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The M72 tour consists of 82 shows. Even if we have 7 home games a year, that's 14 years of home football games in one summer. And Metallica will likely sell out every show they do all over the country. VT isn't a national brand in most show locations, nor as big of a unique experience.
Had an old IT colleague who had two favorite phrases.
1) "Enough time and money an d we can do anything"
2) Cheap, fast, good. Pick any two (cause you can't get all three).
So you're saying that VT only picks ONE (presumably the 'cheap' option? s/sorta
I have a 'heart of the ocean" necklace I wear quite often. People ask me where I got it and I tell them it was a long, tough dive to get it.
Because doing anything at a remotely fast pace at VT is like moving mountains. Just like it's a cost/logistics/whatever impossibility to get LED lights in Lane, and Metallica's stage crew popped up the most impressive light show ever in a matter of days.
Why is this an issue? Many stadiums replace their grass 2 or 3 times a season. Heck, the dolphins replace theirs like 10 times a year with the play in Hard Rock. If they do big events in the spring there is more than enough time to get the stadium re-sodded and ready for late August football.
Looking at the final from 2024 vs the US News institution rankings, 15 of the top 25 are outside the top 75 institutions in the country. They've made their decision and know where they stand. And they aren't looking to improve on the academics side of things, so why build new shiny things for the common student?
So, if you hold off on enter sandman until the end, the students don't leave at halftime. Good to know.
Really shows the potential for Lane to be a multi-purpose venue for big concerts.
Doubtful. They had to take all the sod trays out of the stadium, which is not something you can do frequently, as the grass roots grow between the trays while they're down. Don't see them pulling out the trays too often, it's a large logistical undertaking.
Can't wait to see how creative VT is using footage/sound from this concert.
I finally found lessons that I actually feel like I'm getting something out of. If anyone is ever in the lowcountry for an extended time or even just for a first eval. Mastery Golf Performance is the spot to go. I'm working with Mark Anguiano and its set up perfectly to actually build on lessons. 1 time consult and then you buy lesson packages. I'm through my second one after my consult and my confidence is through the roof, he's not trying to change much but more make me understand where my bad hits are coming from. In the past 3 rounds I haven't hit a ball and wondered 'wtf was that' slowly starting to show up on the score card with a 92 from the tips (the white tee boxes were under maintenance) at a new course (131 slope) yesterday.
https://twitter.com/AndyBitterVT/status/1918347763173241104
Live nation is paying for putting field back together.
They've already built their new buildings though, so now they're just shifting over to personnel.
Thought this quote was interesting...
"The schools making playoff runs, they're not building a whole bunch of new buildings," said Oklahoma State director of football business Kenyatta Wright, who helped lead the second panel at the combine symposium. "Identifying talent, that's where the next big investment is."
If you had a chance to buy one then that was probably a missed opportunity. They only made 900 of them and I imagine they are 5-6x that on eBay now
Don't think he's more important than the coach
The band even mentioned they had to widen the entrances for the equipment trucks.
He was the director of football operations for the Falcons, he has the 2nd biggest office in the football building, this is the new side of college football, everything off the field including NIL, cost of attendance, for example he moved all the players out of dorms to apartments.
He gave the tour as a favor to a Jags front office guy he worked with in Atlanta before whose kid has played for me for years.
I'm imagining a fantasy where Lane has LEDs and spotlights installed, SEC logos on the field, and is getting ready to run out to Sandman against Bama in Lane with that crowd on ESPN prime time. Ah a guy can dream I guess.
I have to believe that the band enjoyed that concert. That's a lot of love for Enter Sandman and for the band in general from 100,000 fans.
Lane like you've never seen it before 🤯 pic.twitter.com/BJmb4k1351— HokieSports (@hokiesports) May 8, 2025
EXIT LIGHT, ENTER NIGHT ⚡️#ThisIsHome | #M72VirginiaTech pic.twitter.com/Tif16kb4Lw— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) May 8, 2025
ENTER SANDMAN. 🦃🔥⚡️(That's the post!) pic.twitter.com/MBAJIZjfxo— Nathan Gray (@nathangray_1) May 8, 2025
They are here and it's INSANE!!!!! #Hokies pic.twitter.com/bk4TWpYybb— Logan Ross (@LRossVT) May 8, 2025
Rumor has it everyone is still waiting to get out of their parking spots.
Found another here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4302324357/new-metallica-m72-virginia-tech?...
Soon he will be. At some point the GM will be the boss, they'll be the one to hire and fire the coaches. That's the way this is going.