Sheriff Coffee
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Just like PSU is (LOL)
Pitt announces it will reduce football seating capacity
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The Spin Meister
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That's still about 12,000 to manyWent from 68,400 to 51,000.
Should reduced it by 51,000 down to 17,400 !!
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Pitt announces resizing of Acrisure Stadium capacity for football starting this fall
Pitt announced a strategy Wednesday that will significantly alter the atmosphere and capacity for football games at Acrisure Stadium. Starting this fall, the stadium’s upper east and west sides will be unavailable, reducing capacity from 68,400 to 51,416. The announcement corresponded with the...
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Reducing available seats so it looks fuller.
They could take it down to 30K.Pitt announces resizing of Acrisure Stadium capacity for football starting this fall
Pitt announced a strategy Wednesday that will significantly alter the atmosphere and capacity for football games at Acrisure Stadium. Starting this fall, the stadium’s upper east and west sides will be unavailable, reducing capacity from 68,400 to 51,416. The announcement corresponded with the...triblive.com
Reducing available seats so it looks fuller.
Sheriff Coffee
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GregInPitt
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Pitt football has seem to settle into such a state of mediocre at best realistic expectations that it's hardly any fun making fun of them anymore...... When I talk football to friends that are Pitt grads it's a pretty solemn conversation.
Sheriff Coffee
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Do they change the subject to basketball?
In the end, Pitt made a horrible decision when they agreed to share the Steeler's stadium. It really hurt the student participation. At PSU games, the students are really the tip of the spear in terms of the fan experience for non-students. And during the bad years, initialed JS, the students never wavered. The lack of experience has now permeated through the TV experience and led to the crappy conference.
It may be too late but Pitt needs to build a 40k+ stadium near or on campus and try to rekindle that energy. My uncle was a big Pitt and ND fan. I went to several Pitt games. The Dorsett years were magic for them.
91Joe95
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Its like the heyday of Walt Harris all over again.
NittanyLion99
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The Mustard Out will remain in full effect!Went from 68,400 to 51,000.
Should reduced it by 51,000 down to 17,400 !!
Pitt, and several other schools, made the huge mistake of not agreeing to Joe's plan for an eastern conference. The Big East was never going to work out without the Beast of the East.
When the next major alignment comes, Pitt might be left out in the cold.
GregInPitt
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I believe it was Temple that cleared out enough space to put up a smaller, compact stadium on campus, 35-40k I believe, with fans close to the field, and did it for a reasonable cost. i.e. not $700 million for a rehab............ Pitt could do it if they had the spine to push forward for it. They have a lot of dental school grads that could anti up and get it started. Maybe even some of their engineering grads actually made money but I temper that as I believe they designed the parkways East and West.....
I attended the 1976 pitt/PSU game at 3 Rivers. I believe tied at the half and then Dorsett ran wild in the 2nd half for a relatively easy win for pitt. Johny Majors took Joe's lunch money in the 2nd half by moving Dorsett to Fullback in their offensive sets and Joe couldn't figure out very quickly what to do about it. One of the extremely rare times that Joe's teams got outplayed in the 2nd half.
My earlies memory of the series was as a young teenager our my parents and I were to go to a game with friends from Cleveland whose son was my parents God child while my older brother was at PSU, a soph on main campus I believe. 1968. That family was scheduled to drive to our house in Monroeville Friday afternoon, stay over, and then we would all drive together to PSU for the game on Saturday. But the other Dad, a V.P. in an engineering firm got caught up in business until late Friday, so he called and said they would be picking us up at the Allegheny Airport the next morning and we would all fly up to the game. My brother met us at the SC airport, we attended the game, got something to eat and they dropped us back at Allegheny County Airport. What a day. Oh, the game: A 65-9 thrashing. From there, when I was at PSU main campus from 1973-1977, and on until this day that's the kind of score I expect whenever PSU would stoop to play those bums!!!
Sheriff Coffee
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There are a lot of great designs for 30k to 40k stadiums. I am told that one of the best experiences is at Baylor that is in the 45k range. But my understanding is that Pitt can't find a location, let alone get it funded. Part of the problem with being an urban school.I believe it was Temple that cleared out enough space to put up a smaller, compact stadium on campus, 35-40k I believe, with fans close to the field, and did it for a reasonable cost. i.e. not $700 million for a rehab............ Pitt could do it if they had the spine to push forward for it. They have a lot of dental school grads that could anti up and get it started. Maybe even some of their engineering grads actually made money but I temper that as I believe they designed the parkways East and West.....
