New Wolf Statue at Carter-Finley, but no new restrooms for half the stadium

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Aesthetic improvements continue at Carter-Finley. As the picture below indicates (taken from this source), there is a new addition to the wolves’ den tunnel leading from the Murphy Center to Wayne Day Field.

I like it. I’m all for improvements like this that add some pizzaz to the place. I think I would like it more if the statue was set closer to the goal post thereby protruding a little further from the tunnel generating the appearance of the wolf running ahead of the pack. I’m not sure many people will be able to see it set back in the tunnel like that.

The real question continues to be why the east side concourse is yet to have gotten its renovation of upgraded restrooms and concession areas? It is unacceptable that everyone in the stadium has shelled out money for lifetime rights but only half of the stadium has been upgraded with new amenities. The good people on the east side who already brave the elements to sit in the sun deserve improved restrooms and amenities as much as anyone.

Of course, it is no surprise that the side of the stadium where the students sit is the side that has not yet been upgraded. Hell, the administration can’t even figure out a way to get the students into the stadium in time for the games, they surely could care less about providing them adequate facilities.

Related to this point, a poster on Pack Pride made an interesting observation when he/she asked about North Carolina’s building code regarding the minimum number of urinals/water closets for a 60,000 seat stadium?

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76 Responses to New Wolf Statue at Carter-Finley, but no new restrooms for half the stadium

  1. 66pack 08/06/2008 at 7:26 AM #

    That pose is a canine who is fearful and has been backed into a corner.very appropriate for ncsu sports.MAYBE in future we can have a pose of a wolf in an attack pose.

  2. CaptainCraptacular 08/06/2008 at 8:38 AM #

    The mini-me group of wolves last year was a joke??? What? Personally I like them a lot better than this years edition. Not sure why they felt the need to replace them. For those that don’t remember you can see the comparison here.
    http://www.accfootballphotos.com/2007/70901ncsuucf/image012.html
    http://www.accfootballphotos.com/2007/70901ncsuucf/image011.html

    Packbackr04, the rumor about the jerseys comes from EA NCAA09, where we sport new old school 2000-2003 style jerseys without the numbers on the arms. EA has been very accurate the last several years on their jerseys so perhaps they got an advance look.

  3. EverettBeez 08/06/2008 at 8:56 AM #

    I really like the whole concept – but the more I look at the damn rangy wolf and those fake rocks, the more the execution just looks totally half-ass, at best.

    Maybe the worse player in each game will have to sit up there and have his picture taken.

  4. robopack 08/06/2008 at 9:43 AM #

    You guys are being way to critical of the wolf. Its pretty cool! We must be bored.

  5. Girlfriend in a Coma 08/06/2008 at 9:46 AM #

    It is way better than the knickknack table the players had to tiptoe around last year.

    Of course that’s not saying much.

  6. Girlfriend in a Coma 08/06/2008 at 9:51 AM #

    I don’t want to be a hair-splitting asshole, but as far as bathrooms go, both endzones and the West side (plus the Vaughn Towers) all have new bathrooms. The east side patrons comprise way less than 1/2 of the stadium. Closer to 1/3 I would bet.

    I agree totally with the underlying point, however. The East side people’s LTRs actaully paid for both endzones and the West side improvements, so really the point is therefore strengthened.

  7. pxlpsher 08/06/2008 at 10:03 AM #

    I do wish the powers that be would spring for real rocks at least. Wolf should be 2-3 times larger, in a stalking posture, on the offensive. THat way he can be seen in the emerging from the tunnel.

  8. PackerInRussia 08/06/2008 at 11:31 AM #

    somebody with photo-altering skills ought to put a blue-horned ram underneath of the wolf. He looks like he’s in the position to do that more than anything else. The obvious caption: “Screw the Tarheels”.

  9. redfred2 08/06/2008 at 12:01 PM #

    Sorry pxlpsher, but maybe those guys up there in Raleigh did think it out at least long enough to realize that REAL stone in any form, would totally wreck any plans for putting that left over pigwolf thingy to good use.

    It was either stick with the fake and unrealistic motif, or no go altogether.

  10. Girlfriend in a Coma 08/06/2008 at 12:04 PM #

    I think his eyes should light up red for night games and he should “breathe” fake smoke out of his mouth as we run out and after we score.

  11. Afterglow 08/06/2008 at 2:54 PM #

    Maybe also a howling oinking noise as well. Fake smoke! Are you telling me that the powers that would go for fake smoke over real? No damn it! This pig/wolf will settle for nothing of the sort. People may feel that pig/wolf doesn’t amount to hill of beans; but by golly those are its beans and that’s its hill.

