Bobby Dodd Renovation in the NE Stands

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jpw67 said:
Anyone have an update on this construction? Any new images as of this week?
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Been a minute since I drove by, but as of a couple weeks ago the demolition of upper north sections 217-219 was complete, and Edge Center demolition was nearing completion - everything along Techwood was gone and the only spot left was behind the ticket office area. If they're done with both by now it won't look exciting for a while as it'll take several weeks of cleanup and foundation work before new work starts to go up. If I'm in the area I'll be sure to take pictures.

Here’s what it looked like on 6/24:



 
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Does this impact the crazy home schedule this season? We play 2 OOCs in September (GSU and VMI) and our first home ACC game at BDS on October 5 (Dook). Then we play Miami and NCSU back to back at BDS in mid-November. ND is a home game that we have moved to MBS. It looks like we’re home team for the F$U game… in Dublin. If so, we had 7 home games and moves 2, with 2 non-P5 OOCs, leaving only the Dook, Miami, and NCSU games as conference games at BDS. Just seems odd to me.
 
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stinger78 said:
Does this impact the crazy home schedule this season? We play 2 OOCs in September (GSU and VMI) and our first home ACC game at BDS on October 5 (Dook). Then we play Miami and NCSU back to back at BDS in mid-November. ND is a home game that we have moved to MBS. It looks like we’re home team for the F$U game… in Dublin. If so, we had 7 home games and moves 2, with 2 non-P5 OOCs, leaving only the Dook, Miami, and NCSU games as conference games at BDS. Just seems odd to me.
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Maybe but probably not. The contract for an MBS home game and us going to Ireland probably did that on its own.
 
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Ramble1885 said:
Maybe but probably not. The contract for an MBS home game and us going to Ireland probably did that on its own.
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I wonder what we will net off the Dublin game. We went 8 years ago and are going back, so it must be pretty hefty. But F$U would bring a nice payday at BDS, too. I guess we make more at MBS but again, we give up home field advantage.

Meh, it is what it is.
 
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apatriot1776 said:
Been a minute since I drove by, but as of a couple weeks ago the demolition of upper north sections 217-219 was complete, and Edge Center demolition was nearing completion - everything along Techwood was gone and the only spot left was behind the ticket office area. If they're done with both by now it won't look exciting for a while as it'll take several weeks of cleanup and foundation work before new work starts to go up. If I'm in the area I'll be sure to take pictures.

Here’s what it looked like on 6/24:



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Thanks.
 
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Ramble1885 said:
I’m happy it’s ending too but I‘m happy we get to play games there. it’s a unique and fun experience

that said... It’s not Bobby Dodd.
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It was unique at one time - back in 2017. Hardly so now as we will have played UT (2017), UNC (2021), Clemson (2022), Louisville (2023), and now Notre Dame (2024) there in the last 8 years. It’s just not all that unique anymore. It was a 5-year deal and that deal is ending this season (AFAIK).

Let’s get BDS like we want it and play games there. I vote we stop giving up home games.

Just my $.02 worth.
 

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It was unique at one time - back in 2017. Hardly so now as we will have played UT (2017), UNC (2021), Clemson (2022), Louisville (2023), and now Notre Dame (2024) there in the last 8 years. It’s just not all that unique anymore. It was a 5-year deal and that deal is ending this season (AFAIK).

Let’s get BDS like we want it and play games there. I vote we stop giving up home games.

Just my $.02 worth.
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I think the agreement was extended another year since 2020 got cancelled due to Covid (it was suppose to be ND). This is a paragraph in conjunction with the Louisville game which says 3rd year of a 6 year agreement. So not sure if that means 2025 or 2026 but clearly beyond this year. I thought it was only extended one year but could be wrong.

Friday’s game is Georgia Tech’s third in a six-year agreement to play one home game each season at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta, which is located less than a mile from Tech’s midtown Atlanta campus. The Yellow Jackets are 1-2 all-time at MBS, with a 45-22 win over No. 20 North Carolina in 2021 and defeats to No. 24 Tennessee (42-41 in 2OT) and No. 6 Clemson in the 2017 and 2022 Aflac Kickoff Games.

Full article: https://www.bcsnn.com/football/2922...ille-kick-things-off-at-mercedes-benz-stadium
 

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stinger78 said:
It was unique at one time - back in 2017. Hardly so now as we will have played UT (2017), UNC (2021), Clemson (2022), Louisville (2023), and now Notre Dame (2024) there in the last 8 years. It’s just not all that unique anymore. It was a 5-year deal and that deal is ending this season (AFAIK).

Let’s get BDS like we want it and play games there. I vote we stop giving up home games.

Just my $.02 worth.
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I think a LOT of us agree with this take. Personally, I hate MBS....
 
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Here's a couple pics from this morning. Had a few minutes before a meeting downtown, so walked around a bit beforehand
 

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stinger78 said:
It was unique at one time - back in 2017. Hardly so now as we will have played UT (2017), UNC (2021), Clemson (2022), Louisville (2023), and now Notre Dame (2024) there in the last 8 years. It’s just not all that unique anymore. It was a 5-year deal and that deal is ending this season (AFAIK).

Let’s get BDS like we want it and play games there. I vote we stop giving up home games.

Just my $.02 worth.
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As I recall, GT wanted games there because of demand for premium suites which BDS does not have enough. I think we netted $1M a game in additional revenue. BDS sorely needs more premium seats so perhaps that is in the works.
 

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As I recall, GT wanted games there because of demand for premium suites which BDS does not have enough. I think we netted $1M a game in additional revenue. BDS sorely needs more premium seats so perhaps that is in the works.
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My understanding is Tech football makes money playing there. What's going to be weird is when we play Ga. State in a couple of years at their baseball turned football stadium.
 
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