If you were building a house, you’d use the design-bid-build process where you hire an architect to design what you want and then find the best/cheapest builder to execute. That’s not what they’re doing here.

They are using the design-build process where one contract manages design and construction simultaneously. Right now they are soliciting a request for qualifications, which basically asks interested contractors to submit a portfolio proving they have the experience needed. At this point they have requirements- how many seats and lockers they want. Maybe some napkin sketches, but not a design. The university is estimating $171m. Ultimately the design-builders aren’t just competing on who can pour concrete for less, they are also competing on who can come up with the most efficient design concept that fulfills the basic requirements. The state posting specifically says no design competition so no points for beauty. Once the low bidder contractor is selected, the university and contractor will jointly bid for an architect of record to actually draw the contractor’s concept.

Sometimes you hit pay dirt on this with a contractor that has done similar projects, and through lessons learned proposes a really efficient great concept. Other times it’s just as bad as it sounds, a low bidder hiring a low bidder and you get something really ugly.

nothing on this whole endeavor has really been meant to make sense.

Bidding process is moving for Cal Expo stadium. Based on document posted, about 5000 seats from the grandstand can be reused and an additional 17,000 “modular” seats are specified in addition to “modular” locker rooms, press box, and artificial turf. Estimated cost $171m. Design-build, no architect yet. Unknown where the money is coming from.

Unrelated or not, Wood’s brother and his multiple fake companies are now pushing a 7500 seat arena in Rancho Cordova for an indoor women’s soccer franchise. No funding source identified but mild speculation it could also be a place for Sac State basketball to end up.

For any concerned about security in Europe, may I recommend Epcot Center. No muggings, just drunk fat women on rented scooters who may run over your foot racing to a midafternoon Wilson Phillips concert. France pavilion is perhaps on point with rude servers who smell like an ashtray. Food is better in Italy. Beer is better in Germany, and Norway is where they hide the eye-candy.

It looks like in the series history 13 of 23 Sac wins were in Sac, so slightly over 0.5. Sac had our number after Sochor retired and during Troy Taylor but otherwise it’s been a lot of Aggies. Historically I’d say Davis brought a lot of fans to Hornet Stadium while Sac fans didn’t travel so well to Davis. But like any rivalry, there are years where who won doesn’t make sense in context of the rest of the season record.

Scott Marsh on call, Scott Gordon on color. I don’t know what I call older anymore, but you might be thinking of Doug Kelly, who was the handlebar mustache guy who retired (or otherwise left) a couple years ago.

Scott is doing the ESPN+ broadcast. TV has separate call from radio

sorry to hear that. Cowbells should always be allowed. Stadium security has been trash for a long time.

Got it. Interesting that they built it that way. Maybe I’ll send a case of empty Gatorade bottles to SUU so he won’t get in this jam again.

no urinals, maybe he was in the women’s restroom?

Watched the post game interviews and coach Fitzgerald does not mince words.

I wasn’t there, but watching on TV there still appeared to be open seats on the east side, so idk if I’m buying 17k. I’m never sure how attendance is counted as to tickets sold/distributed vs redeemed.

That said, capacity is a function of square feet of circulation, number of exits, and number of toilets. Number of seats is kind of irrelevant except that bathrooms are expensive so you typically don’t overbuild them relative to seat count. A fire marshal can consider mitigations like portolets or extra staffing. But is still think this is an extreme example.

I found a 2004 snapshot on wayback machine. It was an EZBoard, which was later absorbed by Yuku/tapatalk. Idk if any archives are still accessible. If they are, somebody more web savvy than me might want try to archive things. But I think this was it… wow internet from only 20 years ago.

how close is too close for a workplace photo? Just saying, can’t see both hands on either one of them.

I remember being at the Stanford game as the excitement started to boil in the second half. Would have taken the field except there was a chain link fence that had more sharp edges than it looked like. That November we also beat Stanford mens basketball at the Pavilion. That was a full house and Aggie Pack stormed the court with people jumping from the upper level like popcorn overflowing a kettle. Such an exciting fall, followed by a decade of mediocrity all around.

I was invited to my company suite at an NBA game a few years ago. It was a bigger suite, probably held 15. It had big comfy box seats in front and behind the glass door had a couch area and then a couple high tops in the back and a serving counter. For my event, the company had a taco bar and beer buckets but I think they had catering options. The furniture and decor was standard hotel lobby fare. It was nice having private restrooms and an express entrance. I think only 2 of us watched the game. The rest had no interest in the game and were just there to be seen and schmooze the vice president. So motives can vary.

theres a thread on the Sac board with speculation/wishes based on who might have open dates. @Kadeezy suggested closing the season at Alabama.

years ago I hosted an event at Putah Creek Lodge and there was a whole calculation of how much alcohol the bartender was allowed to have on site. Basically the formula predicted how many drinkers I would have and tried to ensure I would run out of drinks if the rate exceed 1/drink per person per hour, but it missed the reality that you need extra on hand because you don’t know how many red vs white wines you are going to serve, even with responsible serving. They sternly assured me that a manager from Campus Unions or Student Affairs was going to come count bottles, which didn’t ultimately happen. But the campus event manager had suggested I fudge my attendance numbers up and the caterer was well acquainted with where to hide the backup hooch, so it was like a double secret that everyone was in on to satisfy some party pooper at Mrak.

In that era, things were pretty sterile - security taking Werthers candies away from little old ladies, cowbells away from old timers, field access forbidden, even the band was told they were too loud. So rushing the field was out of the ordinary then. It was more common at Toomey for the north end zone to empty out, or for the players to jump into the stands. But back then everyone was invited on the field anyway after the game. In the late Warzecka, Tumey, and Gould era I’m not sure why athletics, police, and fire department were in a circlejerk on making game day suck. Kevin Blue looked like a genius for deleting the dumb rules, so fans are now back to being invited onto the field.

Orr should be in the middle of his term as the Big Sky representative on the playoff committee. When Sac announced their departure, did he resign that post immediately or does he remain at least until their membership officially ends?