Apparently Soccer Stadium Designers have no problem designing canopies but football stadium designers act like it can’t be done…what is a canopy?
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If you’ve got an extra $100 to $200 million, I’m sure Nunez will put a lid on TDECU and put your name on it.
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I agree. It takes time to become a grumpy, apathetic alumni.
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Students aren’t responbile for filling up stadiums.
Alums are.
The problem is Houston is way too sprawled out, and the inconvenience of alums that live far out of the inner city don’t want to make the drive for a team that isn’t ranked or playing a ranked team.
The other problem we have is that our alumni base currently in the age ranges of 30-50 are composed of UH grads that attended UH when football was irrelevant.
The students that are attending UH now are the ones who are going to fill the stadium over the next few decades
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The group that disappoints me are the students from the Briles and Sumlin years. Those were good football teams and fun to watch, and we had built a pretty solid student section by the time TDECU was built.
Maybe it’s too early for that group or something, but we should have seen a nice bump over the last few years.
Any Helton/Dimel survivors deserve some kind of award/recognition for coming back, though. 
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I’m from the Sumlin and Keenum years and I still show up.
Many of us either have kids, moved away from Houston for work, or went back to the town/city/country where we came from.
Millennials are more open to moving out of town then the previous generations as we aren’t tied down to family or a house
In have plenty of my old tailgate crew that moved to NYC, LA, Austin, Chicago etc.
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College Football is more profitable than MLS Soccer.
Go look at the TV deals between the two sports.
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Not saying there aren’t any - just saying there aren’t enough and they don’t have the terrible football years to blame. Everyone goes through the same life stuff after college, and I get that.
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I was just thinking about Jim and Virginia Langham. Though he passed away several years back, there has never been a more ardent UH fan than Mr. Lanham. He went to the first UH FB and BB games and I don’t think he missed any until just before his death when he wasn’t physically able. He would make home made ice cream and have it for the players after the game or a practice. He would make candy and pack snack boxes for them for away games.
When Beau Smith was Chairman of the BOR, he made a special award to be presented to Mr. Langham. Mr. Langham never attended one day of college and is what many here deride as a T-Shirt fan. If we hand a few thousand more like Mr. Langham I would be thrilled and so would the AD, coaches, Tillman, and Renu.
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VDB
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Hey man, I’m between 30-50 and I was there for the Keenum days. I’d say we were relevant.
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Apologies for the lengthy and late response however I’ve internally been agonizing the UH and Scott Steet conversation for years. I’ve noticed some Coogfans’ opinions on the matter has become as blunt, terse, and dense as the area’s recent architecture. When I say “dense” about opinions and architecture, I mean lacking or without thought. No offense intended because at the end of it all it seems we all want the same thing (the best UH possible). Nevertheless, please hear me out.
I am a proud JY and UH graduate thus am conflicted with the new development throughout Third Ward however I will keep my topic to Scott Street. The rapid (last 5-10 years) development that continues to converge (from the east and west) towards Scott is somewhat uninspiring and disappointing yet inevitable.
The quality of development that is closing in on Scott Street, where my attention is focused, has escalated my concerns and it tugs me in both directions. One wanting the best for the UH campus “experience” and at the same time NOT wanting “history” be simply washed away. A washed away example is the MLK Center (2720 Sampson), when as a kid would provide afterschool care, free lunch in the summers as well as other services to the community, has recently been demolished. As Timmy and others once before pointed out, the development of a “concrete jungle” is concerning. Also, as all of us seem to be aware, gentrification is inevitable however with it there is also opportunity.
With that said, to foster responsible and hopefully quality development, I see an opportunity to establish Scott Street as sort of an “educational corridor”. I am sure this idea is not a unique one however please follow me. Within a five-mile distance up, down, and near Scott Street I know of 3 high schools (The High School for Law and Justice, Jack Yates High School, The Energy Institute High School), 2 universities (UH, TSU), what I think is technically a charter school (The Lawson Academy), a city of Houston public library (Smith Neighborhood Library), and multiple early childhood learning centers (UH’s and Wheeler Avenue’s to name two). Having those already established entities with the opportunity to add more community resources through development, I am sure City of Houston could safely and politically advocate/promote such an initiative for beautification or development. The beautification or development around Scott Street, the mentioned/unmentioned institutions, and future possibilities can be marketed as an “educational corridor” or something similar. With that designation maybe that could provide an opportunity for the developers, churches, HISD, and universities to work together for the betterment of the surrounding neighborhood. Like I mentioned, I am sure this is not a unique idea.
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That is impressive and I like the educational corridor. Seems UH could lead the way but would need the city involved to make it happen. I would start with our President. She is a mover and shaker, if she gets on board, it will move forward. This would continue to gentrify the Third Ward moving forward but make development centered around education very easy and appealing.
note: you may want to see the future plans the university already has for Scott Street.
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I would like to see. Where can we find them?
30 something year old grads were in school during the keenum era.
Source : Im one of them
Can confirm that Keenum era magic. Although I’m early 40’s since I went back in my mid 20’s and commuted from the burbs. #LowROI
the city is broke…METRO could probably use some funds due to the light rail, maybe the County or Feds can help, mayor Whitmire and the city prefer concrete lol
One would think with the absolute top restaurater in Texas and maybe the nation being a dedicated coog that he could figure out a way to pick a site at/near UH to make it into a must stop place for anyone in the vacinity of UH. I can just imagine (barely) what such a place would be, maybe the problem would be the fans go there before the game and never leave.
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just like we taxed students for constructing TDECU…LOL
Why was this flagged?