trickblue
12-14-2006, 11:47 AM
Jones:
I think the new stadium will be a terrific venue for North Texas. We felt that it deserved the type of unveiling it received. Many people have worked so hard on this project.
We studied a lot of stadiums. One of the biggest complaints was restrooms. We will have over 1600 restroom facilities. We also will have concessions stands just a few steps from anywhere in the stadium. There will be over 300 concession stands and we want people to wait in line as little as possible.
We will have over 20 elevators and escalators in the new stadium. I think we currently have 4 at Texas Stadium.
We are going to have a tremendous number of parking spots. Given where the stadium is located, it will have a downtown feel to it. This will also give alternate parking possibilities. There will be over 30,000 parking spaces available on game days in conjunction with the Rangers. We are also working with the new mall going in to help as well.
Arlington caps at 325 million with their contribution to the new stadium. We're hoping the new stadium doesn't go over a billion. You have lots of over runs you don't think about in the building process, but what we have done is include extra things most don't consider so we feel we are pretty accurate on the costs.
This stadium will have state of the art electronics from the big screens, to the luxury suites to the open concourse areas.
There will be few other significant announcements before the stadium opens. We knew the media wanted access to our plans, but we wanted to wait til we had all of our ducks in a row. We wanted to have as comprehensive unveiling as we could.
We are only 2.5 years away from the opening. That seems like a long time, but in construction terms, that isn't very long.
Hotels, shopping centers and other things are being planned by Ranger owner Tom Hicks. We hope to have some other projects of our own coming up.
We feel that there will be many in the entertainment industry that will want to produce their shows in this venue.
I think the new stadium will be a terrific venue for North Texas. We felt that it deserved the type of unveiling it received. Many people have worked so hard on this project.
We studied a lot of stadiums. One of the biggest complaints was restrooms. We will have over 1600 restroom facilities. We also will have concessions stands just a few steps from anywhere in the stadium. There will be over 300 concession stands and we want people to wait in line as little as possible.
We will have over 20 elevators and escalators in the new stadium. I think we currently have 4 at Texas Stadium.
We are going to have a tremendous number of parking spots. Given where the stadium is located, it will have a downtown feel to it. This will also give alternate parking possibilities. There will be over 30,000 parking spaces available on game days in conjunction with the Rangers. We are also working with the new mall going in to help as well.
Arlington caps at 325 million with their contribution to the new stadium. We're hoping the new stadium doesn't go over a billion. You have lots of over runs you don't think about in the building process, but what we have done is include extra things most don't consider so we feel we are pretty accurate on the costs.
This stadium will have state of the art electronics from the big screens, to the luxury suites to the open concourse areas.
There will be few other significant announcements before the stadium opens. We knew the media wanted access to our plans, but we wanted to wait til we had all of our ducks in a row. We wanted to have as comprehensive unveiling as we could.
We are only 2.5 years away from the opening. That seems like a long time, but in construction terms, that isn't very long.
Hotels, shopping centers and other things are being planned by Ranger owner Tom Hicks. We hope to have some other projects of our own coming up.
We feel that there will be many in the entertainment industry that will want to produce their shows in this venue.