You don’t say. 
I know where they were, but you obviously don’t. It was literally a WWII era metal barn that flooded in one corner in heavy rains.
It was the definition of an embarrassment for a major university’s music program. Even at its worst, Hofheinz wasn’t in the same universe of suck.
I thought it had been torn down, but Google tells me otherwise. Looks like they cleaned it up with windows and such.
The band was at an overcrowded Moores School. Uniforms and instrument storage was wherever it fit. Hallways, classrooms, recital rooms. It was a huge issue.
But then Minnesota built a new stadium with dedicated space for the band. So I approached UH and said if we can get that space for the band and Spirit of Houston, I think I can raise the money.
And we did.
Additionally I’d wager there’s no group on campus that builds more loyal alumni than SOH. They deserve that space more than you need a place to buy a pretzel.
I know it’s just one fool on here talking about it but it makes my blood boil. The Spirit of Houston is sadly underappreciated by both Moores School and athletics and are very often taken for granted by so many.
They arent going back to room 185.
If thats the building by Architecture, they took it to frame and rebuilt it as shop space when the Architecture College added the Industrial Design Program.
Like not sending them to KC for our first Big 12 Tournament despite winning the conference. Embarrassing. And when donors stepped up they still only sent about half of what the conference allows.
I heard multiple times things like “your band sounds great. Are they always that small?”
Meanwhile every other school was there with much larger groups and sounds. Pissed me off.
how on Earth did they fail to budget for that?
My understanding is Renu told athletics to pay for it but we are broke but who knows?
Bush league.
Well hopefully Eddie has got that handled this year
The original intent was to allow for a downtown view through the northwest corner of the stadium. Why are we suddenly obsessed with symmetry, 11 years later?
Because it would look better. Also, our band is average. The brass sounds good though.
If you find our band lacking, you’re more than welcome to help fix the problem.
I’ve never once considered the symmetry, or lack of symmetry, while attending a football game at TDECU.
Not sure I can tell it’s asymmetrical from my seats.
It’s never bothered me one bit.
Not sure he knows what symmetry means since he thinks DKR and Kyle have it.
That ugly building was my home base for so many years. We even hosted the band from ut, after the 1977 UH-ut game. The ut band students were stunned, that the Houston Band was in such a bad facility, compared to their state of the art building in austin.
This pretty much says it all. Treat ‘em right - they’ve earned it.
Yep, that’s it. Thanks for the background - I just know I looks way more habitable now than back in the day.
Our stadium looks better and better. The ramps access to the new area are awesome. I had posted earlier on the space between seating benches. I got it that we have to answer to codes. Did older stadiums have to retrofit their own stadium to be on “code”? It seems that it is not the case. Could the infrastructure support more fans? That is another question altogether. Adding benches/seating could easily add a sizeable amount.
When I was at architecture school, it was part of my college experience to see and hear the band practice in that building. Good times.
Or a puking steer…
As a UH Architecture school graduate, and and employee of the firm that designed the football stadium, the basketball development building and this addition, folks should know that these designs were not done in a vacuum. UH and their review group helped define each of these facilities with very detailed input. Symmetry is not at the top of the list. Symmetrical stadiums died about 30-40 years ago. they were seen as very sterile environments with zero character. Sure some folks love symmetry, but the most important driver for these facilities was their use and providing a great user experience. I didn’t work on this project, but I do know (based on our design process) that UH got the facilities they (we) wanted.
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