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Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
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tpstulane wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:12 pm Under the radar
https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2019/5/ ... ny-sanchez
Thanks for posting, tps. It's a typical fluff piece in the offseason when there's little to report on. But I think we have a fighters chance to make the AAC championship game if we can adapt to a new offense quickly and have a few breaks go our way.

But we have to go Jordan and "JUST DO IT". Put another way, "Show Me"!!!
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Hell... I have "watched' for years...I hoping like Holy Hell and Water, sumthin' finally happens...
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MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
If you start the lie early enough and hang in there it will become accepted and at this stage of the game nobody cares enough to question it.
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ajcalhoun wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 10:58 pm
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
If you start the lie early enough and hang in there it will become accepted and at this stage of the game nobody cares enough to question it.
Whenever you talk to people who are not from Tulane, especially schools outside the state, they really like Yulman. Most of the Yulman haters seem to gravitate to this site.
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anEngineer wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 6:57 am
ajcalhoun wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 10:58 pm
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
If you start the lie early enough and hang in there it will become accepted and at this stage of the game nobody cares enough to question it.
Whenever you talk to people who are not from Tulane, especially schools outside the state, they really like Yulman. Most of the Yulman haters seem to gravitate to this site.
not haters, realist...those who never knew what was on campus, or have never been to the dome can find Yulman "top notch'....those who have been to the Sugar Bowl/Tulane Stadium on campus or to the Dome, find it several notches lower than "top'.....just an FYI, there is only one 'Top Notch' and it is known by one line per Matthew McConaughey ..."Alright, alright, alright'
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Ask those people if they want it to be their schools stadium. I have done that with opposing fans and they just hesitate and then laugh and say no.
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MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
The acquisition of 9 abutting properties on Audobon Blvd would cost how much?
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wave97 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 9:00 am
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
The acquisition of 9 abutting properties on Audobon Blvd would cost how much?
Yulman is a fantastic stadium for watching a game--it's a football version of Fogelman/Devlin. But it looks ridiculous without a west side upper deck. We desperately need an upper deck, preferably one that wraps around from the north end zone, along the west side, and around the south end zone (with the help of architects and engineers). Ultimately I can see a third deck on the east side. But none of this happens if we don't consistently fill what we currently have.
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wave97 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 9:00 am
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
The acquisition of 9 abutting properties on Audobon Blvd would cost how much?
And until we can buy them, offer each of the nine an annual $50,000/yr "royalty payment for their sunshine and airspace"--chump change for increasing our capacity to 40,000 to 50,000--and giving visual balance to Yulman.
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HoustonWave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 10:47 am
wave97 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 9:00 am
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
The acquisition of 9 abutting properties on Audobon Blvd would cost how much?
And until we can buy them, offer each of the nine an annual $50,000/yr "royalty payment for their sunshine and airspace"--chump change for increasing our capacity to 40,000 to 50,000--and giving visual balance to Yulman.
how about a more realistic approach....knock on the door, hand them a check and tell them have 10 days to vacate .
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golfnut69 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 11:05 am
HoustonWave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 10:47 am
wave97 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 9:00 am
MicMan wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 4:25 pm Oopsie!

"Yulman Stadium will celebrate its fifth birthday one week after the Green Wave’s week one game (coincidentally against FIU) and is a top notch on-campus facility, that seats 30,000 fans and has the ability to expand to 40,000 in the coming years."
The acquisition of 9 abutting properties on Audobon Blvd would cost how much?
And until we can buy them, offer each of the nine an annual $50,000/yr "royalty payment for their sunshine and airspace"--chump change for increasing our capacity to 40,000 to 50,000--and giving visual balance to Yulman.
how about a more realistic approach....knock on the door, hand them a check and tell them have 10 days to vacate .
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180 days would be realistic unless a new home is constructed . But possibly a golden parachute for " X " years on top of the generous buy offers exceeding market value would seal the deal.

Once a current owner sells there will be an avalanche of sellers . Is there an owner that is an obvious target for whatever reason ?
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The 9 homes behind the stadium on Audubon Blvd. would (likely) have an average selling price in the $1m-$2.5M range. The issue with trying to buy them is that it's simply not worth selling those properties, as the properties in that section of Audubon Blvd, like the properties on Audubon Pl., that back up to Audubon Park, in the French Quarter, and on (most) of St. Charles, are virtually irreplaceable.
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Aberzombie1892 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 2:42 pm The 9 homes behind the stadium on Audubon Blvd. would (likely) have an average selling price in the $1m-$2.5M range. The issue with trying to buy them is that it's simply not worth selling those properties, as the properties in that section of Audubon Blvd, like the properties on Audubon Pl., that back up to Audubon Park, in the French Quarter, and on (most) of St. Charles, are virtually irreplaceable.
What you are saying is absolutely true , the location of the nine is superb. Thus the need for extraordinary action . And many people grow tired of old, large homes as the homes inevitably have problems due to age as the owners also do .

An above market offer and a golden parachute may be more appealing than constant maintenance issues and unused spaces collecting dust .

