New Feature at Kinnick...

[Garandx]

Lights! Kinnick is now sporting permanent light towers in the north west and south west corners of the stadium.

 

[I0WA]

Lights! Kinnick is now sporting permanent light towers in the north west and south west corners of the stadium.

Yeaaaaahhhh-uhhhhhhh, does this mean an extra night game or two?

 

[Garandx]

Yeaaaaahhhh-uhhhhhhh, does this mean an extra night game or two?

Certainly thinking its possible.

 

[Hawkeye4021]

I think this is in direct repined to the weather delay last year and nothing more.

 

[Hawkeye4021]

I think this is in direct response to the weather delay last year and nothing more.

 

[vgshwk]

maybe they will be sponsored by musco.

 

[HawkForce]

Just noticed this today

 

[Calculator]

Is the water tower painted yet?

 

[CVHawkeye]

If you look at the specific line items in the plan for the new practice facility, permanent lights for Kinnick were included. This is nothing new or in response to anything from last year, this was in the plan all along.

 

[iowachief]

Those were there last season

 

[JonDMiller]

Not a response to the weather at all.

It IS a response to the Big Ten Network, IMO...each team will play at least one night prime time game. The better you are, the more of those you are going to play in Sept and October. The economics of renting the lights probably are not as in favor of doing so as buying permanent structures.

 

[KansasHawkeye]

Not a response to the weather at all.It IS a response to the Big Ten Network, IMO...each team will play at least one night prime time game. The better you are, the more of those you are going to play in Sept and October. The economics of renting the lights probably are not as in favor of doing so as buying permanent structures.

Jon, you continue to impress. With all your Hawkeye sports prowess, you still find time to weigh in on cost/benefit analyses. Impressive, indeed. You are correst, of course.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Not a response to the weather at all.

It IS a response to the Big Ten Network, IMO...each team will play at least one night prime time game. The better you are, the more of those you are going to play in Sept and October. The economics of renting the lights probably are not as in favor of doing so as buying permanent structures.

Would bet those still are Musco Lights. They do both temporary and permanent lighting.

 

[hoffahawk]

Would bet those still are Musco Lights. They do both temporary and permanent lighting.

yes, and I am pretty sure they will still have the Musco rentals on top of the pressbox for night games.

 

[rjbaustian]

I read somewhere that they are ONLY for practice as they are not near powerful enough for games

 

[HAMMERHAWK]

The TV networks pay for lighting the night games.

 

[iahawk72]

Correct. The lights are there for practice. Kinnick is now the only outdoor fieldturf field the program has so it will be used a lot more going forward. They 'lost' their outdoor fieldturf practice field with the new indoor facility.

Musco will still be providing temporary lights for late afternoon and evening games.

iahawk72

 

[pin2win]

i like the idea of them practicing on this field anyways

 

[rjbaustian]

^. Agree