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The Wok - OutsiderFan - 09-01-2019

Doesn't Stanford have enough money to build some sort of awning for the stadium? It would obviously require some tweaks to lighting, but seems something needs to be done.

RE: The Wok - martyup - 09-01-2019

The wok effect must be hurting ticket sales.  I cannot imagine making the decision to forego watching the game in the comfort of my home for free, just to fork out hundreds of dollars and an entire day and be forced to stand in a crowded concourse watching the game on a TV monitor because I want to avoid heat stroke and/or skin cancer.  I wonder if the fancy new CAL sound system improved the audio in the concourse?

RE: The Wok - OutsiderFan - 09-01-2019

I dunno how accurate the online ticket sales site is in terms of indicating available seating, but if it is, there were far fewer unsold seats than you would ever guess from watching the TV broadcast of the game yesterday.

RE: The Wok - d4cohn - 09-01-2019

(09-01-2019, 11:36 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote: I dunno how accurate the online ticket sales site is in terms of indicating available seating, but if it is, there were far fewer unsold seats than you would ever guess from watching the TV broadcast of the game yesterday.

Attendance was 37,000+, which I think is based on scanned tickets now (instead of tickets purchased, but it could be tickets purchased).Either way, attendance was pretty decent, even if a large percentage of the people were watching from the concourses.

RE: The Wok - French Rage - 09-01-2019

Yeah looking at the stands was misleading, probably as many people in the concourse as were in seats at times.  The concession guys selling water in the stands were the true MVPs!

RE: The Wok - qwerty49 - 09-01-2019

(09-01-2019, 11:23 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote: Doesn't Stanford have enough money to build some sort of awning for the stadium? It would obviously require some tweaks to lighting, but seems something needs to be done.

Assuming the higher priority is to shield from sun (rather than rain), a retractable awning would obviate the need to tweak the lighting.

RE: The Wok - French Rage - 09-01-2019

Also, I haven't really bought into the complaints about piped-in music until now, but it was atrocious yesterday.  It's college football and we have a band; let them play during stops.  It's one thing if there are a handful of piped-in songs throughout the game, it's another thing if there are like 100 of them.

RE: The Wok - Farm93 - 09-01-2019

The Wok's biggest problem for TV is the appeal of the concourse, which in many ways is the awning some crave. In most stadiums it is not possible to see the action if you leave the seats.  It certainly wasn't possible in the original Stanford Stadium.  Now at Stanford stadium you can stand 4 or 5 deep in the concourse and still get a good view of the action.  People are also willing to stand closer together than they will accept in seats too.   So it is possible to get 10-15 rows of seats into the concourse below the upper deck.   In the new Stanford stadium the shady side has a much larger percentage of the stands in the shade.   So many of those on the sunny side can quickly identify seating options in the shady and occupy them.   And others from the sunnier areas can move to the shady side concourse areas for a better view. I actually don't think the Wok was hotter than games in the old Stanford Stadium, but with so many viable options in the shade only the biggest sunseekers remained in the stands in the sun.  Unfortunately for the TV broadcasters that creates an impression that no one is at the game.   Halftime for me was eye-opening.   There probably were less than 100 people sitting on the East side during LSJUMB's performance while several thousand people were in the concourse areas.

RE: The Wok - TreeWeird - 09-01-2019

A large number of people stayed on the "sunny" side during the first half.  I suspect this was because at game time there were hardly any seats anywhere that had shade.  By half there was more protected seats on the "shady" side.  There was a mass exodus from the sunny side at half and the shady side was increasingly crowded in the second half.  I think this helps support Farm93's argument that the tolerance for sitting in the sun has a lot to do with what alternatives there may be. BTW, there were a large number of NW fans in attendance.  I can't remember the last time a non-conference opponent (except domers) had more fans in the stadium.

RE: The Wok - terry - 09-01-2019

The obvious solution to the sun and heat problem is to start at 4 pm or 5 pm, or later, for games in August/September. But the Pac-12 schools bargained away to the TV networks the ability to make those decisions, to the detriment of our fans.

