FB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[The Third Division]

Having to wait until your 3rd year as a varsity program to play on your own football turf is wild.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Having to wait until your 3rd year as a varsity program to play on your own football turf is wild.

I actually feel like getting to that by your 3rd year is a good accomplishment.  Seems to me that there are many examples of new teams (both college and HS) having to wait significantly longer.

[Pat Coleman]

Berry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

[HansenRatings]

Berry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

Isn't it also the case that most schools have re-purposed an existing facility instead of building a brand new stadium?

[Pat Coleman]

Berry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

Isn't it also the case that most schools have re-purposed an existing facility instead of building a brand new stadium?

For sure.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Berry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

Isn't it also the case that most schools have re-purposed an existing facility instead of building a brand new stadium?

Which is exactly what Calvin is doing this year (in year two).  Year one they played at a local high school (GR Christian HS), and now in year two they are playing in their new soccer stadium while the football facility is being constructed.  They likely would have played at the soccer stadium last season, but it was just being completed and likely not ready to host football.

[TUAngola]

Trine is building a 92,000 sq ft indoor inflatable dome practice facility to it's footprint next spring that will accomodate indoor practices for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and football.  It can hold indoor games if needed for some of those sports (probably soccer and lacrosse) in case of inclement weather. 

Also Zollner Stadium will undergo some renovations, most notably building a new weight training and locker room facility to the area behind the west end zone.  I haven't noticed any construction started yet so will most likely begin after the 2025 football season.  I imagine this will allow visiting football teams access a facility right at the stadium rather than having to walk to the stadium from the ARC/Hershey Hall.

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Adrian College Officially Opens the Sweebe Family Indoor Athletic Center as Football Holds First Practice

[ADAWGISADAWG4LIFE]

Having to wait until your 3rd year as a varsity program to play on your own football turf is wild.

When Wisconsin Lutheran joined up they waited even longer than that iirc. I recall playing on Marquettes Intramural field, off a canal in Milwaukee, and then at a HS stadium at least once.