65 Million approved for XL Center Renovations

[DSquiz]

Courant: "The package also includes $27.5 million in the first year and $37.5 million in the second year for improvements to the XL Center in downtown Hartford, $10 million more than had been previously expected."

 

[Dooooooomed]

That'a a lot of lipstick!

 

[John]

That'a a lot of lipstick dynamite!

IFYPFY

 

[The Funster]

What does 65M get you these days?

 

[WestHartHusk]

Not a second concourse.

 

[bendm]

What does 65M get you these days?

new coat of paint

 

[Waquoit]

I'm sure the visible stuff starts with some kind of corporate boxes closer to the action.

 

[DSquiz]

What does 65M get you these days?

I believe the plan is to buy the old mall area, expand the current lower concourse (would cost double to build the 2nd concourse), build lower level boxes, lodge areas, bars etc.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I believe the plan is to buy the old mall area, expand the current lower concourse (would cost double to build the 2nd concourse), build lower level boxes, lodge areas, bars etc.

Nice. Nothing for the students or the fans that always go

 

[methodology]

Nice. Nothing for the students or the fans that always go

Unfortunately those aren't the big ticket money customers. Business decisions are based on money/ bottom line gotta cater to those people

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

That's a lot of New ceiling tiles!

 

[uconnbill]

lipstick for the pig "the XL center"

Just extending the life a few years and nothing more. What is needed is a new XL center type of arena, but that isn't happening anytime soon

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can we spend it on health care instead?

 

[UCLJ0211]

Can they wait two years to start and then budget another $65 million?

 

[UC313]

Ahhh now i get why 3 of our guys asked me for a copy of their osha cards last week.

 

[Bonk]

Sell the damn arena already.

And make it so we don't have to worry about the players slipping every game cuz of the ice condensing beneath the court. That should be first on the agenda.

 

[Palatine]

Connecticut politics. Anything worth doing is worth doing half-assed.

They should have spent 150 million ten years ago and it would look like a bargain now.

 

[Kenny11]

Plumbing, hvac, and electrical issues will probably take up half of this if not more.