Northwestern Football Game

AtlDuke72 said:
The Bears played at Wrigley Field before moving to Soldiers Field. The left field wall was the back line of the northern end of the field. There was not enough room at the southern end for a full end zone as one end of it was cut so the end zone was not a rectangle. The field is no bigger now so I don't see how they can play there.
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I just found a picture from 1963 - maybe it is just barely big enough.
 
AtlDuke72 said:
The Bears played at Wrigley Field before moving to Soldiers Field. The left field wall was the back line of the northern end of the field. There was not enough room at the southern end for a full end zone as one end of it was cut so the end zone was not a rectangle. The field is no bigger now so I don't see how they can play there.
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Photo from Iowa @ Northwestern @ Wrigley Field, November 4, 2023:

https://wgnradio.com/wp-content/upl...ettyImages-1775040220.jpg?w=1280&h=720&crop=1
 
Northwestern just released their full schedule:
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https://twitter.com/NUFBFamily/status/1790850244873183507

Duke game planned for the lakeside stadium in Evanston. Last two games of the season (vs. Ohio St and IL) planned for Wrigley after Cubs are already wrapped up.

Edit: looks like if anyone wants tickets, you have to join the email wait-list with link below and they'll only release them if they are available after season ticket Holders, boosters, visiting tickets, recruiting allotment, etc. are doled out. Hopefully, I can go...
https://app.supportthecats.com/LakesideTickets
 
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Bluedog said:
Northwestern just released their full schedule:
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https://twitter.com/NUFBFamily/status/1790850244873183507

Duke game planned for the lakeside stadium in Evanston. Last two games of the season (vs. Ohio St and IL) planned for Wrigley after Cubs are already wrapped up.

Edit: looks like if anyone wants tickets, you have to join the email wait-list with link below and they'll only release them if they are available after season ticket Holders, boosters, visiting tickets, recruiting allotment, etc. are doled out. Hopefully, I can go...
https://app.supportthecats.com/LakesideTickets
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I'm not sure how many tickets Duke will get, but this is probably your only option...and probably only above a group 6 Iron Duke.
 
AtlDuke72 said:
I just found a picture from 1963 - maybe it is just barely big enough.
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Northwestern has been playing games there for the last 10 years or so and the layout has been improved incrementally over time. The end zones are tight but they make it work. Fans have liked it enough to make it an annual thing.
 
duke2x said:
I'm not sure how many tickets Duke will get, but this is probably your only option...and probably only above a group 6 Iron Duke.
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Perhaps, but I'm banking on the fact that Northwestern will still be on summer break for our game so there will likely not be many students/staff there. And NU/Duke isn't a big draw to the local community. If the temporary stadium can actually seat close to 15,000, I expect the public to get a shot at them.
 
I'm really surprised they didn't figure out some way to play Wisconsin in a bigger stadium.

I wonder if they have a fallback plan to quickly switch it to Wrigley if the Cubs miss the playoffs or get beat in the first round.
 
Northwestern football unveils renderings for temporary lakefront stadium



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Boy that’s an unattractive, undersized pile of garbage that might blow over in a stiff breeze and that is somehow even more tilted toward crap end zone seats than Reynolds Coliseum.

Other than that it looks great.
 
Wow don't know if I even recall a game so late that wasn't on the West Coast. I was planning to try to get tickets and take the kids, but not at that time. I saw ticket prices sent to NU alumni and the cheapest/worst are listed at $300 with like a $100 required donation. I THINK those were prices for season tickets, but it didn't state it explicitly. Some of them were north of $1000 (with a five figure donation required) so I sure hope so...

As it relates to looks it's a 2-year temporary seating arrangement so I don't think they care so much about looks -- just feasibility and logistics of trying to cram as many temporary seats as they can in that small plot that's on a landfill by the lake, and make it reversible.
 
Bluedog said:
Wow don't know if I even recall a game so late that wasn't on the West Coast. I was planning to try to get tickets and take the kids, but not at that time. I saw ticket prices sent to NU alumni and the cheapest/worst are listed at $300 with like a $100 required donation. I THINK those were prices for season tickets, but it didn't state it explicitly. Some of them were north of $1000 (with a five figure donation required) so I sure hope so...

As it relates to looks it's a 2-year temporary seating arrangement so I don't think they care so much about looks -- just feasibility and logistics of trying to cram as many temporary seats as they can in that small plot that's on a landfill by the lake, and make it reversible.
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It's only 8PM Chicago time, and I think it's quite intentional. The easiest way to suppress demand is the Friday night game. A normal Duke-NW game would be 22-25k. It doesn't solve their problem for IN.
 
duke2x said:
It's only 8PM Chicago time, and I think it's quite intentional. The easiest way to suppress demand is the Friday night game. A normal Duke-NW game would be 22-25k. It doesn't solve their problem for IN.
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Maybe (as it relates to them intentionally suppressing demand). Note that the academic semester also doesn't start until September 19, so demand should be lower given no students on campus. So, I'm hoping there will be tickets available to the public. I think the last Duke-NW game at Ryan Field (which was a beautiful Saturday afternoon but ALSO before the semester started) was probably 15k butts in seats. Maybe 20k if I'm being generous. They probably sold 25k tickets though. Interesting that the above rendering doesn't show the lights -- which they're gonna need for these night games.
 
CameronBornAndBred said:
Kickers' nightmare.
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I've never seen such a huge percentage of end zone seats. That's going to be a mess, the wind is going to drive teams crazy....I've almost been blown off my feet in the upper deck of Ryan Field which is much farther from the lake.

Still suspect we'll be hosting that game....the people tasked with building that thing may refuse on aesthetic grounds.
 
Bluedog said:
Wow don't know if I even recall a game so late that wasn't on the West Coast. I was planning to try to get tickets and take the kids, but not at that time. I saw ticket prices sent to NU alumni and the cheapest/worst are listed at $300 with like a $100 required donation. I THINK those were prices for season tickets, but it didn't state it explicitly. Some of them were north of $1000 (with a five figure donation required) so I sure hope so...

As it relates to looks it's a 2-year temporary seating arrangement so I don't think they care so much about looks -- just feasibility and logistics of trying to cram as many temporary seats as they can in that small plot that's on a landfill by the lake, and make it reversible.
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Meanwhile, Oregon State is playing at Boise State at 10AM local time, 9AM for those in Oregon. This sport has lost its way.

https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/...gon-4-other-games-moves-boise-state-game.html
 
Bluedog said:
Interesting that the above rendering doesn't show the lights -- which they're gonna need for these night games.
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Minor detail. There are lights there already as long as they don't knock them down. They will probably want to upgrade them.
You can see them here: https://forums.dukebasketballreport...thwestern-Football-Game&p=1721659#post1721659


budwom said:
Still suspect we'll be hosting that game...the people tasked with building that thing may refuse on aesthetic grounds.
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They're not moving the game. Too much money involved.
On the aesthetics, I'm guessing that people in the temporary stadium construction business don't fancy themselves as artistes.
 
BigWayne said:
Minor detail. There are lights there already as long as they don't knock them down. They will probably want to upgrade them.
You can see them here: https://forums.dukebasketballreport...thwestern-Football-Game&p=1721659#post1721659




They're not moving the game. Too much money involved.
On the aesthetics, I'm guessing that people in the temporary stadium construction business don't fancy themselves as artistes.
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I think they could trade a future date. Revenue in that dump is not going to be impressive. Fifteen thousand really bad seats and a much better view on tv. Or in Durham
 
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