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re: Just Back From Tuscaloosa--Impressions:

Posted on 11/13/13 at 4:42 pm to
Posted by GeorgeReymond
Buckhead
Member since Jan 2013
10160 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 4:42 pm to
Oh I know, I walk in that damn thing every day
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2012
13536 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 4:48 pm to
quote:

I was there in the Spring for the baseball series. I concur with this.

LSU could also learn a thing or two from them regarding traffic management. The Saturday game of the series was the same day as their A-Day game, and I had ZERO problems getting around.



Baseball complex getting 30 million dollar upgrade.

LINK
Posted by Mudminnow
Houston, TX
Member since Aug 2004
34146 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 5:36 pm to
I have talked to a couple people who went to the bama game and they said parking and traffic wasn't a problem at all.

Did they consult with traffic engineers to develop a plan? Maybe LSU can usethe same people.
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 5:48 pm to
quote:

The blue collar, working man, and younger crow who tend to be the loudest types can't afford tickets or parking or all that jazz.


Complete bullshite

You see tickets for sale for face value or less weeks before a top 10 sec matchup

And then on game day people cannot GIVE away tickets.

People who give the "blue collar bill has been priced out" don't actually go to games. I'm convinced of it.
Posted by TheDoc
doc is no more
Member since Dec 2005
99297 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 5:50 pm to
For example: face value tickets being sold for A&M

Where are the blue collar fans who are priced out???
Posted by tigercamp
Hammond, LA
Member since Nov 2013
14 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 9:37 pm to
You'd live in Tuscaloosa over Baton Rouge??!!! What are you waiting for?? Geaux!! My parents lived in Tuscaloosa for a couple years and it was the most boring place ever!!!! I would take Baton Rouge over Tuscaloosa any day!!!!

Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75195 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 10:08 pm to
Actually northern Tuscaloosa headed towards northport is a pretty area. Prettier than Baton Rouge IMO.
Posted by BamaDude06
GOATville20
Member since Jan 2007
3475 posts
Posted on 11/13/13 at 11:43 pm to
quote:

I have talked to a couple people who went to the bama game and they said parking and traffic wasn't a problem at all.

Did they consult with traffic engineers to develop a plan? Maybe LSU can usethe same people.


Many Bama fans think UA's Gameday traffic plan is terrible
Guess perspective is different between fan bases.
Posted by MagicCityBlazer
Member since Nov 2010
3686 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 2:57 am to
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Many Bama fans think UA's Gameday traffic plan is terrible


I take 82 out of town and I haaaaaaaaaaate waiting on interstate traffic.

I don't understand why I can't bribe someone to shutdown lights between 82 and 15th and cone prep the interstate so people can get on in a steady flow.
Posted by loweralabamatrojan
Lower Alabama
Member since Oct 2006
13136 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 5:42 am to
Great post, TL;DR section was perfect. Makes me want to go and check out T.town despite the sense of artifice.
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 5:43 am to
quote:

Baseball complex getting 30 million dollar upgrade.



little late to that party
Posted by SpidermanTUba
my house
Member since May 2004
36128 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 5:49 am to
quote:


8.) Tuscaloosa weather service SUCKS. 0% chance of rain. Really?
As opposed to what chance? "NEVER" ?

quote:


I realize Baton Rouge is a much larger city than Tuscaloosa, and could actually survive without LSU (unlike T-Town)


T-Town can't survive without LSU?

Posted by SpidermanTUba
my house
Member since May 2004
36128 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 5:54 am to
quote:

The physical structure is just massive, it doesn't look all pieced together like TS bug rather like it was all built at once.


Built all at once?
Bryant-Denny has been expanded SEVEN times.

LINK



BTW - do you guys know what the best thing is that U of A's campus has to offer? Its the FACES of THOUSANDS of Gumps after a loss.
I've been fortunate to see it 3 times (somehow I've managed to go to every away win in Bama since (and including) 2005 and stay home for every away loss). Nothing beats it.
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22079 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 7:45 am to
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Built all at once?
Bryant-Denny has been expanded SEVEN times.


Come on, Tuba. Get out of here with that weak sauce. BDS looks like it was built all at once. That's what the poster implied. he said "like it was built all at once."

Also, I think it was clear that I meant that Tuscaloosa could not survive without UA. It would be no better than, say, Laurel, MS or Eutaw, AL.
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
6580 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 7:57 am to
Article in the Advocate this morning about the efforts underway to improve TOPS and eliminate waste. There was also some suggestion that in 2014 the legislature may revisit giving the colleges more control over tuition. We can only hope.

TOPS article
Posted by Slippy
Across the rivah
Member since Aug 2005
6580 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 8:04 am to
On the business school..... I'm pretty sure there was a subtle attempt to mimic Notre Dame's new business school, which has the same modern barracks-looking layout. I visited it with my son about 3 years ago. Nice, but weird looking. Ours is even weirder.
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 8:43 am to
Apparently each window is around $2000 at the BEC. Complete waste of money.

It's supposed to be a tech look and it looks cool from the inside. Looks ugly from a distance
Posted by SpidermanTUba
my house
Member since May 2004
36128 posts
Posted on 11/14/13 at 9:31 am to
quote:

BDS looks like it was built all at once.


Doesn't look anymore like it was built at once than TS, the expansions are clearly visible.
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