D1 Baseball projects FAU to host Regional
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D1 Baseball came out with their mid season field projection currently has a our Owls hosting a Boca Raton Regional. Here is the link if anybody wants to take a look http://www.d1baseball.com/projections/midseason-field-of-64-projection/
Posted On: Apr 8th 2015, 1:27 PM #344327
Maybe in Jupiter if it doesn't interfere with the minor league baseball team but not in Boca.
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DeltAlumnus said
D1 Baseball came out with their mid season field projection currently has a our Owls hosting a Boca Raton Regional. Here is the link if anybody wants to take a look http://www.d1baseball.com/projections/midseason-field-of-64-projection/
Posted On: Apr 8th 2015, 1:27 PM #344327
Maybe in Jupiter if it doesn't interfere with the minor league baseball team but not in Boca.Posted On: Apr 8th 2015, 1:43 PM #344331
It would be almost impossible for it not to interfere with Jupiter. Two teams play there one team pretty much always is home and one is on the road. Who knows they could maybe find a way to make the stadium work for regional. If we lost out on a regional because of the lack of stadium quality would be a damn shame. I guess one option could be the old spring training stadium next to Lockhart if it hasn't been knocked down or to beat up to lack of use.
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Reason being, it's not a favorable scenario for a number of reasons logistically:
Seating
Press Box
Restrooms
Obviously, we are also going to likely be going against UM if we are still in a bidding position win wise when the actual time comes.
However, there is reason to think that the current leadership might fight for it.
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How much do you think we need to update the stands and pressbox? Can we start a kickstarter or something? Let's crowdfund our new baseball stadium,lol
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FAUfasho said
Perhaps this will help push the issue of a new/updated facility. Hosting a regional means visitors which means $ for local business/hotels.
How much do you think we need to update the stands and pressbox? Can we start a kickstarter or something? Let's crowdfund our new baseball stadium,lolPosted On: Apr 9th 2015, 9:05 AM #344341
We need a new press box…that's fairly significant.
$250K would be a fair starting point for expansion (wrap around)…
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Rick said
FAUfasho said
Perhaps this will help push the issue of a new/updated facility. Hosting a regional means visitors which means $ for local business/hotels.
How much do you think we need to update the stands and pressbox? Can we start a kickstarter or something? Let's crowdfund our new baseball stadium,lolPosted On: Apr 9th 2015, 9:05 AM #344341
We need a new press box…that's fairly significant.
$250K would be a fair starting point for expansion (wrap around)…Posted On: Apr 9th 2015, 9:31 AM #344343
does anyone have a spare 250k sitting in their back pocket? lol seriously though nothing will probably be done till the the new athletic center gets built. like you said rick, bathrooms, and concessions. the small trailer with the grill is not going to cut it. We may have to move the swimming center to a different location and expand outward from there or just get the cardnials and marlins to let us use roger dean stadium for the regional.
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The pressbox is the last thing I would address for a major overhaul. A major overhaul could be considered "new construction" and that would mean an elevator. A commercial elevator would be quite expensive. That would likely require a concrete building to contain the elevator and the booth. My uneducated guess is that the booth upgrade could cost as at least as much as the indoor/sheltered practice facility, and perhaps even with the dugout upgrades combined.
While I'd love to see FAU host a regional, in my opinion, if it means upgrading the fan and media facilities before the player facilities, I think we have our priorities messed up. I'd rather have the players better prepared to win the regional than the stadium to host it.
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