It will help the atmosphere but the sound system needs upgraded too. The new lights will work so much better with a new sound system
Does Kroger Field need upgrades?
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Has the new sound system been confirmed? I have not seen that mentioned anywhere.
I've only seen lighting and ribbon boards too....$7 million upgrade to those systems, but no mention of sound
In terms of the stadium. The basics are the best in the conference. Seating, ingress, egress, width of concourses, etc... Concessions are pretty good. Suite setup is really nice now with the changes. The club level is very nice and really, nothing like it in the sec.
Video boards, lighting, technology and sound leave a lot to be desired. Lighting getting upgraded as we type.
When they did the renovation the consultant goofed up BAD in their estimate on demand for "club" seating. They could have easily doubled the club level seating and sold it out. So, I predict that they will do a new club seating/suite area in one of the endzones in the next decade similar to what Ole Miss did about 10-15 years ago.
Video boards, lighting, technology and sound leave a lot to be desired. Lighting getting upgraded as we type.
When they did the renovation the consultant goofed up BAD in their estimate on demand for "club" seating. They could have easily doubled the club level seating and sold it out. So, I predict that they will do a new club seating/suite area in one of the endzones in the next decade similar to what Ole Miss did about 10-15 years ago.
Yes, both in equipment and attitude.
1) Pyrotechnics. I remember hearing that the surround neighborhoods complained a few years ago about night games and fireworks. There is countless fireworks that don't have reports (the loud boom) and even newer styles that use compressed air to launch them instead of the normal gunpowder. Imagine blue and white "roman candle" style fireworks going off all around the stadium.
2) A change from Grove Street as the entrance music. The entrance music is not to get the team pumped, its to get the crowd pumped and loud. In turn, this will get the team pumped. Nothing gets a crowd going that good old rock music. Stoops hallmark has been defense. Play let the bodies hit the floor, and time the key moments in the song to vicious defensive hits on the video. The crowd chanting the countdown, the scream.....
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the... FLOOR!
Beaten... why for?
Can't take much more
Here we go... Here we go... Here we go (now)
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now!
For years UK has said.. Why not Kentucky... Well, nothing is wrong here, and something has to give!! Make it an attitude. Keep that chip on there shoulders.
3) Been a few years since I have been, So if they stopped it already great. But the stupid call to post and the horse racing BS they play. Drop the whole thing, or at least replace it with football highlights.
4) Coal Whistle. All for it. But have an actual big whistle, not something piped though the speakers. Again, you can use compressed air and a fog machine to mimic the steam whistle they would have used. Nice tradition, but its a gimmick without the real thing on the field. Maybe 2, one on each end of the UKs sideline.
1) Pyrotechnics. I remember hearing that the surround neighborhoods complained a few years ago about night games and fireworks. There is countless fireworks that don't have reports (the loud boom) and even newer styles that use compressed air to launch them instead of the normal gunpowder. Imagine blue and white "roman candle" style fireworks going off all around the stadium.
2) A change from Grove Street as the entrance music. The entrance music is not to get the team pumped, its to get the crowd pumped and loud. In turn, this will get the team pumped. Nothing gets a crowd going that good old rock music. Stoops hallmark has been defense. Play let the bodies hit the floor, and time the key moments in the song to vicious defensive hits on the video. The crowd chanting the countdown, the scream.....
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the floor
Let the bodies hit the... FLOOR!
Beaten... why for?
Can't take much more
Here we go... Here we go... Here we go (now)
One - Nothing wrong with me
Two - Nothing wrong with me
Three - Nothing wrong with me
Four - Nothing wrong with me
One - Something's got to give
Two - Something's got to give
Three - Something's got to give
Now!
For years UK has said.. Why not Kentucky... Well, nothing is wrong here, and something has to give!! Make it an attitude. Keep that chip on there shoulders.
3) Been a few years since I have been, So if they stopped it already great. But the stupid call to post and the horse racing BS they play. Drop the whole thing, or at least replace it with football highlights.
