Modified rec hall doesn't seem to mess with access. The arc and the Peets next to it are still there with the same configuration i believe. Only change may be moving the bike path a bit next to it?

Addition of new club bar/space on the side that doesnt have the press box. Also new concession stuff/bathroom

Mens basketball posted it on twitter and instagram I linked it now

Heres a peak of what the the interior concourse of the basketball arena will look like:

+1!

You posted on the sac forum

I am trolling a bit on their board because these are "promised donations" and ours are "pledges" but their efforts are somehow perceived as more concrete? GFTOH.

I am not totally sure why you are focused about "promised donations" (where does it say that?) but either way, you cannot be serious acting like the history of Sac State's promises/plans and Davis' project history are even comparable. I want Sac to get new facilities and everything, but I think the plans across the board sports wise for a Davis athletics department that has a solidified conference they are joining, a history of having solid donors, and a phased project style is much more clear and tangible than what Wood and folks have put out.

The comment you made on the sac forum is another example of you missing the point:

Also, if Wood and co. are as media savvy as I think they are, it would not surprise me to see an announcement swoop in over the next couple days that throws water on the UCD happy new pictures announcement.

Davis is focused on a medium-term facility upgrade plan to get in line with the MW conference. Sac is throwing out a few splashy renderings, talking crap on twitter and making wild claims about things that were never going to happen and putting bleachers in the campus rec facility. It is not the same. I don't think Sac should be focused on "dunking" on Davis.

Sac has focused way to much on trying to look flashy without explaining steps for those flashy things to be a reality. Maybe its just my opinion but the whole way the Sac admin has talked about athletic stuff has been obnoxious and ego-driven compared to Davis just focusing on improving without over the top noise.

The projects will be funded through philanthropic gifts, naming opportunities, corporate sponsorships, athletics department resources and, if needed, potential debt or the issuance of bonds.

Lets be honest here, Davis has been able to secure these donations often (new ag innovation center, Mondovi arts district, etc). The other difference is that these projects have already went through various university boards, facility/campus planning groups and detailed construction plans beyond like 4 renderings that sac state had for a single facility in that of a potential (not happening) on campus stadium. Davis has not to this point announced projects like this without knowledge of backing being in place to put these things into reality.

I feel like 2030 is a good assumption. I don't know if I would go that far considering this addition of suites will increase capacity (by a small margin) on top of the 17,000 if fire marshal is in a good mood (haha), and the addition of new hospitality spaces in concession and bathroom spaces which are already planned could easily be a infrastructural step to allow for additional seating bleachers to be added to the project/in another phase.

The choice to move golf and softball to south campus is interesting. Its easy to get there (a bike path under the highway separated from the road that I use almost daily).

I would assume (and this is pure assumption) but with the football stadium im assuming the plan is to build that side up, renovate and add onto the concession stuff on the other side (these things are finalized) and eventually add new bleacher seating to the visiting side (assumption considering that would be considerably cheaper than a new box side and would allow for quick addition with a football move to fbs).

Yes, the whole project is going to be in that span. From the Q&A section:

UC Davis is working on a multi‑phase schedule that aligns with athletic, academic, donor and infrastructure milestones. While specific start and completion dates will depend on fundraising, permitting, and logistics, the goal is to complete all aspects of the plan over a span of eight years.

$265 million in privately funded upgrades to their facilities through "Aggies Ascent" as the athletics department moves to the mountain west

They said 8 years for all projects which is an impressive timeline..

Yeah I am in the same boat. I think an addition to say the visiting side or the end zone would be a less substantial project when they eventually join the fbs. I also think generating revenue from the suites and club seating and then going on to add up to 25k would be a good plan. Its pretty certain that something like 18k-20k could already fit in the stadium with standing room (especially after the expansion considering we will have better bathroom and food facilities too.

The stuff for the basketball arena and baseball stadium blew my expectations out of the water. Both of those faculties look like legit power conferences facilities. I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw those renderings.

Holy sh*t the plans for the U center are WAY beyond what I would have expected.

now that they don’t have a seating requirement for FBS elevation and this suite section will add a decent amount of seats, I’d imagine they are thinking that this premium seating first, extra seating later would be an easy addition

Also insane upgrades across the board. Easily in step with every other mountain west program.

Wow. This is incredible in so many ways. Also, crazy to announce right before a sac state game against a school that seems to want to dos something like this…

https://x.com/ucdavismbb/status/1991015905669886017?s=46

:lol:

seemed good to me?