Stadium: Architecture, Engineering, and Design AWARDED!

[UAalum72]

Our plan looks nearly identical to Stony Brook, but their visitors' side is set into a rise in the ground level with the top row, while ours is on flat land. Unless we do a lot of earthmoving, it'll probably look like CCSU.

[sarge965]

I believe season tickets were $35 this past season so I can easily see them being priced above $50 even $75

I would pay that now for our crappy field

The product on the field is worth much more

[Dane96]

Funny, I finally found a pic yesterday of the CCSU bleachers and was pleasantly surprised. That said, I do think it will be the same size; CCSU's expansion went from 4000 seats to 2000 seats. So it is spot on sized-wise.

[uofalbany]

How many seats is this?

 

[Dane96]

About 4500.

[UAalum72]

Depending on source LaValle has a capacity of either 8,136 or 8,300. From satellite pictures I'd figure it to have about 1,700 on the visitor side and maybe 1,300 in the end zone student section, leaving just over 5,000 in that picture, which includes 500 club seats.

[uofalbany]

 

Is this the final design for the homeside?

[Clickclack]

 

Is this the final design for the homeside?

 

 

No one knows...but if you'd like, we encourage you to knock on the front gate of Fort Knox (aka. UA Athletic Dept.) and see if they answer any questions.

[UAalum72]

On Channel 13's noon report on Bob Ford Day, John McLaughlin said the bids went out on Friday, and that the University wanted to raise $1 million from private donations.

 

He also said the bids would be back in mid-April (!) (seems an awful long time - 75 days?) and the report showed one of the older concept drawings. More at the 5:00 news.

[danefan]

On Channel 13's noon report on Bob Ford Day, John McLaughlin said the bids went out on Friday, and that the University wanted to raise $1 million from private donations.

 

He also said the bids would be back in mid-April (!) (seems an awful long time - 75 days?) and the report showed one of the older concept drawings. More at the 5:00 news.

 

 

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S2479759.shtml?cat=300

[danefan]

Santillo now tweeting that the construction is to begin in June.

[danefan]

Is it possible they bid this outside the SUNY Construction Fund?

 

There are no bids up on that

 

http://www.sucf.suny.edu/pdf/bidlist.pdf

[MRSGDG]

Is it possible they bid this outside the SUNY Construction Fund?

 

There are no bids up on that

 

http://www.sucf.suny...pdf/bidlist.pdf

 

Could it be listed here? http://www.nyscr.org/Public/Index.aspx

[Dane96]

Running out to PTherapy...but a couple quick things.

 

1. The 75 days for the bids due back is not surprising at all. Most our bids have either a 45 or 90 day report back to the agency. The bids themselves standard carry a 90 day validity period per custom in just about all procurement that involves construction or major engineering, technical or otherwise.

 

Gives the bidding party ample opportunity to put together a technical, commercial and terms/conditions response plus any deviations/modifications necessary. Also gives the parties time to negotiate...though here I suspect this is a flow down contract that wont have much modification.

 

2. They probably cannot bid outside the construction fund; it simply may just take a couple of weeks to be inputed in the State computer.

 

Danefan...you can text me later about...I am out of therapy at 5.

[UAalum72]

I thought it was going to be 30-45 days, but maybe on a project this size....

 

Or maybe they wanted to make sure the contractors got it right to avoid what happened on the water tower/fountain project

 

UAlbany seeking new bids