![]() That still leaves a sizable chunk of change (without even considering revenue that’s coming from stadium naming rights and founding partners). Well, Wicker said debt service on the new stadium will be about $11 million a year. What will the athletic department do with the windfall? “Hopefully, four to five, maybe six times that,” Wicker said. If SDSU hits its goals at the new stadium, Wicker said ticket revenue at the new stadium will be significantly greater than $4 million. John David Wicker, SDSU’s director of athletics, said last month the Aztecs averaged about $4 million a season in ticket revenue at SDCCU Stadium. ![]() Grice said in a radio interview before last week’s game against Boise State that they’re currently at 5,500. SDSU officials are hopeful they can sell 15,000 season tickets for the 2022 season. “It’s the idea that we have the option to sit, but we want to promote standing because we want to create and promote the same type of energy we have at Viejas Arena.” ![]() It’s a much more comfortable standing experience. “What it does is if you’re standing, you’ve got something you can take your weight off of. ![]() It’s something you’ve seen in MLS soccer. “It’s something that is big in European soccer. “It has a seat, like a traditional seat, but every row also has a hand rail,” Grice said. About 2,900 seats there will include a “safe standing area.” There are 5,000 student seats being located on the north end of the stadium. ZJfWgPcnxX- Kirk D Kenney December 3, 2021 It’s now nine months from scheduled opening on Sept. That issue has been resolved at the new stadium because a) the stadium is located on higher ground and b) the first row of seats begins about eight feet above the field.Ī glimpse of the SDSU Mission Valley site as continues to rise. Lowering the field was considered, but it was prevented because the water table was too high where the stadium was situated. They were situated so low they couldn’t see over the players and coaches standing on the sidelines. “Even the last row of the upper deck is now located where a club seat would be in the past.”Ī design flaw realized soon after the old stadium was built was that football fans sitting in the first nine rows on the field level had very poor sight lines. We wanted to create a place where you were really part of the action. “I really love how we were able to push people to be closer to the field. “It’s a balance of how do you get them closer and give them the best sight lines, but not feel like you’re falling over,” Grice said. Seating was not angled as steeply at the old stadium, which meant the rows of seats extended deeper and took fans a greater distance from the action. “With the way we’ve done our open bowls,” Grice said, “they really create sight lines that people haven’t experienced here, particularly for football.” In so doing, it made the viewing for one sport or the other less ideal than it would have been in a stadium designed specifically for one sport. When San Diego Stadium was built in the mid-1960s, there were some issues from the outset.Īs a multi-purpose stadium, seats were positioned in such a way that viewing for both baseball and football could be accommodated. “What that’s going to do is create a home-field advantage for football, but that’s also going to provide the energy of other events. How close you are to the action is going to be amazing. “The sight lines are going to be incredible. “It shows how intimate of an environment we’re going to create,” said Derek Grice, SDSU’s executive associate athletic director of Mission Valley development. What will become increasingly apparent at that point is how much closer fans will be to the action than they were at SDCCU Stadium. The remaining 32,999 seats (there will be standing-room only areas to accommodate another 2,000 people) will then be installed over the following 3 1/2 months. A major milestone in the construction of Aztec Stadium is expected within the next two weeks with the ceremonial placing of the first seat.
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