http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ig-ten-acc-expansion-20130423,0,7291419.story
Do we really have a choice now?
Do we really have a choice now?
Teddy Greenstein did not mention television market. He knows we go beyond just NYC. He only mentioned the stadium size. He is one of the most reliable people out there on this stuff.
Try convincing them that a bigger Rent will keep East Hartford residents happier ...
The state doesn't give a rat's ass about East Hartford. That's no deal breaker.
Unless it was directly linked to a major conference invite. If it will get you a $20M annuity, investment in another 20K of seating is reasonable."If you build it, they will come" only works in movies. My UConn education + common sense is enough to know this would be a terrible business decision. If we sold out every game and had a waiting list for season tickets expansion would be a great idea, but then again if our football program had that kind of following we would be in a better CR situation with a B1Gger stadium already in the works.
Unless it was directly linked to a major conference invite. If it will get you a $20M annuity, investment in another 20K of seating is reasonable.
Nice that we have become #1 or close for the ACC, Big 12 and B1G. Who'd have imagined that?
Agree Dooley, except that the politicos statement could be stronger. We are committed to keeping Connecticut athletics at the very highest levels, blah, blah blahI agree 100% that the Rent needs to be expanded. At the very least, UConn/the state/CT media should strum up some sort of news story with *how* the Rent could be expanded and how it easy it would be. I'm talking about stating publicly that the stadium was designed to expand when necessary (B1G invite = necessary) and throw in some architect drawings of what the stadium would look like with expansion. Throw in some sort of quote from a CT politician saying something along the lines of "if UConn needed to expand their football stadium to ensure conference stability, it would have to be something that we'd seriously have to look into" and blam-o!, you have further proof that CT is committed to joining the ranks of the B1G time. Delany must be impressed with how aggressively UConn and the state are financing academic improvements and expansion. Now if a small stadium is all we need to address (or at least show more definitively just how quick and easy the process would be), then let's get something out there.