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I’m not advocating any of these as the answer, just throwing out what I’ve heard and a thought. Another parking area would certainly need to be acquired … you still have the parking structure directly across from Moody, and there is a new parking structure being built for the new dorms with overflow capacity. A far as the coaches pulling my leg and/or having a wet dream … I hope one did not lead to the other. Although, they seemed sincere.

None of these may be feasible and/or totally coast prohibitive. Just going up with a nice brick structure at the current practice sight … I think HP has height restrictions, and if nothing else, I think you would have one heck of fight on your hands by the locals if you tried to do that. It’s one thing if it is in the campus interior and basically blocked from view, or as the case of the new dorms … facing 75 and blocking no ones view. Maybe we just put a bubble I.E. (T-Tech IPF) over our soccer field … at least during football season. A quick fix and probably the least expensive … certainly not the classiest looking.

I’m not a structural engineer, so I can’t even begin to talk logically or intelligently about the use of a parking structure as the IPF and what’s involved with that, and the feasibility. I do know I have seen a large signal story empty warehouse turned into a two floor condo/apartment complex … may not be the same thing … and again cost prohibitive … parking needs not withstanding.

Small nitpick. SMU, except for the Mrs. Bairds site, is in University Park and Dallas not HP. So any HP height restrictions would be irrelevant.

ponyboy wrote:Small nitpick. SMU, except for the Mrs. Baird's.

Small nitpick... it's Mrs Baird's - trade name like Dr Pepper

PSCA wrote:I’m not advocating any of these as the answer, just throwing out what I’ve heard and a thought.

Not picking on you PSCA, just the concept. The interior of a parking garage is full of columns and beams that hold up each floor including the top floor/roof and the access ramps. All of that would have to be removed and replaced with a different type structural system to provide the clear space for a practice field leaving only the exterior which looks like a parking garage and that would probably need to be replaced too. Basically starting from scratch.

Bergermeister wrote:

ponyboy wrote:Small nitpick. SMU, except for the Mrs. Baird's.

Small nitpick... it's Mrs Baird's - trade name like Dr Pepper

Actually, it'd be Mrs Baird's' since I was using the possessive.

No problem PK, did not take it that way. My skin is thicker than that ... promise.

I emailed Hart about it a while ago and he said that he did not think we would have the funds to do an IPF and that it was not a priority now.

Well that settles the argument about competing at the highest level. Pretty amazing the AD's office would lie to our faces about an impending IPF just to get more money in the doors from the boosters and alumni. Wow - SMU really does not get it. Meanwhile, over in Fort Worth....

No surprise. If someone write a big enough check, the IPF gets built, ala Moody. No conspiracy here, keep on moving.

He indicated that the Nat and Moody were priority now.

Glad to see Nat is priority. Aren't we able to use the IPF at HP High if urgently needed? We would need the same transpo going across Central as to HP High. How did we ever manage without one back in the Pony Express days and still rank in top 20 every year? Guess we weren't 'major league' then either.

Billy Joe wrote:Well that settles the argument about competing at the highest level. Pretty amazing the AD's office would lie to our faces about an impending IPF just to get more money in the doors from the boosters and alumni. Wow - SMU really does not get it. Meanwhile, over in Fort Worth....

Yep, that's it. Shut down the school.

Billy Joe wrote: Pretty amazing the AD's office would lie to our faces about an impending IPF just to get more money in the doors from the boosters and alumni.

A vast right wing conspiracy.

Billy Joe wrote:Well that settles the argument about competing at the highest level. Pretty amazing the AD's office would lie to our faces about an impending IPF just to get more money in the doors from the boosters and alumni. Wow - SMU really does not get it. Meanwhile, over in Fort Worth....

I do not think anyone lied, just a different AD with different priorities.

SMU 86 wrote:He indicated that the Nat and Moody were priority now.

Moody, obviously yes. A new Nat? I (we) can only wish. Sigh.