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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #136 on: June 10, 2015, 01:14:21 pm »
another step in the right direction: http://www.stonybrookathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061015aaa.html

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Stony Brook introduces Seawolves Town
LaValle Stadium parking lot to be transformed into Long Island's premier game day experience
 
 "Seawolves Town will feature music, interactive events and a team walk before the game while fans will be able to reserve their own space where they can bring in food and drinks. Our priority is to create a big time college football atmosphere where the energy and excitement around LaValle Stadium gets everyone fired up to cheer on the Seawolves."
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #137 on: June 10, 2015, 02:57:13 pm »
another step in the right direction: http://www.stonybrookathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061015aaa.html

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Stony Brook introduces Seawolves Town
LaValle Stadium parking lot to be transformed into Long Island's premier game day experience
 
 "Seawolves Town will feature music, interactive events and a team walk before the game while fans will be able to reserve their own space where they can bring in food and drinks. Our priority is to create a big time college football atmosphere where the energy and excitement around LaValle Stadium gets everyone fired up to cheer on the Seawolves."


I bought 3 spots in the red zone 12-14.. Christina from tickets said at 12:00 today. the red zone was just about all sold out. I think thats terrific!!

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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #138 on: June 12, 2015, 07:20:59 am »
i didnt know where else to put this- charles wang and billy joel get honorary degrees: http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/news/general/2015-05-22-stony-brook-university-commencement-2015.php
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #139 on: June 21, 2015, 09:48:42 pm »
similar to the math we did about attendance- some analysis on how we intend to fill up LaValle and IFCU: http://brook.land/2015/06/inside-the-mission-to-sell-out-every-home-game/

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Because LaValle Stadium is built with future expansions in mind, there are a lot of open spaces in which you can fit many many more than 8,300 people. That’s how Stony Brook was able to squeeze an extra 3,000 fans into the place last September for Homecoming vs. William & Mary (official attendance: 11,301). Last year’s home opener, a Thursday night game, also led to a higher-than-occupancy crowd of 10,252.

All told, the official attendance figure last year was 42,629. Six sellouts of 8,300 seats would have been 49,800. That works out to an average attendance of 7,105 per game, or 86% capacity. Suddenly the prospect of reaching 100% attendance doesn’t seem so farfetched.

“Hold on a second,” you’re no doubt saying, “that doesn’t count! Boosting attendance at some games to offset low attendance at others isn’t the same thing as selling out every game!”
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #140 on: June 29, 2015, 08:18:30 pm »
The Seawolves United  Website is up and running as of today.  This is really a great cause to advance our Athletic Facilities and Teams to hopefully the next level.  I attended the get together in May at Danfords and our AD  and the coaching staffs are behind this 100%.  If you  can  read through the info on the website and donate if you can every little bit will help.  The Indoor Practice facility and the stadium expansion are top priority. It also mentions expanding several  women's teams and keeping SBU in the fore front of athletics for years to come.  This is  our opportunity as fans and alums  to help  build something special.

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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #141 on: June 29, 2015, 08:44:15 pm »
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #142 on: July 12, 2015, 09:04:01 pm »
i was writing earlier about our tradition- and then i stumbled upon this today: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/libspecial/collections/archives/rg62/index.html

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Concerts
Jerry Rubin of Chicago, late 1960s/early 1970s
Chicago, Allman Brothers, Bob Kosser, April 28 (late 1960s/early 1970s)
The Clash, 26 April 1984
Pink Floyd, April 11 (late 1960s/early 1970s)

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NCAA East regional championship, 1978, 1979
Patriots Basketball, 1982-1983
Football, 1983, 1984
Varsity Cheerleaders, 1983-1984
Summer Gymnastic Camp
Ticket stub: Stony Brook University Seawolves Football vs. Sacred Heart, 19 October 2002 (first game as "Seawolves")

of course, that last one is way off!

more here: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/libspecial/collections/archives/index.html



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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #143 on: July 20, 2015, 09:14:12 pm »
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #144 on: July 20, 2015, 09:15:29 pm »
http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/news/general/2015_07_02_computer_science_open.php

New Computer Science Building Is Open for Business, Education and Infinite Innovation 

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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #145 on: August 31, 2015, 08:07:17 pm »
a listing of some of the better acts to play at SB: http://brook.land/2015/08/the-ultimate-stony-brook-playlist/
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #146 on: October 16, 2015, 10:12:32 am »
I mentioned earlier in the thread that there are a few new dorms going up in the space between the union and gray college, irving college, and the wang center and the staller center. 

in the spring I walked by the construction and it blew my mind how different it is and the open space is all gone.  here is the latest aerial: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9169112,-73.1196732,278m/data=!3m1!1e3

looks like they knocked out the grass field behind irving college too.  and the forest across from the wang center.

as a side note- I wonder why they never built a tower, a la UMass or Albany.  not that I like towers.  Im just saying im sure they considered it and of course it saves room.  could be an eye sore of course.
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #147 on: October 20, 2015, 12:49:14 pm »
This is kind of a very, very random thought, but looking at a map, there is still some good open land around the university that it can develop should it ever want to expand.  Not that it should, im just wondering whether the U has purchased open plots, for example, when it purchased Flowerfield.  We all know the Southampton thing never really caught on as its too far away.  Geography matters.  This is why building LaValle at south P would’ve been a disaster.

I remember once I ventured a few miles west to the Kings Park Psychiatric Center.  It’s empty, owned by the state, and even though its kind of eerie, it looks like some nice buildings that aren’t getting any use.  There’s some open land.  And its about 4 miles west of the U and there’s over 100 buildings (some in disrepair).  I wonder if they’ve ever made a move for it and if so, what they could do with it.  Random, I know.

Then I did some reading and saw that numerous developers made attempts to purchase it, but the obstacles are asbestos, unstable foundations, and the fact that it supplied its own power might have left contaminants.  So it looks like its too expensive to clean up and some of the land converted to the nissequogue park 20 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Park_Psychiatric_Center
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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #148 on: October 20, 2015, 03:42:52 pm »
I saw those new dorms  this past Saturday pretty impressive.

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Re: Making SB better- Idea Thread
« Reply #149 on: November 17, 2015, 06:12:52 am »
we talked a while ago about adding a rivalry trophy with albany: http://www.stonybrookathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111615aab.html
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