I attended the 1976 pitt/PSU game at 3 Rivers. I believe tied at the half and then Dorsett ran wild in the 2nd half for a relatively easy win for pitt. Johny Majors took Joe's lunch money in the 2nd half by moving Dorsett to Fullback in their offensive sets and Joe couldn't figure out very quickly what to do about it. One of the extremely rare times that Joe's teams got outplayed in the 2nd half.
My earlies memory of the series was as a young teenager our my parents and I were to go to a game with friends from Cleveland whose son was my parents God child while my older brother was at PSU, a soph on main campus I believe. 1968. That family was scheduled to drive to our house in Monroeville Friday afternoon, stay over, and then we would all drive together to PSU for the game on Saturday. But the other Dad, a V.P. in an engineering firm got caught up in business until late Friday, so he called and said they would be picking us up at the Allegheny Airport the next morning and we would all fly up to the game. My brother met us at the SC airport, we attended the game, got something to eat and they dropped us back at Allegheny County Airport. What a day. Oh, the game: A 65-9 thrashing. From there, when I was at PSU main campus from 1973-1977, and on until this day that's the kind of score I expect whenever PSU would stoop to play those bums!!!
GregInPitt
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Where there is a will there is a way. If I had gotten the assignment 10 years ago before I retired along with the support necessary and I took it, it would be done now. But it's hard to finish something if you don't even get started.
I believe filling in panther hollow or some such place was talked about. There are also close by neighborhoods that need torn down and could be gotten with the cooperation of the city. Just need a team of driven, realistic people and some money and things can get done.
Don't tell anyone, but I got my MBA from pitt in the early 80's.....
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The best thing Pitt did was move the series with PSU back to Pitt stadium in 1977 and then I think it was played there through 1991. I think the last PSU vs Pitt game there was in 1998.I believe it was Temple that cleared out enough space to put up a smaller, compact stadium on campus, 35-40k I believe, with fans close to the field, and did it for a reasonable cost. i.e. not $700 million for a rehab............ Pitt could do it if they had the spine to push forward for it. They have a lot of dental school grads that could anti up and get it started. Maybe even some of their engineering grads actually made money but I temper that as I believe they designed the parkways East and West.....
I attended the 1976 pitt/PSU game at 3 Rivers. I believe tied at the half and then Dorsett ran wild in the 2nd half for a relatively easy win for pitt. Johny Majors took Joe's lunch money in the 2nd half by moving Dorsett to Fullback in their offensive sets and Joe couldn't figure out very quickly what to do about it. One of the extremely rare times that Joe's teams got outplayed in the 2nd half.
My earlies memory of the series was as a young teenager our my parents and I were to go to a game with friends from Cleveland whose son was my parents God child while my older brother was at PSU, a soph on main campus I believe. 1968. That family was scheduled to drive to our house in Monroeville Friday afternoon, stay over, and then we would all drive together to PSU for the game on Saturday. But the other Dad, a V.P. in an engineering firm got caught up in business until late Friday, so he called and said they would be picking us up at the Allegheny Airport the next morning and we would all fly up to the game. My brother met us at the SC airport, we attended the game, got something to eat and they dropped us back at Allegheny County Airport. What a day. Oh, the game: A 65-9 thrashing. From there, when I was at PSU main campus from 1973-1977, and on until this day that's the kind of score I expect whenever PSU would stoop to play those bums!!!
That '77 game was epic and being in Pitt stadium vs Three Rivers made it all the more unique. Of course the '81 game there was one of Penn State's all time great wins.
marylovesthelions
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I had season tickets TO PSU and went to Pitt in the 1970s. They only filled Pitt Stadium for: PSU, ND and WV. Attendance went lower at 3 Rivers. City schools don't seem to draw well in general. If they fill stadiums, they are tiny ones like SMU. Pitt stadium was about 35 miles from my Butler home.
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WLAT. Lol
Leatherhelmets
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Same here Greg. It was a business decision. I lived at home with my folks and saved rent $, and with the 11 month MBA program, I got a job right away and was only out of the job market for a year. I have some good laughs when they email me for donations.