South End Zone Expansion/Stadium Renovation Thread

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https://iuhoosiers.exposure.co/ad-glass-media-day

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Hoosier Room for donors on gameday/athletes dining hall, old and new (there will be outdoor seats like the ones up by the Hall Of Champions and tables in front of this area and the adjacent suite):

Wider view of rooftop terrace...Will have restrooms and two concession areas (one regular stand and one grill type stand underneath the scoreboard):

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The temporary scoreboard/play clock has been added to the south end zone, along with a new play clock in the north end zone. They are also adding in more turf at the south end of the field until they can add the track surface once the project is done. In addition, you can see that Marching Hundred Hall is coming along nicely.

 

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Really nice additions to our University. Will the athletic dining be available to all or specifically football players?

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7 minutes ago, schoosier said:

Really nice additions to our University. Will the athletic dining be available to all or specifically football players?

The new dining area on the second level will simply replace the old Hoosier Room (which will be converted into additional space for the locker room/players lounge). It will be the training table for all 24 sports, and serve as a club for donors on game days. There will be a separate suite next to it and there will be tables and some seating outside in front of the area. The terrace on the roof will also have tables and chairs, along with restrooms and concessions, but that will be open to general ticket holders/families instead of just Varsity Club members.

Here is more info on what the new nutrition center will have: 

https://spark.adobe.com/page/ph5K71uFOqyS9/

As part of the Excellence Academy, the Tobias Nutrition Center will be home to one of the premier nutrition facilities and dining spaces in all of college athletics.  The nearly 10,000 square foot space will provide a place to fuel the nearly 650 students who participate in IU's 24 varsity sports.  The main dining area will have seating available for 300 people with various table sizes and includes large windows to allow for natural light and magnificent views into Memorial Stadium.  Large televisions will be also scattered throughout the area. 

Lunch and dinner will be served five days a week with a daily breakfast oasis for students.  Service will be in a food station concept with stations including Italian, grill, homestyle, subs and wraps, large salad, fruit and soup bar.  Menu items will be prepared fresh on site by dining staff at each of these stations.  The breakfast oasis will be a morning fueling station for students with a variety of options to start the day.  Two large beverage stations will be installed including a water bottle filling station as new electronic menu boards will display what is available each day. 

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Purdue's new locker room looks very nice.  Just for reference, I suspect what we get will be similar in terms of an open layout. Work on our new locker room/player lounge will begin next summer once the Hoosier Room is vacated and all that stuff is moved over to the south end zone. Will free up a lot of space for the team.

 

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https://twitter.com/chronichoosier/status/938840682734718976

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Via rpany and HoosierHuddle on twitter...

(as always, click for higher resolution)

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LED ribbon board will be placed above the field level windows in the SEZ, as in the NEZ. Play clock will be lowered, temp scoreboard removed...

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ADA renovations currently ongoing: concessions, restrooms, more seating platforms in both the east and west stands, press box, and suites...

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New seating options for 2018: rooftop patio available for everyone (two concession stands, restrooms, accessible by steps and elevator), new club area with outdoor seating (alcohol), new private suite (alcohol). The club area and suite will be on the concourse level. The club area will double as the new training table hall for the athletes, as previously mentioned in this thread...

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What a huge improvement. 

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Seating platforms

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The answer is likely buried in this thread but I'm too lazy to look. When is this estimated to be completed?  

[iuswingman 1,940]

think it is supposed be done by this coming football season. 

[Naturalhoosier 15,359]

Nice!!!!  We are tentative scheduled for the PU game. It'll be my family's first visit to Btown!

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1 hour ago, Naturalhoosier said:

Nice!!!!  We are tentative scheduled for the PU game. It'll be my family's first visit to Btown!

I'll be there