RE: The Wok - ChicagoCard - 09-01-2019

(09-01-2019, 01:41 PM)terry Wrote: The obvious solution to the sun and heat problem is to start at 4 pm or 5 pm, or later, for games in August/September. But the Pac-12 schools bargained away the ability to make those decisions, to the detriment of our fans.

Which begs the question, why not go independent? Just occurred to me it might be an interesting conversation piece to ask.

RE: The Wok - barrister7 - 09-01-2019

(09-01-2019, 01:54 PM)ChicagoCard Wrote: 
(09-01-2019, 01:41 PM)terry Wrote: The obvious solution to the sun and heat problem is to start at 4 pm or 5 pm, or later, for games in August/September. But the Pac-12 schools bargained away the ability to make those decisions, to the detriment of our fans.
  By mistake, we had tickets on the upper sunny side.  Lots of Northwestern fans sat around us during the first half.  By halftime, the stands had cleared with the hillside outside flooded with exhausted purple and white.  Most of these did not return,but, inasmuch as there is difficulty reaching the concourse from there, I doubt if most of them made it down there.  We spent the latter part of the last quarter screaming from the concourse during the thrilling last few minutes. Anyone who did not think it was hot in the Wok yesterday must be a desert dweller. Which begs the question, why not go independent? Just occurred to me it might be an interesting conversation piece to ask.

RE: The Wok - 81alum - 09-01-2019

Night games from August until early October, day games for November and December. That is the solution. Or go the same route as the original Roman Coliseum and pull awnings out on cables. If they could figure it out in 72 CE, the greatest University with one of the greatest Engineering schools in the world ought to figure it out in 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3dPUsb_Ztw

It would be uniquely Stanford, and put us in the company with the most famous stadium in human history.

RE: The Wok - BobK - 09-02-2019

Day games are pretty rare in sept or August. It was hot having to to with 90 degrees not the stadium

Great to have the board back

RE: The Wok - martyup - 09-02-2019

That Roman awning looks amazing. Imagine the ad revenue you could pull in for the right to print your logo on the top side.

RE: The Wok - BostonCard - 09-02-2019

It was funny to watch the “shady side” from my end zone seats. The sections under the shadow of the press box were perfectly packed; those outside, still in the sun, were barren. The concourse was a mess. It was impossible to make it around for concessions, even well after the half.

I think some sort of retractable awning would be great. The game itself was sunny and warm but not oppressively so. It was a lot to take for 4 hours, but I’ve been in much more miserable conditions.

BC

RE: The Wok - French Rage - 09-02-2019

I also liked how at halftime the line for the water fountain was longer than for the bathroom.

RE: The Wok - CompSci87 - 09-02-2019

(09-02-2019, 08:05 PM)French Rage Wrote: I also liked how at halftime the line for the water fountain was longer than for the bathroom.

I went outside at halftime to refill my water bottles. There was even a line at the taps there, but not too long.

On the way out, the tunnel was half full of people standing along the sides to catch the cool breeze.

On the way back in I went up the stairs to the top and back down the nearest stairway to my section, to avoid the crowd in the concourse. That worked great. I also noticed for future reference that there was hardly any line for the restrooms up at the top.

RE: The Wok - CowboyIndian - 09-02-2019

(09-02-2019, 06:07 PM)BobK Wrote: Day games are pretty rare in sept or August. It was hot having to to with 90 degrees not the stadium

Sure, Bob, but the fact that the entire building is metal, concrete and plastic that radiates heat and reflects sunlight, not to mention being below ground level and enclosed surely doesn't help. An awning...pleeeeeese.

RE: The Wok - ryder1650 - 09-03-2019

Random joking but semi-serious idea:

Instead of all the cost/effort to construct an awning at the stadium, why not attach some tarp to a bunch of drones and fly them above the stadium for the 1-2 days per year when this is needed? Could be a fun project for some CS students.