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The exterior look of Sanford Stadium could be improved upon..

BillyDawg1

Unless it can't be done without causing heat build up from air stagnation inside I'd like to see something more asthetically pleasing than exposed ramps. I love the location and the shape of Sanford, but the look of it's exterior is nothing to brag about.

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texdawg

It’s funny that you bring this up. Driving around campus during our visit in July my dad said the same thing.

And I completely agree. Especially the East side of the stadium.

But I doubt anything can be done to improve it.

The inside of the stadium is pretty awesome. It was getting brand new grass when we were there.

ForestryDawg

The recent improvements to the North and West sides have been really nice. The South and East side need some creative thinking to improve them since they are landlocked. A facelift like what was done to Foley Field could help on those sides.

BillyDawg1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530181#Comment_530181

I'm good with the experience once inside the stadium and I love the on-campus location with hills and trees. Do you think something like a well designed brick facade could be added without restricting airflow or creating some issue I'm not seeing ?

ForestryDawg

I would like brick too, but there is a lot of concrete that needs to be covered. Maybe we can use some of the new money generated by conference expansion to put towards it.

texdawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530186#Comment_530186

I really have no idea. Unless I’m missing something there doesn’t seem to be any open areas on the east side to allow air flow anyway.

I think in February they should hang a huge banner on the east side of stadium. Make it big enough to cover all the exposed beams and other inconsistencies.

The banner should simply say, in big bold letters:

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

2022

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

That would definitely help improve the aesthetics of the east side of the stadium.

YaleDawg

Just be glad it's not that rust bucket up in knoxville

BillyDawg1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530190#Comment_530190

That would be a big improvement, I wonder how Kirby would feel about it ?

texdawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530195#Comment_530195

Hopefully he would say we need another in 23’ to improve the south side.

Michael_Scarn

I agree there's things that can and should be done to the exterior of the stadium to improve the aesthetic appeal. I've often thought about what I'd change to Sanford with unlimited funds.

BillyDawg1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530198#Comment_530198

More is never enough, maybe we can drape the entire facade with national title banners in a few years.

texdawg

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530200#Comment_530200

Amen brotha

Chopper

Given the ass end of the upper deck is hanging over the road I don't know how they make it wider with a facade. Let's start with fixing the plumbing, and then maybe put in some real seats as opposed to sitting on a George Foreman grill until November; that seems to be where it's trending. It's gotten so expensive to go to the games I think people are tired of bleachers which has lead to spring games being more of a spectacle than they used to be...it's the only game some can afford to go to. Some awnings would be great but with the suites and the Tech deck I don't know how you make those work, the East-West orientation of the field notwithstanding.

Nothing is uglier on the outside than Jordan-Hare IMHO, at least Sanford mostly sits in a valley.

BillyDawg1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530202#Comment_530202

I see your point. The cantilever is a great engineering tool though. Using counterweight to support the added weight and only bricking above a height needed for traffic might be an option. Another approach would be to cut back the current exterior, then using the space for a facade, but there may not be a viable option in that area.

Chopper

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530205#Comment_530205

I would surmise they would have to place at least a couple supports on the opposite side of E Campus road to do that, and with the tracks and cemetery there I would imagine that's a non-starter. I would think a cantilever would require the existing upper deck to have been built to support it. When you look at a bird's eye view of this thing it's hanging over everything around it already.

BillyDawg1

https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/530208#Comment_530208

Beams might also be placed in the interior of Sanford along the lines of how cantilevers are used for bridges and to support protruding balconies. The most radical use of this device I've seen is the skywalk overlook at The Grand Canyon.