But it's a DOME!!! It's INDOORS! It's just looks cool! Plus that upper deck side of Byrd/Maryland/SECU doesn't look cool.MDralphie wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 12:32 am Wheels, it is very interesting how QK et al are forever taking shots at Terps home while always singing the praises about the Dome and the new fields at Michigan, OSU and PSU. The new fields are way too small. I called PSU ticket office to get some seats for Terps game this year and was told they will only sell them at the gate, no pre sale. The stadium is too small but I can hear the announcers claim how great the environment it is with 2000 rabid fans! What I really do not understand is how the Big tourney will be played at these puny venues. For fans like myself who travel, it stinks.
And, come on! The greatest team in the history of the sport played in the Dome! How dare anyone say the greatest team in the history of the sport played in Byrd?!!!
Tills wouldn't leave that stadium unless Maryland built a 15K-ish seat stadium, which isn't going to happen. It's just odd that so many people, as MDRalphie said above, clamor for Maryland to have a stadium like Panzer or the new OSU stadium when nearly every Terps' home game draws a crowd that exceeds the capacity of those stadiums. Then you get The Rivalry Game, which draws 10K+ pretty often when it's played in College Park.44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:01 am
Sometimes it takes years for a place to become special, and I would be cautious about throwing that away. I used to consider road trips to Byrd (and NMCS) highlights of the spring.
It would be nice for the Maryland administration to keep the lacrosse history up in the stadium year-round. They use LED field wrapping during the season. At least when you're in the Carrier Dome, you have the lacrosse history up in the rafters year-round.
But I'm with you. There's more than just Maryland lacrosse history in that stadium. There's lacrosse history in that stadium.