Tulane needs to find out . The process will require years. The sooner the process commences the better. ..
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nawlinspete wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 2:58 pm
Aberzombie1892 wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 2:42 pm The 9 homes behind the stadium on Audubon Blvd. would (likely) have an average selling price in the $1m-$2.5M range. The issue with trying to buy them is that it's simply not worth selling those properties, as the properties in that section of Audubon Blvd, like the properties on Audubon Pl., that back up to Audubon Park, in the French Quarter, and on (most) of St. Charles, are virtually irreplaceable.
What you are saying is absolutely true , the location of the nine is superb. Thus the need for extraordinary action . And many people grow tired of old, large homes as the homes inevitably have problems due to age as the owners also do .

An above market offer and a golden parachute may be more appealing than constant maintenance issues and unused spaces collecting dust .

Tulane needs to find out .
golden parachute?...I wuz talkin about my accounting firm of Smith, Wesson & Glock presenting the damn checks...the hell with parachutes !!
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It's a lot more than 9 homes. You'd have to buy that entire portion of Uptown as neighbors throughout the area fought it. You'd be doing all of that to add a whopping 3,000 seats on the west side. Expansion is not possible on the south end as the stadium is presses right up against Reilly. On the north end the space behind it is to be used for the much needed football ops. building. another deck on the east side gets you another 3,000. So you maybe get to 30,000. The space is just too small to have a legit D-1 stadium. As it currently is it is too small to turn a profit to sustain the program. any time we do get any type of crowd the concession lines and service are complete disaster as there just aren't enough spots for vendors to be able to handle it.
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winwave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 3:12 pm It's a lot more than 9 homes. You'd have to buy that entire portion of Uptown as neighbors throughout the area fought it. You'd be doing all of that to add a whopping 3,00 seats on the west side. Expansion is not possible on the south end as the stadium is presses right up against Reilly. On the north end the space behind it is to be used for the much needed football ops. building. another deck on the east side gets you another 3,000. So you maybe get to 30,000. The space is just too small to have a legit D-1 stadium. As it currently is it is too small to turn a profit to sustain the program. any time we do get any type of crowd the concession lines and service are complete disaster as there just aren't enough spots for vendors to be able to handle it.
SC and RD screwed this thing up form the beginning...the Glazer club should have been located on the west side, Tulane was grandfathered in on the building height , but they did not take advantege of that situation, they wanted the rich alums to drive right up in there Limos to be escorted inside..that is why it is located on the east side
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winwave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 3:12 pm It's a lot more than 9 homes. You'd have to buy that entire portion of Uptown as neighbors throughout the area fought it. You'd be doing all of that to add a whopping 3,00 seats on the west side. Expansion is not possible on the south end as the stadium is presses right up against Reilly. On the north end the space behind it is to be used for the much needed football ops. building. another deck on the east side gets you another 3,000. So you maybe get to 30,000. The space is just too small to have a legit D-1 stadium. As it currently is it is too small to turn a profit to sustain the program. any time we do get any type of crowd the concession lines and service are complete disaster as there just aren't enough spots for vendors to be able to handle it.
If Tulane would have to acquire the entirety of that portion of Audubon Blvd. (i.e. the portion on the Tulane side of Claiborne), Tulane fans may as well give that up because that's not going to happen. They're not all going to sell at reasonable prices even with hefty premiums.
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zombie- on top of that to be clear I also meant the areas on the other side of Claiborne. I know it's convenient for people to try and just say it was 9 people that blocked it but it was that whole area not just people on Audubon.
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winwave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 3:33 pm zombie- on top of that to be clear I also meant the areas on the other side of Claiborne. I know it's convenient for people to try and just say it was 9 people that blocked it but it was that whole area not just people on Audubon.
That's even worse, but at least the properties on the other side are cheaper and certainly have fewer multi-millionaire owners.
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Screw the NIMBYS. They bought their houses knowing where they were located, and one councilwoman took up the cause with the NIMBY's and forced CowDick into changing the plans, rather than fight with the neighbors. We should have used our weight politically and forced them into something a whole lot better than what we got.

I strongly question the 3000 seat number some are throwing around for a West side upper deck. The West side seats a lot closer to 10k than 3k, and if you go double deck it's going to pick up more than 3000 seats. If you do a smaller upper deck more for visual sake, that mirrors the upper level on the East side, you might only get 3000. But there's a whole lot more space between the front row and the last row on the West than there is on the East.

It's all a pipe dream until we start selling out the small stadium we have.
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The upper deck on the west side seats just over 3,000 as per the poster here that counted the seats and broke it down on this site.
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winwave wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 5:34 pm The upper deck on the west side seats just over 3,000 as per the poster here that counted the seats and broke it down on this site.
And the West side is considerably smaller than the East. As my post said, if we're only going to build a small upper deck to make it look better, then we pick up 3000 seats. If it overhangs 2/3 or 3/4 of the existing lower level it's a hell of a lot more than 3000.

I wouldn't bet my life on it, but I might be the poster you're referring to. I know I counted the seats when they were first being sold and I had the breakdown by section. My count was 22,700 for what it's worth.
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