Hearing plans are being drawn up to rework the entrance to the parking lot and close 20th between 3rd and 5th, using the space for a kiddie play area and a stage with live music. New coach believes game day atmosphere is lacking.
20th Street rumor
- Thread starter The Real SamC
- Start date
I am sure those who park in the West Lot will have concerns but I'd think MU will work to accomodate them make this great for all involved. Excellent idea and much needed. jmho
I just hope they still use 20th street to access the west lot
It would be nice to see a major upgrade to the pregame experience to get more people to come early.
I hope they also will address the disjointed team entrance to the field. So much potential there with Thunderstruck but we seem to screw it up every year.
I hope they also will address the disjointed team entrance to the field. So much potential there with Thunderstruck but we seem to screw it up every year.
Let’s get rid of the horse trough urinals first
I must be in the minority of people who could care less if they ever heard Thunderstruck again. It just doesn't fire me up at all anymore.
horse trough urinals build character.
I've given up on the intro being anything but a jarringnonsensical mess, but I'd be happy if we just stopped slapping Michigan's banner.
Closing that street and making it a pedestrian plaza that is an uninterrupted gateway from campus to The Joan is a great idea.
How would the new coach know what kind of game day atmosphere exists?? Has he been here for a non COVID game?
I think there are better places to put this if they don't close 20th street permanently; but if permanent, I'd be all for just adding this space to the campus property, turn it into green space for all of this. They could just interrupt 20th street for those two blocks for good and donate the property to the university. They could also close down the alley between the west lot and west lot extension from McDonalds to the new area; enter the lots by multiple entrances on both 3rd and 5th Avenues; ending up with more parking. Regardless of what they do, at a minimum, 20th street between 3rd and 5th should be turned into one way; either direction.
It might be a good idea to close 20th in order to enlarge the west lot so more money can be made from parking. However, if you are going toward the river on 20th, this means you have to go several blocks east, then turn left onto one of those narrow streets to get to 3rd Ave. to go downtown. Likewise, if you want to go south on 20th, you have to go to 16th and circle campus to get there.
How do you close 20th permanently? Wouldn’t that make it even more difficult to get into Steel of WV?? State Electric? Other businesses that are actually functional
Good gracious. They’ll close it for short period of time and then open it up after the game so people can exit the west lot.
Cant believe some shit on the idea. Wow!
Cant believe some shit on the idea. Wow!
I don't know maybe like some people told him.
I am old fart and semi pro bitcher. but damn some of these people make me look like a bowl of ****in sunshine.
That’s not what they were referring to. They were talking about permanently closing 20 th st to expand the west lot etc. read the other posts.
As long as Marshall continues to play that rap crap music there won’t be much of a pre-game experience ... Marshall’s home games are supported financially by the public and not the students.
I’m going to guess that my, as well as many other folk’s season tickets, and any miscellaneous expenses incurred on game day don’t equate to a fraction of even one semester’s worth of tuition. It’s almost like without the students there wouldn’t be a discussion here…you know, considering it’s a university and all.
I realize that. They would never close it permanently. That’s a major thoroughfare to business toward the river.
Oh my gosh, 1991, I haven't seen you in forever. I've got some terrible news - rap became a thing.
Fun Fact: for the last season which numbers are available for, Marshall ticket sales (for all events, combined) accounted for $3.56 million of the athletic budget. Student fees accounted for $6.4 million, nearly double.
We're not against rap.
We're not against rappers...
But we are against THUGS, THUGS, THUGS....
I can't wait for the really old farts (older than me and herdalicious) to jump all over this in confusion.
When I was a student back in 1946, they played Benny Goodman at times and we rocked out. The old farts would get the police to make us quit dancing. Thinking it was lude.
This thread is nearing award winning status... Potential early "thread of the year" candidate.
A few points to consider... The music piped into the stadium pregame is for the players (not the fans) and 18-23 year olds trying to get hyped up for sporting events like rap music. You can listen Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in the car on the way to the stadium and Barry Manilow on the ride home.
Also, making 20th Street a closed pedestrian walkway is a good idea. I don't know the number of times I have turned on 20th and nearly hit kids/drunks/other pedestrians not paying attention.
Lastly, our gameday experience has been trash for years. We have discussed this at length on here many times. If schools like Wofford and Western Carolina can have play areas for kids, pregame concerts and fan promotions so can we. Gameday is a product. That product starts with fielding a winning team, but this day and age there is more to getting people to come out than beating up on ODU, WKU, MTSU, FIU or any of the other unexciting acronym schools in CUSA.
A few points to consider... The music piped into the stadium pregame is for the players (not the fans) and 18-23 year olds trying to get hyped up for sporting events like rap music. You can listen Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in the car on the way to the stadium and Barry Manilow on the ride home.
Also, making 20th Street a closed pedestrian walkway is a good idea. I don't know the number of times I have turned on 20th and nearly hit kids/drunks/other pedestrians not paying attention.
Lastly, our gameday experience has been trash for years. We have discussed this at length on here many times. If schools like Wofford and Western Carolina can have play areas for kids, pregame concerts and fan promotions so can we. Gameday is a product. That product starts with fielding a winning team, but this day and age there is more to getting people to come out than beating up on ODU, WKU, MTSU, FIU or any of the other unexciting acronym schools in CUSA.
IMO we've had great pre game concerts, problem mostly is, nobody showed any interest in them
this guy has played there several times. Hes had a couple of songs that charted....
I understand about the rap before the game but once it starts, the more popular tunes that everyone knows are much more well received. You can see the crowd is more engaged, as should be the case.
If the players are more worried about what rap songs are being played during the game, they have huge focus issues.
lol BS, we all know complaining on here is the only way anything gets done 😆
There are multiple areas where live music is played and I know there's one by the stadium, is he by the stadium or by the softball field?
During the game I agree... The music is for the fans at that point, so play the shitty Stevie Nicks tune from the Ocean Spray commercial, Mony Mony, Sweet Caroline, etc. If that's what appeals to our fanbase then Im okay with that.
It’s typical - you can see when they play YMCA, Sweet Caroline and typical music played at athletic events. Even the students get more into it, we’ve watched them. He’ll, I watched the players do YMCA during the MT game last fall.
Check what other schools and pro teams play. It sure as hell isn’t blaring rap music all the damn game.
This past season we played "Super Bon-Bon" by 90's alternative group Soul Coughing during a pre-game.
I'm pretty sure we just bought "NOW That's What I Call a Broke-Ass Grab Bag of Cheap Licensed Tracks Vol. 8" and we throw that sombitch on random.
I'm pretty sure we just bought "NOW That's What I Call a Broke-Ass Grab Bag of Cheap Licensed Tracks Vol. 8" and we throw that sombitch on random.
I just look down in the vicinity of the guy next to me's --ck and say, "Hmmm, THAT'S interesting."
The confusion that ensues buys me enough time to escape the situation without further thought.
No problem: they are in such bad shape that most of them could very well rust through just any day now! Never fear, our forward thinking AD, Hammy, already has a plan in place. Just will put more floor drains in throughout the men's restrooms at the JOAN!! As old H. Ross Perot would say, "Problem Solved"!!!
Any Herd fan who went remember our game at Pitt in Heinz Field a few seasons back? If so, you surely haven't forgot that Pitt's "anthem" is Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline"; they played it off and on from the 1st to the 4th quarters, and then some!! Their students really get into it and it helps create a good atmosphere even if the stadium is only about 50 per cent or so full!
