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All home games at Gampel

All home games should be at Gampel?

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Down the hill on the left. I think its across from the north garage.
 
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bazzdog said:
Glaston-I'm driving into the Louisville game, where should I park?
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L lot or lot 9, both onKing Hill Rd. It's $9 at L lot but there is parking on either side thats free before the entrance to L lot.
 
With Gov Malloy investing $35m in the XL games will stay at XL. My vote would be less neutral site games and play more home/away against to teams.
 
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Never park in the garage unless you're too old or just can't walk a long distance for whatever reason...we always park in the lot near Teds, walk out between Gampel and the new practice facility! and drive off campus in a few minutes...
 
I have secret parking lot I use that allows me to get off campus in ten minutes :cool:

HINT: you want to be on the edge of campus, even if that means a hike to Gampel
 
Gampel is a top 10 home court; but all games played there, it will never happen…because money
 
why do you think the Gampel was built to a little over 8000 and then expanded. Because the state wants to protect the XL center and will continue to make sure UCONN plays there.
 
This is one of the more absurd threads I have read here. Move all the games to Gampel with it's gigantic 10,000 seat capacity? I really wonder what some people in this group are thinking about sometimes.
 
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I guess the question is why was HCC by far the loudest for 89-90 games GTown, Cuse and the NCAA tourney as well that year? 16K plus lunatics, OLD legacy fans who loved them and were pushed out by the business it is of big time college basketball........I do not blame Bazz for the obvious but he has no idea how great Hartford was or still could be. But keep making sure those people, who were never on the train ride prior to the JC successful ride, get those real good seats which are usually empty unless they bring in Michigan State or Kansas.

Hartford is fine, our fan base isn't, it's spoiled!
 
I was at the epic Gtown game. I was at last weeks Florida game. Gampel is SO much better. I live 7 miles from the XL center and 23 miles from Gampel. I would gladly make the longer drive to see every home game on campus. It is not even a tough decision.
 
uconnbill said:
why do you think the Gampel was built to a little over 8000 and then expanded. Because the state wants to protect the XL center and will continue to make sure UCONN plays there.
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Because it was built in 1990 and 8,000 was a huge jump from 4,000. No one knew our attendance and our program were going to jump like it did. If it was all conspiracy, why did they add 2,000 seats
 
Huskybass said:
I was at the epic Gtown game. I was at last weeks Florida game. Gampel is SO much better. I live 7 miles from the XL center and 23 miles from Gampel. I would gladly make the longer drive to see every home game on campus. It is not even a tough decision.
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While I was not at the Fla game which was also epic as you say, I have been to games which were rocking at Gampel and will say from my point of view 16,000 plus in the same arena all on the same page (although a bogger facility) made more noise and electrified it more than Gampel, at least they did so in the 90's............again just coming from me. It can be done from both arena's is my point and 6000 people brings in a lot more mooney. Just need to feed Hartford better games.......
 
mauconnfan said:
While I was not at the Fla game which was also epic as you say, I have been to games which were rocking at Gampel and will say from my point of view 16,000 plus in the same arena all on the same page (although a bogger facility) made more noise and electrified it more than Gampel, at least they did so in the 90's............again just coming from me. It can be done from both arena's is my point and 6000 people brings in a lot more mooney. Just need to feed Hartford better games.......
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This!!! You make some very important points. Sixteen thousand rocking fans is far more exciting than 10,ooo rocking fans. That's a no brainer and you are correct, the Civic Center (XL) was pulling in an excited fan base until the university chose to make the corporate changes.

Media has an impact on whether fans attend games or stay at home. This includes the time the media insists on showing a game making attending difficult as much as the luxury of having games in our homes.
The venue has an impact on whether fans attend games or stay at home. Location, parking, security and access all play a role.
Economics play a role.
The opponent has an important impact as well.

The University made the decision to maximize revenue at the expense of creating excitement at the venues. This was started by Perkins. It was short sighted imo.
Now with the disadvantage UConn has relative to schools in the P5, the options are limited.

I would love to see UConn dedicate the bottom 6-8 rows around the entire arenas for students and bus students to the XL center. Heck, I would insist that someone evaluates students for the level of excitement they bring to games and allocate tickets accordingly.
I want UConn to be THE college sports entertainment for Connecticut, New York City and New England. Getting 5 - 7 million potential fans is smarter than a half million fans. And the way to get fans excited is to give those fans an opportunity to attend a game. There are a lot of fans that can make a game or two to Hartford or Bridgeport, but not to Storrs. It is prudent to give these fans that opportunity.

