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Thursday - May 11, 2006

News: Weekend starters and Disch-Falk renovations

According to the Statesman, Kyle McCulloch is well enough to start the opener on Saturday. Adrian Alaniz will start the second game.

They've upped the budget for the renovations to Disch-Falk. I'm very puzzled by this architectural rendering:

Are they really gonna fit the new sky boxes in without taking the roof off? I was looking at things the other day and don't see how they can. But, I'll look at it again. And, maybe take some photos. Anyway, back to the rendering: note the grassy berm down the rf line and the extended seating area down the lf line. The light standards on the roof are significantly higher...they're no longer at the roof line. And, no other light poles can be seen so one has to assume (dangerous, I know...particularly since these are only tentative renderings at best) they've been moved back and won't be disturbing lines of sight for anyone inside the park. Also from this rendering, it looks like you can easily see the field from outside the rf wall. Which either means they're adding an enclosure wall outside the current wall. Or this is just artistic license. 'Cause you know they're not gonna make it that easy for folks to watch the game without paying for a ticket. (Link.)

Oddly, the new renderings are nowhere to be found on the TexasSport.com page that we're supposed to watch for the latest infomation on what's going on. Color me not surprised. Actually, that's not really true. I am a bit surprised. I mean, this is a big marketing effort, right? Oh well.

Posted by Joanna at 12:03 AM