I was in one of the suites at Montana last year and it was nothing special. Nice seats, fridge and bar counter. It was a bit small - very like the 6 or 8 of us standing in their pregame were a bit on top of each other. But. It was 30 degrees warmer in their compared to outside!

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.

How luxurious will these suites be? — Riveraggie

Probably not too luxurious....bar table, fridge, stadium seating? Sounds fun. Could probably be done without going over the top.....

Great to auction off those suites for charitable purposes too

Montana lets suite tenants stock the suite a few days before the game, according to their web site. That implies to me that drinks and food can be sourced outside. I think that is an important and desirable feature.

My Dad and I were getting into going to Bozeman mid-November for game - he said cheap tickets were $219! I think they're actually like $60 - $70. Still, compared to $13 for GA, must pay to be a winner

On the secondary market they are expensive. I think I paid 250 per ticket or something like that in 2022 (through vivid seats (bad experience with them) for the game in Bozeman because all seats were pretty much sold out months in advance.

@DrMike Any news/ still course ahead for November facilities plan?

I haven't heard anything, but I haven't really asked anyone who might know!

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That master plan expected in November as previously mentioned. “Benchmarking against peer institutions” means some serious work is going to have to go on… especially in the basketball arena and football renovations (when/if we make that move)

Hopefully not benchmarking against Sac

I know this thread is for renovations but even looking at what we have, we really are lucky. I can only watch games on TV. So much of the conference has glorified high school stadiums. We have a bowl. Those grass areas add character. Looks great on TV…

I totally agree. It has aged really well since being built too. I think keeping the grass berms and expanding on the sides/boxes is def the best first move.

Officially on renovation/facility plan release watch. Should be released this month.

Agreed. Losing the grass berms makes it more generic, and the grass is kid (family) friendly.

exactly! I feel like expanding the seating on the student section side up and boxes on the press box side is the way to go.

I hope we don't get into a lopsided stadium situation. I really like that we have a bowl, and I hope we keep that shape.

agreed. I think if you build up on one side you have to at least build a bit up on the other to keep the symmetry somewhat. Again, not keeping to exactly what that random rendering rocko sent was a few months ago, but still sticking with the premise of adding at least some seats on the visitor side when building suite boxes (or at least having a plan for it).

Lose the tent on the north berm. Is it really necessary?

I believe the plan is the addition of suites will allow them to get rid of that eyesore!

It's a temporary thing...put there to have something there extra, but we all know when the permanent plan is built in, it's going to be gone.

thank god! It’s kinda goofy haha

I can see them adding a larger 2nd deck with ~7,500 seats to visitor side, small second level ( high end luxury 1,500-2k seats)+ 2 rows of luxury boxes/suites/maybe a restaurant/etc to home side, and then later/last fill in north end zone berm (~2.5k seats), and leave the south end zone as grass (perhaps add an elevated patio zone/seating behind it). This will have it be somewhat symmetrical in size and around 25k and would be one of the nicer G6 stadiums in FBS.
My wish would be to at least add some sort of shade structure/roof to the sides but that is likely out of the budget.

Any chance they do some sort of party deck like Coors Field?

this is almost word for word my idea of what it could look like in my mind (at least eventually)

Perhaps this week is not the week of an announcement..

The east side generates almost zero revenue. They can’t get people to fill the existing seats over there. Even with free tickets. More seats over there would be terrible. What they need are some paying customers. You do that by creating a different experience. Start with one end zone and if you need tents you need tents. This is about bringing in money not breaking pretend attendance records with fantasy counts.

ICA dropped the ball for our home football playoff game, that wasn't a student problem.

Yep, there are about 30 FBS programs and 5-6 FCS programs that have "always-sell-out" attendance every year. Basically 1/2 the Big10 and SEC, and 2-3 ACC teams + montuckies and a couple SWACs.

None of those teams are in CA.
Lately, the problem seems to be getting worse for California programs. In California it isn't about adding seats, its about making existing seats/space better. Basically to raise revenue and survive.
The Davis community and students may be the sleepiest and most inconsistent of them all. Quite the challenge.

See I agree BUT I think if the team ever wants to move up and play in the MW they should obviously prioritize box and high-revnue seating and add some extra seating as I would assume higher interest (I’m talking get the stadium to like 18 or 20k or something in non-box seats).

I think a Davis stadium that size would be a much better idea than a sac 40k stadium with no conference plans :lol: