Before the paving, do you remember the clump of trees on the east side? Built in bathrooms right near the tailgate. Those ECU games were insane.
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By the 80’s, Reynolds was considered old, had uncomfortable seats, poor sight lines, and I loved every second in there. Louder than heII, super hot, and very intimidating. I got the student sideline seats one or two times a season. Once right behind the Maryland bench. Literally a few feet from the team. Man, we were abusing them the entire game. A bunch of State students were wearing bald caps to goof on Lefty Driesell. Lefty was a hoot. He thought it was hilarious.
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On a side note, I not only graduated from State in Reynold’s, I also graduated high school there as well. It will always have a special place in my heart.
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For the record. I have never set foot in Reynolds. Didn’t grow up here, didn’t go to NC State, never heard of Reynolds until I moved here from out of state.
But I have been to PNC, but not for NCSate games.
Just a taste of the experience from the perspective of some opponents who had to play there.
Jay Bilas: “To me, the toughest places to play had more to do with the quality of the opposing team than anything else, but Reynolds Coliseum at NC State was the toughest place I played while in college. Reynolds was configured much the same way as Cameron Indoor Stadium, but the end zones were much deeper and the sides were right on top of you. Reynolds was loud, edgy and intense. The Wolfpack under Jim Valvano were a tough out and the games were always fistfights, but the thing I remember most is coming back to a huddle and seeing lips move, but not being able to hear what was said. It was so hot and loud that your head would spin. Of course, having to guard guys like Thurl Bailey, Lorenzo Charles, Cozell McQueen and Chris Washburn probably had something to do with my head spinning.”
Hubert Davis: “The toughest place I ever played was Reynolds Coliseum, former home of the NC State Wolfpack. Cameron Indoor Stadium and Cole Field House don’t even come close. I remember the long walk from the locker room to the floor. You had to enter under the bleachers and then had to sprint to the floor so that the fans wouldn’t throw soda on us. The end zone seating went back as far as I’ve ever seen – the sea of red just never seemed to end. In the four years I played there as a Tar Heel, I never scored on the opposite basket away from our bench in the first half. I eventually calmed down, but was always flustered in those first 20 minutes. It was that intimidating.”
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Can’t read the article, just the headline, but seems to be some movement on this.
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Just stop the page from loading before the paywall hits.
Not a very insightful article other than naming Lincoln Harris as the developer. They are a good outfit, though I’m not familiar with any of their projects outside of Charlotte. Some of that can be a little sterile, but maybe that’s just because it’s in Charlotte.
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Curious they call it “redevelopment.” Isn’t this land empty now?
Yea, it is pretty much empty except for some maintenance/landscaping department facilities. But that is mostly parking and equipment storage I think, and the few structures that are there seem pretty temporary. Like office trailers and a sheet metal garage.
NCSU requested up to 28 stories in the rezoning for this section. It’ll be really interesting to see what they end up doing with it. That is a good bit taller than anything else on Centennial and in that immediate area.
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There’s some parking lots and sheds there, so they’re technically not wrong.
The other important information is hidden in between the lines in these sentences:
On top of what @RaleighD pointed out, it also means the buildings will probably be more than just university buildings. It may not mean much now, but it shows they’re serious about not making NCSU stick out like a sore thumb as Dix Park, DTS, and DTR start to blur together.
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28 stories would be tallest on campus, by far. DH Hill is only about 11 stories?
The idea of a 3rd cluster of tall buildings is pretty neat, DTR , NH & possibly CC.
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Sorry, how do you “stop” the page from loading, exactly? 
Please and thank you! 
In many browsers, when a page is loading there will be an ‘X’ where the refresh button usually is. Click that X to stop the page loading.
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The rezoning is very curious to me. As far as I know there’s another 6 story building (and 6 story parking deck) coming soon next to the new Plant Sciences building. (One of the areas in the request to go up to 28 floors). Seems like business as usual over there and I’m curious if they actually intend to have any substantial height?
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Really exciting if they make a true innovation district with some taller buildings there.
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Saw this on LinkedIn this morning. Looks like they’re thinking of a basement bar, street level bar/restaurant, and a lounge upstairs?
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Glad that this eyesore is going to see some love. I hope that they land on an inside/outside solution for the upper level. I’d hate to see it be all one or the other.
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Agreed, it has been an eyesore for way too long. If they do it right, I think the basement bar could be a great college bar. I’m not even sure the Hillsborough Hike bar crawl is even a thing anymore, but I think this could bring back some of the old institutions they knocked down.
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What a waste of a “lot” of concrete suport post… 
Doubt it would ever happen, but I would love to see a collegey music venue go in the basement part. Something like Neptune’s or the Cave in CH.
Hillsborough has had some good ones through the years and could use something like that again.
I’d also love to see the bill for that crane that sat unused on that site forever…
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