Ellesdad said:
It really blows my mind how our stadium compares to others. Even teams that come from lesser conferences (ECU and southern miss for example since they're still playing) have better stadiums than us.
SEC stadiums are basically minor league parks.
Obviously we are doing some upgrades, how did we end up with such a small stadium that seemingly isn't expandable?
Don't think you're the only one that shares that frustration. We tried to sneak a baseball stadium and tennis facility into the existing campus framework with no vision or desire to go outside the existing box. Devils advocate says the schools you're referencing have unlimited space to build due to being in more rural areas, which is true to an extent, but I don't subscribe to that limitation for State. Sullivan Lot behind the third base line and especially Lee Field could be re-developed easily. Why we don't wish to do that, I don't know.
What I do know is we have a cheap ass grandstand with uncomfortably cramped seats built on a foundation not too different than Garner High's away stand (their home stand is actual concrete) and no apparent desire to improve the visitor experience or capacity. Unless Lee Field's usage has increased exponentially since I graduated in '14, why we can't expand capacity there at a relatively low cost is beyond me. Must be a lack of political/administrative will, because it surely wouldn't cost much.
