Or as they call it in Johnson Hall, the “University Tower“. Ken Goe has the story in the Oregonian, mostly about why the thing is so damn large. OK, it’s mostly about the lousy seating: https://www.oregonlive.com/oregon22/2022/07/goe-new-hayward-field-site-of-world-athletics-championships-oregon22-is-big-on-flash-but-short-on-function.html
Warts are beginning to show on The Phildo
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Come for the bad penis jokes, stay for the public records.
the carnival barker guy — warts and all! — he knows how to draw them in.
I’ve watched two track meets there. I thought the stadium was beautiful. Empty. But beautiful.
Meh. Mount San Antonio College’s Hilmer Lodge Stadium is far more functionally gorgeous than HF.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Hilmer%20Lodge%20Stadium&tbm=isch&client=safari&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CAAQkPgEahcKEwj4v5OlkvH4AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCA&biw=1858&bih=938
You folks know about Hilmer Lodge Stadium?? That was where the 2020 Olympic Trials were supposed have been held. That was prior to NIKE operatives getting the event moved to HF.
https://www.si.com/olympics/2017/06/28/2020-us-olympic-trials-track-and-field-mt-sac-host-city-announced
They’ve been holding major T&F meets at Mt. Sac for years. Makes far more sense to have it at their venue. Hilmer Lodge is located in Los Angeles County, approximate population greater than 10 million, than anywhere in the state of Oregon, approximate population about 4.2 million. Far more likely anything held at Hilmer Lodge Stadium won’t be empty…
Oh yeah buddy, well if Mt. Sac is so great why didn’t they think to go to Beijing and give Lamine Diack a briefcase full of cash like UO did?
Mt. SAC is a JUNIOR COLLEGE!!!!! Only four years are capable of international criminal activity. Son, you gotta know your limitations…
It’s not about the money, it’s about showing the love. We all know he loved Rolexes, a few dozen was all it took for Doha. Of course with Seb Coe on the Nike payroll, well that would have made it a tough hill.
Agree with the dude. Have gone to four different meets of all levels, NCAA/Trials/PAC-12. Took the opportunity to really explore amenities and to purchase tickets in all areas but lower far north. I loved the old Hayward and wanted to see it stay, but from a viewing perspective and an athletes perspective this is so much better.
I’ve talked to current and foremer students and they rave about the facilities and the quality of construction and support that it now provides them. Sure, it seems a little odd to have invested this much money in a stadium just for track in a town the size of Eugene, but I don’t think anyone who has seen track in a variety of venues can deny that it is a work of beauty. If you walk around it now and you see how the lush landscape that was put in just over a year ago books, it appears as if the stadium has been there forever.
Beyond that, it looks amazing on TV and I can’t wait to see how it appears to the world in a few weeks. World games are going to be a love story to Oregon and a priceless opportunity for publicity for this University.
Who paid you to write this?
Meanwhile, the real university continues to decay.
Question: is UO worse than it was 10, 15, 20 years ago?
Worse by an order of magnitude per each five years…
And you find PK park a much nicer venue than Civic Stadium, too.
Uh huh….
It actually starts next Friday. How many “billion” people are aware of this?
The Phildo with warts?!?! Oh, no, another tragic case of an STD. Shrinking Ticket Demand….
Do they really call it “University Tower” in Johnson Hall? If so, that is very, very telling. When I think of University Tower, I think foremost of the Berkeley Campanile, a magnificent academic symbol in its ever magnificent site, that never ceases to inspire. Despite being a knockoff of the St Mark’s tower in Venice. I actually find the Berkeley tower far more inspiring. Yes, we have the Phildo. Warts and all.
Plus the Berkeley Campanile has falcons. We’ve only got ospreys, and they’re across the street. Maybe a bald eagle nest atop “University Tower” is the one-upmanship we’re looking for.
Couple of points
Too bad the Oregano article is behind their paywall
University Tower brings to mind Charles “Texas tower” Whitman
Damn, this track meet stuff sure adds costs and inconvenience to those of us who don’t attend and are not at all interested.
“Howard Slusher, whose work on behalf of Nike co-founder Phil Knight included supervising the construction of Hayward Field in Eugene and helping the city secure the ongoing 2022 World Athletics Championships, died Wednesday at OHSU Hospital. He was 85.” – Oregonlive.com