1. Hi Guest, Registrations are now open. See you on the inside.
    Dismiss Notice

New Stadium/renovations

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by Animus, May 5, 2023.

  1. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    Seems like a drastic way to change the name

    Might be cheaper to buy out the naming rights contract eh
     
  2. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    Arlington Park

    There is enough room for a stadium and parking plus it’s on a highway and very close to I90
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  3. groutbrook

    groutbrook

    7,966
    1,721
    Oct 23, 2016
    Your sarcasm detector might need calibrating.
     
  4. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    well ditto ;)
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Hilarious Hilarious x 1
  5. groutbrook

    groutbrook

    7,966
    1,721
    Oct 23, 2016
    :drinks:
     
    • Hilarious Hilarious x 1
  6. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    :drinks:

    You just inspired me to go look inside my beer fridge
     
  7. groutbrook

    groutbrook

    7,966
    1,721
    Oct 23, 2016
    Pick a good one.
    I'm still enjoying my sobriety. I started Jan 2, I forgot on the first.
     
    • Hilarious Hilarious x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
  8. Lizard72

    Lizard72

    20,973
    1,752
    Oct 23, 2011
    If they wanted to keep the Stadium downtown where it currently is, what could they do to facilitate that construction? IIRC Three Rivers was still standing while they built the new one and that's where the parking lots are now. Would they just shift a new one back over and then demolish the current stadium? Is there even any room there?
     
  9. Pappy928

    Pappy928 Well-Known Member

    1,027
    186
    Sep 5, 2019
    It's Capitalism! YES! To be taxed to death for a stadium I have zero interest in! wooohoo! Luv it
     
    • Hilarious Hilarious x 1
  10. mac daddyo

    mac daddyo Well-Known Member

    28,734
    5,730
    Oct 22, 2011
    renovations coming. a new roll of TP in the bathrooms. 3.8 million cost. :smiley1::cool:
     
    • Hilarious Hilarious x 2
  11. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    No room
     
  12. saturdaysarebetter

    saturdaysarebetter Well-Known Member

    277
    68
    Jul 24, 2018
    The RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, which opened in 1984, lasted less than 24 years for the Indianapolis Colts. The Georgia Dome lasted from 1992-2017. The Pontiac Silverdome 1975-2002. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1982-2013.

    Acrisure Stadium keeps moving up on the oldest NFL stadiums being used. Soon Buffalo will have a new stadium. Have to keep up with the Joneses, the Jerry Jones' of the world.

    I knocked off Lambeau Field off my bucket list this past year and loved it. I would definitely go again.
     
  13. StillCurtain

    StillCurtain Well-Known Member

    407
    121
    Dec 24, 2018

    Heck of a deal isn't it?! Taxpayers help pay for it then get priced out of attending. Makes perfect sense right?!
     
    • Agree Agree x 1
  14. bleednblackngold

    bleednblackngold Well-Known Member

    3,617
    785
    Oct 25, 2015
    Sorry, but that's the argument the owners use and it is has been debunked many times. In fact, if you take in account that the huge amount of money a stadium costs vs projects the money could be spent on otherwise they often have a net negative impact.
     
  15. Da Stellars

    Da Stellars Well-Known Member

    8,075
    1,048
    Oct 22, 2011
    Acrisure is still a really nice stadium, it isn't really showing its age. A lot of those stadiums in the 80s were garbage and needed to be demolished.

    The owners could say they want more seats in there, but can they really fill them ... honestly I have my doubts.

    Many people nowadays would rather watch the game on TV.
     
  16. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    Apparently you are new to the Steelers

    People have been on the waiting list since 1995

    And no they don’t want to watch it on TV
     
  17. Da Stellars

    Da Stellars Well-Known Member

    8,075
    1,048
    Oct 22, 2011
    I’ve been going to games for a long time, seats might have been bought, but it doesn’t always look packed when you go to games.

    They put that stadium in there 20 years ago, and they purposely didn’t make it as large as other teams around the league. They knew they could only fill it so much.

    They only recently closed in that one end, and it really wasn’t a lot of seats they added. It was a conservative decision.

    I don’t think we could go up to a 80K-90k stadium and they fill it on a consistent basis. Not unless they dropped the prices on tickets.

    I went on the wait list in 2002 … 2 years ago my option came up to buy, but Covid screwed my job and I couldn’t swing the money at the time. Sux, but nothing much I could do. I was honestly shocked my number got called, but I’m assuming Covid screwed a lot of people, and pushed me up to the head of the line.
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2024
  18. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Just chilling

    28,862
    10,669
    Oct 26, 2011
    That does suck
     
  19. SGSteeler

    SGSteeler Well-Known Member

    6,389
    1,545
    Sep 9, 2013
    Hey, at least its a stadium in our country. In the state you live in. Its a hell of a lot better than where our federal tax dollars go.
     
  20. Da Stellars

    Da Stellars Well-Known Member

    8,075
    1,048
    Oct 22, 2011
    The Rooney’s will spring for trough urinal expansion!! LOL!
     
    • Like Like x 1

Share This Page

Welcome to the ultimate resource for Steelers fans. Sign Up Here!