LU improvements over the next 5 years!!!!!

[Lazeek]

Got this info from another website and they got it from the Texas State University System Minutes, These Facilities have been approved if I read correctly.

Facility                                             Amount                 Date

Softball Field                                      $1.2m                   2009

Field house, (soccer, softball, baseball)   $3.5m                   2009

Cardinal Stadium Renovation                  $6.5m                   2009

Higgens Field house Renovation              $3.6m                   2009

Vincient Beck Synthetic turf                  $0.95m                  2009

Vincient Beck Renovation                      $5.0m                    2012

You can look for yourself at

http://www.tsus.edu/regents/minutes/Regular%202007%20Feb.pdf

on about page 17.

So this obviously means the return of football (& Softball) to Lamar...

To bad for either men's tennis or track!!!

[Cat22]

Hey Lazeek, that link did not work so I fixed it.

This is big news.  I guess that does mean football will be coming back.  Where do I call for season tickets!!!!

[Bobcatfan4life]

I'm there!!!!  8)

[KFDM COOP]

How about Football???? Oh that's right don't get me started!!  >

[Bobcatfan4life]

Coop, look at the renovations list again......

[Bobcatfan4life]

Are those the dates that this stuff is supposed to be completed?

[AstrosDawg07]

Where will the turf go at Vincent Beck? The enitre field?  And what about the Montagne Center?

[Lazeek]

Where will the turf go at Vincent Beck? The enitre field?  And what about the Montagne Center?

The interior of the Mongane is fine, but could use a bit of refinishing on the outside

[DenisGScott]

rather see LU move their home basketball games to Ford Park, the Montage is 20 years old and really out of date, do they really get that many students out there?  Plus FP being an off campus facility couldnt they then sell beer and improve revenues???

[Lazeek]

There would be no students at a off campus arena

[DenisGScott]

how many students really do attend???  as I recall LU still drew well from the students when they played at the Civic Center

[AshlyHasBeen]

FieldTurf for the entire field, Coach G has talked about this for a couple of years. If they do improve the Montagne I wish they would brick the outside so it would match the school, same for the football field. Why would you have a white building in SE Texas especially next to a battery acid plant...

[Lazeek]

how many students really do attend???   as I recall LU still drew well from the students when they played at the Civic Center

that was when they were really good though

[DenisGScott]

which would pump more money in...student tickets or alcohol sales??

[Lazeek]

It is not about the money.....it is about student life.........which happend to be non-exixtent at LU hoop games

[JohnnyT60]

The montagne center is fine, and a better facility than ford park. Plus, it doesn't take you 2 hours to get out of the MC parking lot.

[Gtj007]

The Montagne Center is GREAT!!!  WAY better for basketball than Ford Park!!!  It is one of the best basketball venues in the state of texas!!!  Really!!!!  How is it "out of date"????????

[DenisGScott]

its 20+ years old thats how its out of date, no video board on the scoreboard for replays, it sits next to a battery acid plant and face it it's not in the best area of town. 

[JohnnyT60]

its 20+ years old thats how its out of date, no video board on the scoreboard for replays, it sits next to a battery acid plant and face it it's not in the best area of town. 

It is 20 years old and one of the best BB facilities in the State. As far as being next to a plant, I see that as a non-issue. The neighborhood is the same one the University is in, so again, irrellevant. I can see by the picture you are a FP homer, but I really don't think it is a very good facility. Now as far as upgrading the MC with a better scoreboard, and other amenities, now that is a good idea. Why pay to use a facility, that is not as good as the one you own?

[Guest WBFan09]

so you get a new scoarboard and you brick the outside...other than that it just needs touch ups here and there like new seat covers and things like that

[AstrosDawg07]

so you get a new scoarboard and you brick the outside...other than that it just needs touch ups here and there like new seat covers and things like that

Ya at one time they were talking about put in black seats, that would look good...And yes they do need to get a video board....

[AstrosDawg07]

Hey Lazeek, that link did not work so I fixed it.

This is big news.  I guess that does mean football will be coming back.  Where do I call for season tickets!!!!

Improvement for Cardinal Stadium could be for soccer...But if they do bring back football w/ soccer, they really should invest in getting field turf there as well...

[Lazeek]

Scoreboard without a question needs to be replaced!!!!!  That has been there since the day teh Montagne opened!!!!  They even use the same ol lame sayings on there that they used 20 years ago.

[DP#1FAN]

Glad to hear about the improvements. Just wish it would start sooner.

[Tiger90]

While we can't really do anything about the location, the Montagne is really one of the best in the SLC.  I do wonder about the location of the football stadium however, not much atmosphere there but where else could it be.  So if these renovations are to be completed by 2009 you would have to assume football will be announced by next spring.  A coaching staff must be selected and a year to recruit must occur to be even remotely be successful.  Big time universities are sending letters to juniors in high school.