Temple's goal: 35,000-seat, $100 million stadium

[LA_Mustang]

I believe the perception of a 35,000 seat stadium/program compared to a 45,000 seat stadium/program is significant.

[smusic 00]

Yes, but as others have pointed out, 1/3 of our seats are in undesirable spots. Build up the sidelines and reduce the endzones and corners (we could have put 5k in each end zone with the same capacity and not had the pretty horseshoe). I'll repeat that UH and Tulane did a good job of maximizing high priced seating and keeping a big time look.
while staying 'small time.' We will never need a 45k seat stadium on a regular basis and neither will UH or Temple.

[East Coast Mustang]

Yes, but as others have pointed out, 1/3 of our seats are in undesirable spots. Build up the sidelines and reduce the endzones and corners (we could have put 5k in each end zone with the same capacity and not had the pretty horseshoe). I'll repeat that UH and Tulane did a good job of maximizing high priced seating and keeping a big time look.

Tulane's stadium 100% does not have a big time look

[smusic 00]

Yes, but as others have pointed out, 1/3 of our seats are in undesirable spots. Build up the sidelines and reduce the endzones and corners (we could have put 5k in each end zone with the same capacity and not had the pretty horseshoe). I'll repeat that UH and Tulane did a good job of maximizing high priced seating and keeping a big time look.

Tulane's stadium 100% does not have a big time look

Ok, but they did maximize the high end seating that brings in the money. Ford does not, we locked them in an aquarium and put 12k in the end zone.

[East Coast Mustang]

If we start winning and drawing well, the obvious answer is bulldoze the upper level of seats in the north endzone and make that a party deck (Chad alluded to this...I believe the original plan was to connect it to the new IPF but who knows), and then add more seats or boxes on the east end

[LA_Mustang]

If we start winning and drawing well, the obvious answer is bulldoze the upper level of seats in the north endzone and make that a party deck (Chad alluded to this...I believe the original plan was to connect it to the new IPF but who knows), and then add more seats or boxes on the east end

As you mentioned, if we start winning and drawing well, we need to consider adding a second level. Ford is nice but it still looks like a high school stadium. There is something about the second level that makes a stadium seem big time, see TCU. And I know, this kind of talk is putting the cart before the horse. Until SMU starts sinking serious money into the athletic marketing department and attracting tshirt fans, we will never get more than 20,000-25,000 per game. Catering to only SMU students and alums has not worked for over 20 years and until we figure that out our attendance issues will remain. We've got the perfect blueprint 30 miles west but we don't seem to want to use it. Is it pride? I don't know.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

We've got the perfect blueprint 30 miles west but we don't seem to want to use it. Is it pride? I don't know.

Especially frustrating when you think about how much they helped us all those years.

[JHG]

24K undergrad...Houston has 33K undergrad and built a 40K stadium and I don't think that was "weak." And the Houston area is a lot more college football crazy than Philly

We have ~26,600 undergrads on our main campus. 35K is just a starting point, and $100M is just a starting point. They are purposely being conservative with both figures. I think there's a good chance it ends up being closer to 36K-38K seats, and costs 2x as much money.