Future of Upper North Stands?

wishbone said:
"Project Background
The Georgia Tech Athletic Association plans to reinvigorate their athletic headquarters complex,
with a focus on student-athlete performance. The new facility will impact every Georgia Tech
student-athlete’s experience for athletic and academic success. The facility will be designed to
develop a better student-athlete through innovative strength and performance training, nutrition,
sports medicine, and academic support. The facility will contain state-of-the-art technology and
innovation spaces that align with the mission and distinctive qualities of the Institute. It will
impress recruits that their experience at Georgia Tech will be unique and prepare them for
lifelong success. The complex currently consists of the Arthur B. Edge Intercollegiate Athletic
Center and the Homer Rice Center for Sports Performance, as well as a potential portion of the
Bobby Dodd Stadium North Stands (constructed in 2003).

The complex is in need of comprehensive renewal or replacement. The Edge Building was
opened in 1981 and the Rice Building in 1996. The four level Edge Building and three level Rice
Building serve as home to Georgia Tech’s Intercollegiate Athletics Program. The complex
houses all GTAA administrative offices, a dining hall for student-athletes, The Hearn Academic
Center, physical therapy clinic, sports medicine area, and ticket offices.

Over time, piece-meal renovations and one-off decisions have rendered the buildings inefficient
and have affected the functionality of the spaces in adverse ways. Necessary programmatic
adjacencies have eroded to the point of inefficiency. This project will offer an opportunity to
contemplate the changing role of GTAA functions, programmatic adjacencies and right sizing of
spaces.

This project will reinvent the public facing components of GTAA so that it once again feels
integrated and connected to the larger Institute community, rather than embedded deep into a
concrete bunker. It will be the front door for GTAA and in many ways Georgia Tech, through
athletic program visitors. The changing NCAA landscape related to recruiting, resource provision,
and student-athlete academic success is also driving major changes to program and process, all
of which impact space. Additionally, evolving work processes are changing work place
environments to be more flexible and collaborative in nature.

Building infrastructure systems, such as HVAC, are at the end of their useful life and need
replacement. Significant opportunities exist to create a building with lower energy use. Electrical
and network upgrades are necessary. Toilet rooms, stairs and elevators need upgrades to
accommodate physically challenged individuals. The buildings need ADA and seismic upgrades
related to new code requirements. This project will address these systems issues and create a
more sustainable home for Georgia Tech Athletics.

The vision for the finished project is three-fold. First, the renewed and/or new buildings will
provide space that properly supports GTAA in their day-to-day operations for the near future, but
most importantly the continued success of GT student-athletes. Second, the project corrects
serious building systems deficiencies, envelope issues and functional items, such as the loading
dock area. Third, and perhaps most exciting, the new facility will allow Georgia Tech to better
compete for recruits furthering the rich tradition of the GT student-athletes. Programmatic
enhancements such as a new Performance Lab in coordination with a new strength and
conditioning component and improved Sports Medicine Lab will better position Georgia Tech for
the opportunity to remain competitive within the Atlantic Coast Conference, and to meet
expectations of the alumni fan base to compete on a national level. "
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Just how many 'physically challenged individuals ' use
or are expected to use these facilities that will require accommodations for them. Surely not SAs, maybe occasional visitors,but how much accommodation is needed for what is probably going to be a very small population?
 
goldeagle said:
Just how many 'physically challenged individuals ' use
or are expected to use these facilities that will require accommodations for them. Surely not SAs, maybe occasional visitors,but how much accommodation is needed for what is probably going to be a very small population?
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I know one.

FYM.
 
I predict that in the future, the upper north stands will be located to the north of the playing surface.

With all the problems this program has, I can't ööööing believe that anyone thinks the upper north stands is a pressing issue worthy of discussion.
 
BeeProudBeeLoud said:
Speaking of beer. I bought a six pack of Hellaviennas from Kroger for $11.99. One of those BDS is the same cost.
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While are they selling beer so inexpensively at BDS? They were selling a can of ööööing Michelob for $14.99 last night at Capital One Arena.
 
coit said:
I'm definitely not jelly of some Penthouse Letters story of sex on a football field. He seems proud of it, though, that's for sure.
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I had sex at Campanile fountain, woodruff hall south 2nd floor lounge and got a blowjob at the basketball court across woodruff. 50 yard line on Grant field sex is daring for sure but it doesn’t sound made up to me.
 
Akinji07 said:
I had sex at Campanile fountain, woodruff hall south 2nd floor lounge and got a blowjob at the basketball court across woodruff. 50 yard line on Grant field sex is daring for sure but it doesn’t sound made up to me.
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Don't you wish someone else was there to share those experiences with you? Also, you sound like you were really flexible.
 
GTRules said:
Actually happened. Two cheerleaders getting into the spirit of things.
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I remember when the refs ööööed us near halftime of the UNC game one year. Kept the clock rolling, despite Demaryius Thomas stepping out of bounds to stop it
 
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