New SDSU Football Stadium Site Plan

[JackJD]

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Here's a picture of the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium taken from 27,000 feet by a B1 Bomber crewman for a buddy who is an SDSU Alum. It appears the picture was taken a few months ago.

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[RowdyRabbit]

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Glad they hit the picture button, not the bomb button!

[JackJD]

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Yes, the video was what I was trying to post. The video actually made me laugh and think of Children of the Corn, but I get it. This university is based on agricultural roots (no pun intended), so it makes sense to include that in some way for the new stadium. Our future is created from our past.

As for my link, I don't know what happened. I had even tested it to make sure it worked. Maybe they it deleted and re-posted it?

I may have my sarcasm detection system turned off. The visual reference (athletes emerging from corn) as well as the background music and voices (if you build it, they will come) are from the Kevin Costner film "Field of Dreams". Our Drake Bulldogs visitors will appreciate the subtle Iowa reference: the actual field used in Field of Dreams is just outside Dyersville, IA. I've been there. Saw Shoeless Joe Jackson disappear into the corn field.

[JimmieTuba]

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I haven't seen the video (work block) but that is an awesome reference. I do hope it was intentional with an Iowa team coming to town.

Side note: If you are ever in eastern Iowa, it is well worth going out of the way to go to the field. Just to wander the grounds is free. I did take a video of me emerging form the corn field behind the field. Well worth the time, especially if you like the movie.

[UWMandSDSU]

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I am counting 4673 open seats as of Sunday morning. After yesterday's nice showing at TCU hoping people will jump on and get those tickets purchased. We need that place rockin next Saturday.

As of Friday morning I am counting around 3843 tickets remain open according to the online ticket map.

[scbison]

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As of Friday morning I am counting around 3843 tickets remain open according to the online ticket map.

How is this possible?

[Nidaros]

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How is this possible?

Brookings is not Fargo, and SDSU is not NDSU, who have won 5 straight NC's.

[RabbitObsessed]

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How is this possible?

I haven't gotten tickets yet, and plan on buying them when I get to Brookings on Saturday. I assume there will be others like me.

[JACKGUYII]

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I haven't gotten tickets yet, and plan on buying them when I get to Brookings on Saturday. I assume there will be others like me.

I think this is a big difference between the two schools is the walk-up crowd that SDSU experiences. The season ticket crowd continues to grow, but this is a much larger capacity and people make short term decisions about whether to go or not and travel a greater distance.

[SDSUAlum08]

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SDSU has a good walk up crowd. Probably can also assume that all this media attention will bring a few more people up.

[thumper_76]

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How is this possible?

Forgetting all the years that NDSU didn't sell out rather quickly aren't you?

[jackmd]

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How is this possible?

Lots of other options for a Saturday night and a sparsely populated state. They will come.

[scbison]

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Forgetting all the years that NDSU didn't sell out rather quickly aren't you?

1st ever game in the Fargodome in 1993 had over 18,000 people for a D2 game.

Attendance did fall after that, but remained consistent, other than 2002.

9/4/1993	PITTSBURG STATE	W	35-16		18059		Fargo, ND
*	9/18/1993	NEBRASKA OMAHA	W	28-7		14944		Fargo, ND
*	9/25/1993	MORNINGSIDE	W	21-15		13696		Fargo, ND
*	10/2/1993	at Minn. St. Mankato	L	27-28		6000		Mankato, MN
*	10/9/1993	at South Dakota State	L	30-42		6225		Brookings, SD
*	10/16/1993	SOUTH DAKOTA	W	35-14		16678		Fargo, ND
*	10/23/1993	at St. Cloud State	W	32-24		4786		St. Cloud, MN
*	10/30/1993	at North Dakota	L	21-22		13034		Grand Forks, ND
*	11/6/1993	NORTHERN COLORADO	W	40-14		11565		Fargo, ND
*	11/13/1993	at Augustana (SD)	W	31-14		1523		Sioux Falls, SD

[goon]

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this is probably going to be the biggest just SDSU crowd ever either way. Most of our big attendence games are either NDSU or USD or hobo day. So hopefully we get more people in there but, got to remember where we are coming from for attendance.

[jackmd]

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This new stadium is in Brookings not Fargo. Attendance records should be shattered this year but if anyone is expecting a sell-out for every game they will be sorely disappointed. Season ticket sales will need to increase dramatically before that will ever happen.