The only thing in those renders that wasn't really in the original renderings shown was the existence of a practice rink.
PErsonally, I think there are too many compromises between the feildhouse and the stadium. As a field house, it will be limited by times when it's not available to the public. The stamps is just 10-11 times a year, but we are naive if we think that there isn't a goal to put other sports in there as well. Time spent reconfiguring, etc. Parking will be harder to come by and impacted anytime there an event in the arena portion as well.
As a stadium, retractable seating means that a lot of space is wasted underneath the pulled out seats - space that could be used otherwise. The site is already tight, and I would be worried that the fan's experience won't be as good as it could otherwise be, due to lack of space, and compromises made to make the stadium adaptable.
Again, I have no interest in a stadium for football games with a fixed, opaque roof. A nicely renovated McMahon sounds like a much nicer place to watch a game that sitting inside on "temporary" seating, and not much more for space than is currently available at McMahon.
I fully believe that the arena portion will be fantastic. I'm worried that a lot of money would be spent on a radium/feildhouse that wouldn't need anyone's needs very well.
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