Re: Michigan Tech 2014-2015
So here is my little and uninformed critique of the long range plan for the Mac. It was partially released by shirtless a couple of years ago. According to what he said, there are no plans for additional permanent seats. instead an area for Temporary seats would be put up, and only for bigger games. Most of the time the seating capacity would stay the same.
I'm against that. I think if the attendance is really going to be in the neighborhood of 3000+, you need at least 500 additional permanent seats, plus an area for some folding chairs on top of that. I'd also like to see the bathrooms expanded, which I think the plan does, as well as significantly enhanced food service, and a mirror image of the suites on the west end, placed on the east wall as well.
I believe in many cases, even with 500 additional seats, those will be filled and another 1000 standees admitted.
I can see this happening, several times per year.
1. when a big time program comes to houghton, one weekend per year.
2. during carnival.
3. during visits by teams close to us in the standings,
4. NMU games
5. any home playoff contests.
so overall that could be up to 10 games where we see significantly more than 3000.
I don't think 500 additional seats is that big a deal, except that it will require a re write of the plan.
Comments?