Visitor Stands

[lcfootball]

There has been talk in LC for a few years about redoing our stadium to include a track around the field and updating the stands, locker rooms etc. Part of the rumor is to put the track in we have to get rid of the visitor stands. I personally like going to stadiums that have visitor stand, even if they are just aluminum bleachers. Everyone sitting on one side tends to be crowded (2 bands and all the fans) and it doesn't feel right to me. Tell us what you think about having a visitor section across the field.

[MCHSFAN]

There has been talk in LC for a few years about redoing our stadium to include a track around the field and updating the stands, locker rooms etc. Part of the rumor is to put the track in we have to get rid of the visitor stands. I personally like going to stadiums that have visitor stand, even if they are just aluminum bleachers. Everyone sitting on one side tends to be crowded (2 bands and all the fans) and it doesn't feel right to me. Tell us what you think about having a visitor section across the field.

 

Got to have Visitors Stands...Some games we play at Coffee County, there are as many fans on the visitors side as the home side. Our visitors side is our old home bleachers, so the capacity is about the same. I know we travel to several schools with brand new stadiums and there's not enough room on the visitors side. Lincoln County is a good example of how to build a High School Stadium. Franklin County, Cookeville...both newer stadiums....are terrible if you bring a big crowd. Personally I don't like a track around a Football field...it puts the fans too far away from the action and crowds the sidelines. then you've got stadiums like Wilson Centrals...fairly new..but with not enough room on the sidelines or endzones. That's really dumb, they had plenty of room. Our QB hurt his knee last week, because he ran out of bounds and hit a bench on the sidelines. Plus every time you kick an extra point the ball goes out of the stadium. If you played some our bigger rivalry games...like Tullahoma...and put all the fans on one side, there would be too many fights. Besides the fact you'd have to seat 5000 to 6000 people on one side

[rigger101]

Bearden has one set and the games at Bearden against Farragut gets a little scary at times. It could turn nasty!

[owlfutbol]

I don't like stadiums at all without vistors stands. I don't know of any stadium in Chattanooga, other than Notre Dame that does not have a visitors side. It just does not feel right. Surprises me that Brentwood Academy has only one side also.

[Lost Old Dad]

Ask the ones that want to do away with the visitor side just how many folks come out and PAY to see a HS track meet and then ask them how much it is gonna cost the school in security if BOTH sides are in the same bleachers at football games.

 

Two schools in one set of bleachers=Bad Ju Ju most times. The lawyers LOVE it though. /dry.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="

[lcfootball]

I'm not sure anyone really wants to do away with the stands, it's just the way the land is now. I guess it would cost more and be more work to do the improvements and keep the stands. Central only has one set of stands and that never seems right all night. Anderson County also only has one set, but at least they are nice. I really hate to see stadiums with no visitor stands, I don't like sitting in with the home crowd, makes me uneasy the whole time I'm there.

[HesterBeSeeinULater]

Mike Jarreau Field on the campus of Cheatham County Central High School in Ashland City has stands for both home & visitor fans on the same side. The home sideline gets the feel of enjoying a great atmosphere while the visitor sideline gets to wonder whether or not "bigfoot" is alive and roaming in the woods that are located right behind it.

 

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[prettysmitty]

Mike Jarreau Field on the campus of Cheatham County Central High School in Ashland City has stands for both home & visitor fans on the same side. The home sideline gets the feel of enjoying a great atmosphere while the visitor sideline gets to wonder whether or not "bigfoot" is alive and roaming in the woods that are located right behind it.

 

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it would be unsettling having to wonder what's coming up behind you!

 

i've always preferred two sets of bleachers and no track. clinton has bleachers on all four sides, with one endzone being for students and the band, and the other endzone for the visiting band. i've always liked having the bleachers right on top of the field. i think for a lot of games, having fans on one side could get heated....

[Topgun]

Two stands are nice unless you're at Queensport DB where the visitor stands begin at about the 10 and go to the same 35 yard line. Also very rickety. Someone moves and everyone feels it.

[MHS82]

Call me old fashion but I like the traditional setting. I enjoy looking across the field at the opposing fans and watching their responses to the game. The kids like the chanting back and forth across the field.

[fromthetop2]

Its kind of funny when you have visitor stands, and then you play a team that doesn't, and the visitors start sitting on your side- until they realize that they are surrounded! I've seen too many near fights mixing them all up.

Brentwood's visitor side is actually the old home side- and seats are better and have better site lines.

 

That is because when the school board finally relented and added additional bleachers, they purchased visitor bleachers for three schools. They didn't read the request correctly, as Brentwood requested HOME bleachers (which is a different configuration). Then, when they finally were installed, the school attempted to get the system to change them out- only to find out the manufacturer had filed for bankruptcy. So much for "low bids."

 

The track surrounding the field just gives kids a place to run during ball games.

[Rookie45]

Unless you are building a girls soccer stadium, then put the visitors on the other side.