  12. coy 08/06/2008 at 3:49 PM #

    Bloated sausage body, stick legs, tiny little paws and it absolutely does look like it is straining to drop a turd right there in the tunnel. Pathetic, and the high school drama set faux cave is even worse. Better not to add anything at all than to make additions of embarassing quality.

  13. MrPlywood 08/06/2008 at 5:29 PM #

    As a design school grad who has done work for the football team and the athletic dept. (admittedly way back when, but still) I feel like I’ve got to do something. I work with 3D sculpting/modeling, and I’ve talked to a friend who is a sculptor/carver/3D artist, and we might just collaborate on a spec sculpture. I agree with all who said that the animal(s) should be at least twice the size and in attack mode. It should be a sight that creates energy and excitement, not one that induces laughter.

    I’ll email a presentation to Lee. Who knows? All they can do is say no…

  14. Afterglow 08/06/2008 at 6:33 PM #

    That, or sick Pig/Dog on you! Enter with caution.

  15. b 08/07/2008 at 1:15 AM #

    Just a thought, maybe in the interest of safety over aesthetic appeal, they chose to avoid a protruding tail and ears, or anything of the sort.

    Because hopefully a band of over-enthused, well-conditioned athletes, in cletes on concrete mind you, is gonna come running out the tunnel in jumbled mass of humanity amidst 60,000 rowdy fans. Imagine the carnage if someone gets hooked and the message spreads too slowly to the rear.

  16. packbackr04 08/07/2008 at 9:34 AM #

    i dont see how you could look at the artists rendering of that and say “looks great! Go for it!” i would be laughing so hard, saying “you have GOT to be kidding me! you want to put that thing in the tunnel?”

  17. redfred2 08/07/2008 at 7:00 PM #

    “i dont see how you could look at the artists rendering of that and say “looks great! Go for it!”

    Whoa pb04, you’re jumping way ahead there. You’re assuming that the salesman from SIMU-STONE INC even needed, or wasted his money on a professional “artist” in order to sale this hoax to the big wigs at NCSU. He pitched it, they bit, end of story. I’ll also bet that there weren’t any savings in the costs over hiring someone who would have done it RIGHT.

    I do not know why, and this thing really shouldn’t even be of any concern to me or any of us, but this goofy looking facade is just another symbol of…EVERYTHING THAT SMELLS IN RALEIGH RIGHT NOW.

    They have everything they need to do this thing correctly and make it appropriate for the setting, so why can’t they just take it UPON THEMSELVES, JUST ONCE, and do something that is above and beyond, without the need for poking and prodding from elsewhere?

    BUT NO, they either looked at this like it was a place to showcase some abstract/primitive artwork that NO FOOTBALL FAN even knows or cares anything about, or it’s that they were thinking this is just another silly addition, to a silly stadium, where a bunch silly people flock in and pay their good money, to watch a silly game.

    Maybe the pig-like resemblance was by design afterall?

  18. jwrenn29 08/07/2008 at 8:30 PM #

    I just wonder who the first player to run into the statue at full speed will be. Mind you, it’s mounted precisely at groin height. OUCH.

  19. highstick 08/08/2008 at 8:16 PM #

    Fred, be care who you’re calling a “Pigdog”! LOL!

  20. EverettBeez 08/09/2008 at 10:15 AM #

    Here is a story on this in the N&O from saturday morning. If we raise 100,000 we can pay for it, take it away, and replace it. 🙂

    http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/ncsu/football/story/1170463.html

  21. highstick 08/09/2008 at 10:48 AM #

    What if we just pay one of our 300 lb. lineman 100 bucks to just run over the dang thing and destroy it!

  22. EverettBeez 08/09/2008 at 10:56 AM #

    lmao – yeah, that’d work.

  23. redfred2 08/09/2008 at 10:45 PM #

    Oh well, my appologies to Mr Idol.

    Now, if I only knew that an alum was the owner of SIMU-STONE INC, then I’d probably feel a little better about the whole thing.

    But then again, maybe not.

  24. redfred2 08/09/2008 at 11:15 PM #

    “What if we just pay one of our 300 lb. lineman 100 bucks to just run over the dang thing and destroy it!”

    We all know they scrimped and didn’t pay the extra 50 cents for the exterior version of Glue Sticks to paste all those stirofoam “SIMU-STONES” together, so I’d say a little rain and the next 30 mph wind ought to at least get rid of that part of the problem anyway.

  25. colapack 08/12/2008 at 12:24 PM #

    FYI. According the the NC Building Code, a facility with 60,000 seats is supposed to have about 500 total toilets. More of them would be for women…approx 60/40 female to male. however, when considering plumbing improvments, you have to look at the total infrastructure as well. It can be very expensive to build and operate this many toilets and it all gets passed down to the ticket sales.

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