Only in the SEC: Texas A&M's new band field is almost complete
Bands are a big part of the college football experience, and you won’t find many bands on the same level as Texas A&M’s.
Now, the Aggies’ marching band is getting a new practice field. Yes, you read that correctly.
As you can see below, the Aggies are building their band a new practice field, and it looks pretty incredible:
yo the new band field looks phenomenal pic.twitter.com/90yR6n3dXq
— string (@propjoesays) April 30, 2019
Other schools like Alabama, Georgia, Florida State and others have practice fields for their bands, too, so we’ll see what the Aggies can do to make theirs bigger and better than the rest.
Per a Reddit comment, Florida State’s club lacrosse team also uses the field for games, so it’ll be interesting to see if A&M goes that route, too.
Here’s a look at Alabama’s, for comparison:
Butler Field looks gorgeous!! #RollTide pic.twitter.com/XN8FulIQYw
— Alabama Drumline (@UA_Drumline) July 2, 2015
Alabama’s is open for student use, like intramurals and such, yes?
I wouldn’t think so.. auburn has a separate band field on the skirts of campus but not allowed for student use or anything else. You know what UGA does by any chance?
Can’t say I do, but when I went on a tour of UA I remember them showing us the band field and I believe they mentioned something about students having the opportunity to play on a mock version of Bryant-Denny or something.
Something that sets the A&M band apart from other college marching bands is that they are a company in the Corps of Cadets, so they are ROTC. It’ll be interesting to see if the new practice field will be treated as a drill field or of it will be open to public use by students.
The previous Drill Field was not used for students except during the summer. The Aggie Band is a military marching band, so preserving the field as much as possible is very important. They tend to wear deep ruts into the field by the end of the fall. This can create dangerous conditions for the band. Also, this part of the campus is fairly far from the rest of the dorms and common areas. There is a large park less then 1/4 mile closer to most buildings.