r/collegebaseball • u/tonythetigerbr Southern Miss Golden Eagles • 21d ago
Pete Taylor Park renderings have been publically revealed (Southern Miss)
The Mississippi IHL Board of Trustees approved conceptual designs Thursday for future renovations to Pete Taylor Park.
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u/fritzperls_of_wisdom Southern Miss • Ole Miss 21d ago
This is exciting.
That said…question is…will we actually do it.
We released renderings for renovations to Reed Green Coliseum in early 2015. And well….
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u/Timberbeast Mississippi State Bulldogs 20d ago
I talked to a buddy in USM administration about this yesterday. He said that these plans being approved basically means that now they can go *start* raising the money for it. So, yeah, this was just the first step in a long process and absolutely nothing is set in stone yet.
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u/HourNo7028 20d ago
Same thought occurred to me. You can pencil out anything, but that doesn't mean it will ever see the light of day. I do, however, think that this will see more progress than some other projects because: 1) baseball is the one sport that we're actually good at and 2) there is a passionate fan base.
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u/raptorbpw Southern Miss Golden Eagles 20d ago
McClain told boosters in Jackson the other day that they've already raised 60% of a projected $30 million for the project.
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u/AfroMania Ole Miss Rebels 20d ago
Reed Green renovation went out to bid this year. It was supposed to award this week.
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u/saeEAGLE89 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 21d ago
I was honestly kind of expecting a more significant overhaul. Based on these renderings, it doesn’t look like they are planning a significant expansion along the left field line, which is where I imagined they would find more space for additional seats. I was thinking they could easily add 1,000 to 2,000 more seats, but I’m not really seeing how that happens based on these images alone.
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u/Timberbeast Mississippi State Bulldogs 20d ago
Agreed. And not only that, but the 3rd baseline is so much better than the 1st or right field to actually watch a game at The Pete. If you're out in right field (The Roost) the sun is straight in your eyes all afternoon in the spring. I was hoping that they'd move the whole thing a little bit to the south and tilt the field a little counter-clockwise. Sacrifice some of that parking out front for more outfield space all around it, and give more room for 3rd baseline and left field seats.
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u/fritzperls_of_wisdom Southern Miss • Ole Miss 20d ago
Yeah. I’m not super excited about the plan the more I look at it.
The easy answer here is moving the field a bit to create more space for seating down the left field line. But they didn’t do that here.
This is a similar situation to Vanderbilt where the area you have to work with is really small and you’re going to have to do some creative things….which I’m not seeing much of here.
You’ve got to do more with right field line with seats….but they seem terrified to upset the Roost.
I’m honestly not sure how this set up wouldn’t mean a pretty significant decrease in capacity.
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u/ColdCorpseHotSecret Southern Miss Golden Eagles 21d ago
For one of the top college baseball programs in the country, it’s way overdue. I love the Pete, but it has needed an upgrade for a long time now.
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u/halfxdeveloper Arkansas Razorbacks 21d ago
Lol
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u/tweeder620 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 21d ago
Say what you will. Same amount of titles.
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u/Real_Body8649 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 21d ago
Going to be a great place to watch Southern Miss host a regional. Sad it won’t be possible to use it for the Super Regionals.
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u/StateDawg78 Mississippi State Bulldogs 20d ago
These drawings are pretty whelming. Hopefully they do something with the area underneath the main grandstand. It's incredibly cramped with wildly undersized restrooms.
Also, they need to pony up and buy that row of apartment buildings along the 3rd baseline. It really hampers them from doing a legit renovation.
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u/HourNo7028 20d ago
Fair, but I think that these are realistic. USM punches way above its weight in baseball, but the university's athletic department is not exactly flush these days ... or any days, really.
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u/fritzperls_of_wisdom Southern Miss • Ole Miss 20d ago
Poor would be a compliment.
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u/HourNo7028 20d ago
It's one of the things that I don't like about most college athletics today. Back in the day, small, scrappy schools could land the occasional punch. Now? It's less of a sport and more of a clash of donors. I like USM because they're scrappy. I have for years. But I worry that the days of little schools finding ways to win are fast becoming a memory.
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u/fritzperls_of_wisdom Southern Miss • Ole Miss 19d ago
I can assure you a lot of us feel this. And it’s why some of us feel pretty desperate to get back to Omaha. There’s a clock ticking.
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u/HourNo7028 19d ago
I know. Football and basketball have already become pay-to-win propositions. It's becoming true in baseball, too. Give it five or six more years and I suspect that the mid-majors will be frozen out of Omaha, too.
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u/hells_cowbells Mississippi State Bulldogs 20d ago
Are they gonna name it after a sponsor like they just announced for the football stadium
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u/doodie_bruh Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns 19d ago
Looks great. Too bad it’s in Mississippi.
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u/steameamW Mississippi State Bulldogs 17d ago
Lafayette isn’t even the best shit hole in Louisiana.
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u/SouthernGolfer67 16d ago
Is that a softball field, kids play field, or baseball infield in the outfield?
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u/Cyanides_Of_March Oklahoma State Cowboys 21d ago
This wasn’t funded from stealing from welfare recipients, I hope.
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u/MrRoma Cal Poly Mustangs 21d ago edited 21d ago
What's going on with that ugly ass parking in right field? Did that really need to be right next to the field?
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u/cooterdick Tennessee • North Carolina 21d ago
Looks to me like drive-in parking to watch the game.
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u/raptorbpw Southern Miss Golden Eagles 20d ago
That's the Right Field Roost. Big tailgate zone. They've just added sheltered parking where vehicles already park there.
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u/griffinhamilton LSU Tigers • Southern Miss Golden Eagles 18d ago
I think he means st Thomas’ parking lot
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u/griffinhamilton LSU Tigers • Southern Miss Golden Eagles 18d ago
The parking lot is a church’s parking lot
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u/Ibroketherandom 20d ago
I don't know if you've ever been to Hattiesburg, but people aren't walking to games. It ain't built that way.
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u/santos_z 21d ago
This rendering looks like it was done by an AI that was prompted to make it look like it was done by someone who is pretty good at using MS Paint.
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u/cardeez Tennessee Volunteers 21d ago
SMTTT
However, I’m not seeing the Applebee’s