50,000 seat football stadium for Baylor?

by **MrMustang1965** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:00 pm

Part of Waco real estate developer Rick Sheldon's 'vision' for Waco:

Meanwhile, Sheldon said he was impressed by how Baylor University and the Waco community Ã¢â‚¬Å“busted its tailÃ¢â‚¬

by **Ponyx2** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:08 pm

They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:19 pm

how many people attend Baylor games?

by **MrMustang1965** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:22 pm

Insane_Pony_Posse wrote:how many people attend Baylor games?

from the Baylor website:

Since Guy Morriss' arrival in Waco, attendance at Baylor home football games has increased by nearly 25 percent, from 28,018 the year prior to his arrival in 2002 to the 37,080 the program averaged in 2006.

The 2007 season marks Baylor's 58th playing at 50,000-seat Floyd Casey Stadium.

The Bears saw a stadium season record 259,559 fans go through the turnstiles for seven 2006 home games, including a single-game record crowd of 51,385 for Baylor's Oct. 28 game against No. 22 Texas A&M. Those marks broke records of 240,367 (for six games in 1991) and 51,218 (1995 vs. Texas A&M), respectively.

http://baylorbears.cstv.com/school-bio/ ... adium.html

by **Phxfan** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:20 pm

I think Ford field can be expanded to 45,000 people, don't seem a problem at this time. They could expand to 100,000 if you folks would attend the games. I dont' blame you. Actually I need to go for awhile and see if F goes higher. Yes, there are people outside of Texas that play the market.

by **NavyCrimson** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:39 pm

They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

Now that is funny :lol:

by **Statler** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:37 am

Ponyx2 wrote:They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

Amen Brotha!

by **BUTitan** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:37 am

Ponyx2 wrote:They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

While she did help out a lot. Baylor was the most sensible pick at the time. Rice & TCU were terrible. SMU was still feeling the death penalty and Baylor was in the Alamo Bowl...

by **LakeHighlandsPony** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:40 am

How many times did Baylor win the SWC? Once? How many times did SMU?

by **BUTitan** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:52 am

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:How many times did Baylor win the SWC? Once? How many times did SMU?

True, but SMU was dead in the early 90's when the Big XII was formed...

by **Lotus** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:12 am

NavyCrimson wrote:
They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

Now that is funny

And accurate.

by **SmooBoy** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:14 am

What's wrong with their current 50K seat stadium? Although it has the feel of a high school stadium with all of the metal bleachers, it ain't a bad place to watch a game. I guess they need suites and boxes to add some revenue.

by **Bergermeister** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:58 am

BUTitan wrote:
Ponyx2 wrote:Baylor was the most sensible pick.

Sensible? The most "sensible" pick would have been the pick to become the Big XI if Baylor was the only option left.

by **BUTitan** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:04 pm

Bergermeister wrote:
BUTitan wrote:
Ponyx2 wrote:Baylor was the most sensible pick.

Sensible? The most "sensible" pick would have been the pick to become the Big XI if Baylor was the only option left.

They wanted to have an even number of teams and Baylor was winning at the time...

by **Captain E J Smith** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:35 pm

Ponyx2 wrote:They ought to name it Ann Richards Stadium. She's the only reason they are in the Big XII.

The 'Ma Richards" Memorial Stadium would be more appropriate.

50,000 seat football stadium for Baylor?

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