With fundraising and stadium renovations coming back up, I'm wondering what people's opinions and preferences are?
In 2017, Zenger announced the $350 million "Raise the Chant" campaign. Zenger used HNTB as the architecture firm but was fired shortly after this. When Jeff Long was hired as AD, he never discussed the renovations and wanted to use the $50 million David Booth donated for hiring better coaches and building a better program. Long always worked with Populous architecture for his renovations which is why those renderings were never brought back up again. Jeff Long wasn't at KU long enough to announce if he planned to renovate the stadium.
From everything I've heard, it sounds like KU prefers to renovate what they currently have rather than building a new stadium offsite or tearing down Booth Memorial and building a new stadium.
I've heard a lot of negativity about the HNTB renderings. I personally happened to like the renderings. The only question I had was what the capacity would be once the renovations were completed.
Does anyone know if Travis Goff has worked with a particular architecture firm? Do you prefer a newly updated stadium, or like an older style?
My preference's:
- Use Populous Architecture. They've built incredible stadiums.
- Build a new/modern-style stadium. (I like Colorado State, Minnesota, & TCU's stadiums)
- Bring in the seats. (When the track was torn out, the seats are still really far away from the field)
- Tear the bowl down and build seats in the north end zone closer to the field.
- Close the open, south end of the stadium up. (Preferably not high so the view of campus/campanile hill is still visible. Similar to Minnesota's view of downtown Minneapolis.)
2017 HNTB Renderings:
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/sep/22/memorial-stadium-renovation-plans-unveiled-campaig/
In 2017, Zenger announced the $350 million "Raise the Chant" campaign. Zenger used HNTB as the architecture firm but was fired shortly after this. When Jeff Long was hired as AD, he never discussed the renovations and wanted to use the $50 million David Booth donated for hiring better coaches and building a better program. Long always worked with Populous architecture for his renovations which is why those renderings were never brought back up again. Jeff Long wasn't at KU long enough to announce if he planned to renovate the stadium.
From everything I've heard, it sounds like KU prefers to renovate what they currently have rather than building a new stadium offsite or tearing down Booth Memorial and building a new stadium.
I've heard a lot of negativity about the HNTB renderings. I personally happened to like the renderings. The only question I had was what the capacity would be once the renovations were completed.
Does anyone know if Travis Goff has worked with a particular architecture firm? Do you prefer a newly updated stadium, or like an older style?
My preference's:
- Use Populous Architecture. They've built incredible stadiums.
- Build a new/modern-style stadium. (I like Colorado State, Minnesota, & TCU's stadiums)
- Bring in the seats. (When the track was torn out, the seats are still really far away from the field)
- Tear the bowl down and build seats in the north end zone closer to the field.
- Close the open, south end of the stadium up. (Preferably not high so the view of campus/campanile hill is still visible. Similar to Minnesota's view of downtown Minneapolis.)
2017 HNTB Renderings:
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/sep/22/memorial-stadium-renovation-plans-unveiled-campaig/
