I wasn't terribly happy with my pics from last night. They weren't bad but night shots are tough and given that I didn't have a tripod, it was doubly so. So I decided to stop by the Stadium on the way home from work tonight. It was kind of a warm day today though but not too bad. I hear tomorrow is going to be worse.
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As I said in my post yesterday, they redid the scoreboards at Michigan Stadium to something more state of the art than what they had. Unfortunately, I probably wont get a chance to see the other side until sometime later this season. I may try to get tickets to the Homecoming game and possibly the Buckeyes. Until then, this is what I've got.
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This is the northwest gate of the stadium. I kind of like the traditional brick look of the gates. These wouldn't look too out of place in the 30's.
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This is supposed to be a wolverine...I think. It looks more like a cross between a bear and Wolverine from X-men.
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Another angle of the scoreboard. You can also kind of see the skyboxes that were added before last season. At first I didn't like them, but now that they are complete, they do fit in with the overal architecture of the Stadium. Because of these, the Big House is the Big House again.
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Looking at the back of the scoreboard straight on. I really like the low key Block M on the back. When I say low key, I mean simple. The scoreboard is definately not low key as it towers over everything.
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Another angle of the scoreboard.
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A view of the side of the skyboxes. The back has a classic brick look to it.
1 comment:
I am completely in love with the first picture. I could stare at it all day. The "Wolverine" statue has always been an, um, "period" feature of the Stadium complex for me. I think he looks more like a big o teddy bear.
It's too bad the Ferry Field gate is gone. At least we still have the Big House gates to admire. I made most of my entries as a student at the Northeast gate mostly, but Northwest and North came in handy too.
The fourth picture is great too. I love how I can see a panorama of the new architectural features of the stadium. The semicircular window motif always looks cool on a stadium IMO, but those luxury box windows took it to a whole new level. The University is making a statement: We're here to stay as a football power.
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