STADIUM: Construction Updates

[Clickclack]

Thanks for posting those pics! Liberty Terrace looks awesome. The university is doing a great job with all of these campus improvements.

 

One of the areas that needs the improvement the most is the podium/main fountain area...I'm so glad they are redoing that entire part of campus, new windows, new and improved fountain etc.

[madDOG]

Thanks for posting those pics! Liberty Terrace looks awesome. The university is doing a great job with all of these campus improvements.

 

One of the areas that needs the improvement the most is the podium/main fountain area...I'm so glad they are redoing that entire part of campus, new windows, new and improved fountain etc.

 

Agreed....it's a nice upgrade too. I like how they're putting greenery in the corners:

 

 

 

Lots of pics of the ongoing construction at this site. It's pretty extensive!

 

http://www.albany.edu/facilities/fp/watertower.html

[danefan]

The lighting upgrades in the fountain will be really cool. I hope they put some accent lighting features in the stadium as well.

[Dane96]

I believe there are SOME accent lighting concepts in the stadium if I remember correctly. That said, the lettering and signs will be in purple / gold which is cool!

[danefan]

This is going to be a pretty shot of the sun setting over that stadium when it goes up!

 

[Clickclack]

Thanks for posting those pics! Liberty Terrace looks awesome. The university is doing a great job with all of these campus improvements.

 

One of the areas that needs the improvement the most is the podium/main fountain area...I'm so glad they are redoing that entire part of campus, new windows, new and improved fountain etc.

 

Agreed....it's a nice upgrade too. I like how they're putting greenery in the corners:

 

 

 

Lots of pics of the ongoing construction at this site. It's pretty extensive!

 

http://www.albany.edu/facilities/fp/watertower.html

 

Wow...school starts in about a week so I'll be back to see how it's coming along but wow...from those pictures this is a complete gut and rebuild of that entire area. AWESOME!

[uofalbany]

This is going to be a pretty shot of the sun setting over that stadium when it goes up!

 

 

Looks like the visitors' fans are gonna have an eye full of sun...

[Clickclack]

Man I can't wait...gonna be so much awesomeness....

[UAalum72]

Looks like the visitors' fans are gonna have an eye full of sun...

Only between 4 and 7 o'clock, so not in 1:00 start games, and not in most of night games. If the press box is 70-80 feet high, maybe not even then. Probably less sun than they get now.

 

If the stadium is aligned like Fallon Field, the sun is behind the home side by 3:00 (2:00 standard time in November)

[uofalbany]

Someone's been spending time doing some serious thinking here! Stadium goin up! Look at that dirt!

Looks like a mini stadium already.

 

It doesn't matter where the sun is when I'm sitting in the stands watching the Danes play Delaware

with 7k people other people.

[madDOG]

Someone's been spending time doing some serious thinking here! Stadium goin up! Look at that dirt!

Looks like a mini stadium already.

 

It doesn't matter where the sun is when I'm sitting in the stands watching the Danes play Delaware

with 7k people other people.

 

F***K YEAH!

[Brutus]

That big hunk of metal supports trenches usually when they are laying sewage lines. We used those suckers all day long (much bigger) in the Big Dig construction.

Trench boxes are typically used in the excavation process to prevent the sides of earth from collapsing in while utility pipe is laid.

[Brutus]

I believe there are SOME accent lighting concepts in the stadium if I remember correctly. That said, the lettering and signs will be in purple / gold which is cool!

There really aren't any specific lighting accents in the current design of the stadium. Most major signage on the stadium will be gold similar to what's on other campus buildings. What finally ends up on the building may be dependent on final naming rights for the structure itself.

[Dane96]

That big hunk of metal supports trenches usually when they are laying sewage lines. We used those suckers all day long (much bigger) in the Big Dig construction.

Trench boxes are typically used in the excavation process to prevent the sides of earth from collapsing in while utility pipe is laid.

 

I may be in the manufacturing / high tech sector now...but so glad I haven't lost my touch

 

 

Thanks for confirming Brutus!

 

As for the other post...my guess is whomever names the stadium or complex will get a lit sign like SEFCU.

[UAalum72]

Yesterday they started digging a trench and changing the slope of the dirt pile