Cameron/Wallace Wade upgrades

[kingboozer]

http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/65130


Friend of mine sent me this link and I had heard nothing about any of this, wondering if anyone could share some insight beyond the article?

[sandinmyshoes]

This makes me a little bit nervous. But I suppose judgement would have to be withheld until we see some renderings of what it would look like.

[kingboozer]

This makes me a little bit nervous. But I suppose judgement would have to be withheld until we see some renderings of what it would look like.

my first thought after reading it, I hope they don't ruin Cameron

[Bluedevil114]

The only upgrade I am looking forward to seeing is a Fourth National Championship Banner. Go Duke!!

[roywhite]

Thanks for sharing the info.

A plan to build suites on top of the Schwartz-Butters Athletic Center, a six-story building next to Cameron Indoor, from where patrons would peer down inside the arena, remains a possibility. That project is further down on a list of priorities, Cragg said.

...peer down inside the arena??

[Newton_14]

Hallelujah for the track going away. That is the best part of that plan. The new addition to Cameron would not be a bad thing imo. Sounds like it would be a really nice addition. I am sure the architects would make the outside of the building look great as well.

Wallace Wade is long overdue for improvements. The sooner this starts the better to me.

[uh_no]

Hallelujah for the track going away. That is the best part of that plan.

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

[godukerocks]

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

Thank you.

The Duke running program has consistently been improving; cross country earned a trip to Nationals this year. As a former camper and runner myself, running in Wallace Wade was without a doubt a great experience, and I hope and trust Duke will give due justice to a first-rate track facility wherever it goes.

[DukeCO2009]

Thanks for sharing the info.



...peer down inside the arena??

I don't even know how the logistics of such a renovation would work, lol.

BTW, if Duke Athletics screws with the front end of Cameron they'll never see another dime from me. I guess they should hope I never get promoted .

[phaedrus]

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

They will build a new track before they get rid of the old track.

Or the Iron Dukes will lose my $25 per year donation.

[DevilHorns]

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

uh no.

Of course they'll build another track. Most college football stadiums dont have tracks circling the field.

[roywhite]

They will build a new track before they get rid of the old track.

Or the Iron Dukes will lose my $25 per year donation.

We may have talked about this before, but I wonder where a new track would go? On the other side of Route 751, kind of below the Wash. Duke Inn?

Saw some big time track meets at Wallace Wade, but hardly any D-1 school has a track at the football stadium any longer. I'll be curious to get a better idea of what's in mind in all three cases---Wallace Wade, Cameron, and a new track area.

[Newton_14]

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

Uh, did my post say anything about getting rid of the track teams? Uh No, it didn't.

Getting the track out of the football stadium was the ONLY thing my post was referring to. I am quite sure before they remove the old one they will construct a nicer, new track.

My post was about applauding improvements to the football stadium and was not in any way a slam against the track teams or any other non revenue sport. Sorry you chose to read it as such.

[DukeSean]

So we just say 'screw you track team'?

glad people here are so ready to support money teams at the direct expense of other teams...

Thank you.

The Duke running program has consistently been improving; cross country earned a trip to Nationals this year. As a former camper and runner myself, running in Wallace Wade was without a doubt a great experience, and I hope and trust Duke will give due justice to a first-rate track facility wherever it goes.

Is anyone aware of any D-I program maintaining a track around the football field that is covered up with turf or something like that during football games?

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

I don't even know how the logistics of such a renovation would work, lol.

BTW, if Duke Athletics screws with the front end of Cameron they'll never see another dime from me. I guess they should hope I never get promoted .

What do you consider to be the "front end of Cameron"?

The picture accompanying the article shows the South Entrance which faces the North Gate of Wallace Wade Stadium. The current ticket office is in the South Lobby.

[DukeCO2009]

What do you consider to be the "front end of Cameron"?

The picture accompanying the article shows the South Entrance which faces the North Gate of Wallace Wade Stadium. The current ticket office is in the South Lobby.

Ah, didn't see the picture. Although the address is on Whitford, I always think of the K-Ville side of Cameron as the "front". Either way, I think an addition is a horrible move--just money down the drain and a huge potential eyesore.

[kyriecrazy2013]

Is anyone aware of any D-I program maintaining a track around the football field that is covered up with turf or something like that during football games?

When we traveled to Kansas this past year, they had a track around their field but they did not cover it. Renfree fell on it after running out of bounds though.

The track team is also losing their main area for discus, javelin, and shot-put because of a new indoor practice facility for the football team Duke has been considering for some years.

Coach Cut said that the track team will definitely get new facilities before the track around the field is destroyed.

As for the new track being better than the old track, that is unlikely but possible. The Wade track is VERY high quality and people travel to Durham simply to train on it. It is definitely TOP quality so hopefully the new one will also be top quality.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Where to build the new track? See the left side of page 2 of these sketches/renderings.

http://www.bluedevilsfootball.com/pd...oposal_web.pdf

[kingboozer]

Where to build the new track? See the left side of page 2 of these sketches/renderings.

http://www.bluedevilsfootball.com/pd...oposal_web.pdf

thats awesome, imagine how much of a boost coach cut would get in recruiting with a state of the art facility

[hughgs]

Where to build the new track? See the left side of page 2 of these sketches/renderings.

http://www.bluedevilsfootball.com/pd...oposal_web.pdf

That area is the lacrosse practice field. Where are those teams going to practice?