I never said anything was easy but my point remains I know what it takes to build as I'm in the construction business but there is no way this 18k seater should have to take that long. Not unless its purposely planned out that way. I just don't believe it would take 18 months to build at least not in San Jose.
Infrastructure. Permits. Changes in materials/design to cost changes or the whims of the owner. Weather delays. It adds up pretty quickly. I should've known that too! The hubbub, IIRC correctly, was recruiting in SoCal, yes? If so, maybe Stanford and Cal deserve what they get. No improved recruiting is worth a yearly date with SC. I realize CFB is cyclical, but c'mon, they're a true blue blood.
Recruiting in S.Cal is why the Pacific NW teams were upset with the deal. Cal and Stanford claimed kinship with their other California teams, but I think it was really recruiting.
I'll give you the other problems , although supposedly the building permits have all been signed. Considering it rains (sporadically) maybe a total of 3-4 weeks a year in San Jose, I doubt weather will be a major delaying factor in the construction.
There were few minor delays, as weather that particular year was very mild in the winter. IIRC there was just one gigantic snowstorm, around Christmas, that caused some delays. They scheduled the concrete pours well/very fortuitously, which allowed them to keep working in other areas of the stadium when the weather did get bad. And don't forget that California is possibly the most heavily-regulated state when it comes to construction and the environment, which I would guess makes the comparison Falvo's using to Columbus a not very apples-to-apples one (I'm not personally familiar with Ohio's/Columbus's laws, but I would guess they're less stringent, and were certainly much less so back in 1999). These guys building the stadium don't just throw 18-month schedules out on the table without plenty of reason to do so.
This isn't Columbus or Denver this is San Jose but what I really want to know is do you even know how it is out here and have you ever been out here or worked in the industry in the Santa Clara Valley like many of us have or do? Until then, I suggest you do your homework because I work in the business and deal with this stuff daily and know a lot more than you have forgotten. Either way, I'll find out more this week as I'm meeting with Dave Kaval and will try and post what I've learned.
This thread is just chocked full of stupid mother********ers than don't know shit about building a sports venue, let alone, a commercial building
Will depend on who they are paired with... September, 2012 9/2 6:00PM PDT MLS Regular Season at Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose Chivas USA 9/15 7:30PM PDT at Home Depot Center Chivas USA San Jose 9/19 7:30PM PDT at Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose Portland TICKETS 9/22 7:30PM PDT at CenturyLink Field Seattle San Jose 9/29 7:30PM PDT at Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose FC Dallas TICKETS October, 2012 10/6 6:00PM PDT at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Colorado San Jose 10/21 4:00PM PDT at Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose Los Angeles 10/27 3:30PM PDT at Jeld-Wen Field Portland San Jose
Which doesn't mean you know anything about building a building. Is Iacomini Homebuilders LLC going to be the GC for this?
If SJ win out all 8 games, they will also break the record for the highest points-per-game (currently held by '98 L.A. at 68/32 = 2.125 PPG) in a season.
I still have my doubts it will happen but considering a miracle year is taking place with the Quakes, anything is possible.
If shoot-outs were counted as ties, '98 L.A. would have had 70 points that season (W22-L6-T4), with a PPG of 2.1875. Based on a 34-game schedule, it's equivalent to 74.375 points. No team will be able to reach 75 points this season...
So you're going to be a sub-sub contractor on this job? I'll set the over/under on the delay your small time shop is responsible for at 4 weeks.
This may be my favorite non-soccer post ever on BigSoccer. Lots of folks up in this part of the conference wanted a "zipper" model rather than what got implemented. It would have guaranteed you your rivalry game each year, but then divided the pairs (UW, WSU; OU, OSU; Cal, Stanford; USC, UCLA; UA, ASU; Col, UT) into separate divisions. What we ended up with was a guarantee that the northern teams will play away to USC or UCLA every other year.