The girls get their new softball stadium!

[Dunder]

I'm fine with this. I have enjoyed watching these Gators in the Women's college world series, and this great program deserves this nice stadium which is not over the top, but just right moving forward.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Seashole?

Sally sells them by the seashore.

 

[Tay Bang]

Oh yeah...

 

[Tay Bang]

I for one have no desire to transform our beautiful campus to look like this:

 

[MADGator]

The old stadium was not up to standards compared to other top softball programs, or even some average programs. They are on TV a lot and have brought a lot of positive publicity to the University of Florida. Just like any other sport, you have to spend money to maintain the level of excellenceto which we are accustomed. UF is the ONLY athletic program to finish in the Top 10 of all around athletic programs in the NCAA since they started measuring it. Last year we finished 3rd in the Director's Cup and are in the Top 5 more often than not.

One of the unwritten bylaws of this site is that any money not spent on football is a waste and all non-revenue sports should be playing at PK Yonge. Championships, (conference, national, all-sports) and general acclaim do not matter. I’m actually surprised this thread hasn’t been blown up that badly.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

One of the unwritten bylaws of this site is that any money not spent on football is a waste and all non-revenue sports should be playing at PK Yonge. Championships, (conference, national, all-sports) and general acclaim do not matter. I’m actually surprised this thread hasn’t been blown up that badly.

It is not really.

Everyone really wants the Gators to be great at everything of course.

What we don't like is delaying football facilities and holding football money hostage.

I'm sure all the rest of our facilities were shyt for all the other teams also, and they deserve improvements too.

 

[oxrageous]

They should make it a policy that they won't accept your money if you insist that your ridiculous name is going to be attached to it.

 

[NavetG8r]

Is it at least big enough to play football in it?

 

[stephenPE]

Is it at least big enough to play football in it?

Have you ever seen the band practice facility on campus?

about a mile south of the stadium. Blew me away when I first saw it.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

F' em.

 

[deuce]

Great upgrade and really well deserved. I look forward to the day when all our facilities are world class!



Go Gators!

 

[oxrageous]

Great upgrade and really well deserved. I look forward to the day when all our facilities are world class!

I hope you're a young man.

 

[lagator]

Wow, that CGA rendition is really accurate, right down to the phantom fans who occupy most of the seats.

 

[MJMGator]

They should make it a policy that they won't accept your money if you insist that your ridiculous name is going to be attached to it.

I disagree. The Dwags have their athletic facility as proof it’s a great idea.

 

[Marine1]

Want to spend a nice weekend afternoon?

Step 1: Enjoy a few ice cold beverages at the Salty Dog.

Step 2: Enjoy a Gator baseball or softball game in the sun.

Step 3: Enjoy a lot more ice cold beverages at the Salty Dog.

Step 4: Enjoy getting off treacherous I-75 with your life and limbs intact on the way home the next day.

Very successful weekend.

 

[YLGator]

How nice. Who wouldn’t spend 8 months sprucing up the shed in the back yard while the house is crumbling around you?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

How nice. Who wouldn’t spend 8 months sprucing up the shed in the back yard while the house is crumbling around you?

We apparently spend 40 milllion dollars per year on administration but they can only handle one project at a time.

 

[t-gator]

They should make it a policy that they won't accept your money if you insist that your ridiculous name is going to be attached to it.

I think it's obnoxious to want your name on the building for being a donor.

 

[Tay Bang]

Wow, that CGA rendition is really accurate, right down to the phantom fans who occupy most of the seats.

Softball averages over 1600 fans per game.

If I lived in Gainesville, going to various Gator sports games is all I would do. Including softball.

 

[YLGator]

Softball averages over 1600 fans per game.

If I lived in Gainesville, going to various Gator sports games is all I would do. Including softball.

Ok, so lets run the numbers. The Softball team plays 26 home game @ 1,600 fans per game. The football team plays 7 home games @ 85,000 fans per game. If it makes sense to spend $15M for the 41,000 fans that attend softball every year, it also makes sense to spend $215M on the 600,000 fans that attend football every year. I'll be satisfied when we do that.