put them on the schedule.

TCU schedule just as bad lately. Tarleton State?

 

[82 Frog Fever]

Main upgrade isn’t to the stadium, but to the football ops center. We’re building a new one; the current one is about 20 years old and shared with other sports. But yes, I agree, you’re not going to see zillion dollar locker rooms with XBoxes in each locker going forward; donors will divert that money directly to the players’ pockets for better ROI

Other than optics, I don’t see what this does for SMU. The stadium is still really small and avg. attendance is only 20k.
I honestly believe a $100m NIL fund + upgraded player’s facilities, locker rooms, TVs, gaming, & lounge/food/study areas would have been better.
SMU’s main issue is lack of interest and fan attendance. Their schedule becomes even weaker in 2 years, which adds to the problem. SMU must at least add 2 mid P5 teams to their future schedules & consistently beat many of them before they’ll become relevant to any P5 conference. Also, having TCU on your schedule year after year (especially the last 4 years) hasn’t helped either school.

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

I would have left the grass in place and built the new club/suite seats above the east stands.

Ford stadium is a good-looking clean traditional single rake seating bowl and the endzone addition will make it look complete, while leaving the east side available for a future second deck with many more seats maybe capped with sun protection

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

The Park Cities are great, but even the HPISD school board is being taken over by woke, virtue-signaling leftists. Ergo, ECM evacuated.

I appreciate most of your posts here, but if you left beautiful urban Park Cities for sterile “cow pasture” of suburban expansion because of your political perception, I question your judgement. Cost would be a better reason.

 

[hiphopfroggy]

Ford stadium is a good-looking clean traditional single rake seating bowl and the endzone addition will make it look complete, while leaving the east side available for a future second deck with many more seats maybe capped with sun protection

Agreed, filling in their bowl is going to look very nice. I think I'll make a TCU game there when it is done. Kudo's to SMU for making this happen, I hope it pays off for them.

 

[westoverhillbilly]

Someone mentioned Rice's vast overbuilding their stadium as did TCU in 1957 when they added the upper deck and then only had three sellouts over the next 52 years (A&M '57, Texas '84, A&M '95) until an overcapacity crowd against Utah in 2009. Point is, SMU needs fewer seats and never will need more, and is making a very poor decision. The only beneficiaries will be the building contractors, crews and their suppliers.

 

[ECM]

I appreciate most of your posts here, but if you left beautiful urban Park Cities for sterile “cow pasture” of suburban expansion because of your political perception, I question your judgement. Cost would be a better reason.

I decided I didn’t want to be a few minutes away from a massive urban center for the next 20 years if people are talking about defunding the police and decriminalizing theft. The new Dallas DA is a complete loon.

 

[TopFrog]

TCU schedule just as bad lately. Tarleton State?

A lot of P5 team has these games. Yes we have Tarleton and a Big 12 schedule.

 

[Frogs1983]

A lot of P5 team has these games. Yes we have Tarleton and a Big 12 schedule.

Understand. All I was saying was Frog fans shouldn't be bagging on BU when our non conference is similar, that's all

 

[PurplFrawg]

Understand. All I was saying was Frog fans shouldn't be bagging on BU when our non conference is similar, that's all

It is the avowed duty of every Frog fan to bag on BU at every opportunity. Next thing you'll be saying is that is OK to have a simulated brick wall which is actually a tarp.

 

[Frogs1983]

It is the avowed duty of every Frog fan to bag on BU at every opportunity. Next thing you'll be saying is that is OK to have a simulated brick wall which is actually a tarp.

That's pushing it, lol.

 

[HToady]

Having a nice view of the downtown skyline was always my favorite part of their stadium

 

[TopFrog]

Who went to games at SMU when they played in that rickety less-than-high school-quality stadium on campus?

 

[jack the frog]

jebus people, the parking answer is pretty damn simple

park in steel's front yard just like down by the cotton bowl

20 bucks to park on his front yard or he breaks your antenna.

 

[One Frog Nation]

Why don't you get a Black Berry...

My blackberry suddenly quit working last week. Oh well, maybe I can find one on Ebay.

 

[Big Frog II]

I decided I didn’t want to be a few minutes away from a massive urban center for the next 20 years if people are talking about defunding the police and decriminalizing theft. The new Dallas DA is a complete loon.

Dallas has lots of problems currently. I don't blame you.

 

[Froglaw]

I'm sure their 6 fans will enjoy this.

All six still won’t have parking.

 

[PurplFrawg]

All six still won’t have parking.

and five of them won't need any. ever.

 

[Spike]

No no no. this is Highland Park. That is actual Dallas. Please don’t confuse the two.

So the shooter raised his pinky as he fired?

 

[cheese83]

The main SMU pay site moved to On3. Get woke.

Hahaha, you guys aren't even listed on the team channels and are one of 13 fan sites listed on a different tab.