4) Coal Whistle. All for it. But have an actual big whistle, not something piped though the speakers. Again, you can use compressed air and a fog machine to mimic the steam whistle they would have used. Nice tradition, but its a gimmick without the real thing on the field. Maybe 2, one on each end of the UKs sideline.
Four SEC stadiums have capacities between 60,000 and 65,000: Mississippi State: 60,311; UK's Kroger Field 61,000; Missouri: 62,621; and Ole Miss 64,038. When Vanderbilt's expansion is complete, its capacity will be 40,350.
PSU planning $700M makeover of Beaver Stadium. NE going $450 upgrade to theirs.
Great suggestions I agree Grove Street should be saved for the 4th qtr. the call to the post could stay or go doesn’t matter to me either way.
A) When you change your name to Kroger Field, no football person in the SEC or elsewhere is going to take you serious. Major blunder by Barnhart
B) The turf look doesn’t fit the SEC. Go natural grass like the rest of the teams, who cares what it looks like in the cold weather, the grass look is traditional. It’s all about tradition.
C) Look at the outside of our stadium, now look at the outside of others. They’re all covered in brick, ours is covered in nothing and shows the metal skeleton underneath that looks like the back of high school bleachers. It just looks unappealing.
D) Look at the lower bowl around field level. It’s just some blue banners stapled up to a cement wall. Go look at everyone else, they have brick, they have hedges, etc. Barnhart has no feel for aesthetics. He builds his stadiums like he’s constructing a Walmart. Cold and lifeless, no personality.
PS, For goodness sake, get the Kroger logo off of the field, it’s embarrassing enough to have to call it Kroger field but we have to stick that logo with a shopping cart on an SEC football field? And we wonder why we aren’t taken seriously in this conference.
I could go on and on and on with little things like this, but it’s the little details that make a house a home, and Barnhart just doesn’t have a feel for what it means to play football in the SEC. He doesn’t understand the south or tradition in general.
B) The turf look doesn’t fit the SEC. Go natural grass like the rest of the teams, who cares what it looks like in the cold weather, the grass look is traditional. It’s all about tradition.
C) Look at the outside of our stadium, now look at the outside of others. They’re all covered in brick, ours is covered in nothing and shows the metal skeleton underneath that looks like the back of high school bleachers. It just looks unappealing.
D) Look at the lower bowl around field level. It’s just some blue banners stapled up to a cement wall. Go look at everyone else, they have brick, they have hedges, etc. Barnhart has no feel for aesthetics. He builds his stadiums like he’s constructing a Walmart. Cold and lifeless, no personality.
PS, For goodness sake, get the Kroger logo off of the field, it’s embarrassing enough to have to call it Kroger field but we have to stick that logo with a shopping cart on an SEC football field? And we wonder why we aren’t taken seriously in this conference.
I could go on and on and on with little things like this, but it’s the little details that make a house a home, and Barnhart just doesn’t have a feel for what it means to play football in the SEC. He doesn’t understand the south or tradition in general.
I would rather have the call to post play on 3rd and 4th downs. Lexington and the state is known for horse racing. Axe the coal whistle I think it's outdated and boring. Most of the players don't even know what a coal mine is. I am sure the Crafts play a role in the whistle.
I do not care how biased websites rank stadiums for clicks. Every school needs to constantly evaluate their own stadium in light of new technology and make regular upgrades. Not just football, but all the sports. If you go to KF, you know it is a modern stadium and nothing to be ashamed of. But there can always be a better scoreboard, more comfortable seats, or a new coat of paint. Kentucky has done a good job in my opinion and I am sure that will continue. Things don't stay the same.
Surprised other SEC programs aren’t adding double wide trailers on stilts in each corner of their stadium
On the name Kroger Field, I agree with the criticism, but since Ass Kicker Industries wont pay enough...Kroger it is.
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