It is myopic to not consider the importance of building a large fan base for the university. UConn may always be in the AAC, but the best way to exit and get into a P5 is to take steps to demonstrate to those conferences that UConn brings a valuable product to those conferences. Rutgers has demonstrated that the conferences are interested in revenues as much as success in athletics. Therefor it behooves the university and fans to make the necessary compromise to create both an exciting venue for games and revenues for the university, the media and conferences.
 
mauconnfan said:
While I was not at the Fla game which was also epic as you say, I have been to games which were rocking at Gampel and will say from my point of view 16,000 plus in the same arena all on the same page (although a bogger facility) made more noise and electrified it more than Gampel, at least they did so in the 90's............again just coming from me. It can be done from both arena's is my point and 6000 people brings in a lot more mooney. Just need to feed Hartford better games.......
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Yep, better games=better crowds. As decent as our OOC was this year, I''d like to see it be way tougher. Play the best, home and home.
 
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Gavid 72 said:
Because it was built in 1990 and 8,000 was a huge jump from 4,000. No one knew our attendance and our program were going to jump like it did. If it was all conspiracy, why did they add 2,000 seats
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The original proposal was for 12,000 with a hockey rink. The state was biting. I wonder why?
 
fleudslipcon said:
This!!! You make some very important points. Sixteen thousand rocking fans is far more exciting than 10,ooo rocking fans. That's a no brainer and you are correct, the Civic Center (XL) was pulling in an excited fan base until the university chose to make the corporate changes.

Media has an impact on whether fans attend games or stay at home. This includes the time the media insists on showing a game making attending difficult as much as the luxury of having games in our homes.
The venue has an impact on whether fans attend games or stay at home. Location, parking, security and access all play a role.
Economics play a role.
The opponent has an important impact as well.

The University made the decision to maximize revenue at the expense of creating excitement at the venues. This was started by Perkins. It was short sighted imo.
Now with the disadvantage UConn has relative to schools in the P5, the options are limited.

I would love to see UConn dedicate the bottom 6-8 rows around the entire arenas for students and bus students to the XL center. Heck, I would insist that someone evaluates students for the level of excitement they bring to games and allocate tickets accordingly.
I want UConn to be THE college sports entertainment for Connecticut, New York City and New England. Getting 5 - 7 million potential fans is smarter than a half million fans. And the way to get fans excited is to give those fans an opportunity to attend a game. There are a lot of fans that can make a game or two to Hartford or Bridgeport, but not to Storrs. It is prudent to give these fans that opportunity.

It is myopic to not consider the importance of building a large fan base for the university. UConn may always be in the AAC, but the best way to exit and get into a P5 is to take steps to demonstrate to those conferences that UConn brings a valuable product to those conferences. Rutgers has demonstrated that the conferences are interested in revenues as much as success in athletics. Therefor it behooves the university and fans to make the necessary compromise to create both an exciting venue for games and revenues for the university, the media and conferences.
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Have you ever been to the RAC?
 
When we were filling HCC and Gampel for both the men and women some state legislators were screaming their constituents couldn't go to a game (of course a lot of them were the ones who opposed the 12,000 seat campus arena). Now you want to move all the games to Gampel restricting the ability to see a game even more? What planet are some of you people from?
 
Gavid 72 said:
Because it was built in 1990 and 8,000 was a huge jump from 4,000. No one knew our attendance and our program were going to jump like it did. If it was all conspiracy, why did they add 2,000 seats
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The original plan was to build a 12,000 seat basketball only facility in Storrs. Hartford politicians saw a building with that capacity as a threat to the Civic Center. They were afraid that Gampel would compete with their building for concerts and that there would be no need to play any UConn basketball games in Hartford. Gampel would never have gotten funded without UConn compromising at 8,OOO seats.
 
Do any of the people clamoring for more games at Gampel actually go to games there? It sucks for the spectator. I've never been to a less comfortable facility and that includes Fenway. Like other prime-time games, the Florida game was great. But that's only a few a year. The cupcake games this year didn't draw flies. Leaving Hartford entirely would hurt, not help, the program.
 
hthusky74 said:
Have you ever been to the RAC?
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No but I remember how that court gave Rutgers a decent home court advantage in the 90's. I've argued a long time in this forum about the need to elevate the crowd's passion at games to help the players. And I maintain that position. I hate that exuberant long term fans got pushed into obscurity by corporate contributions. I've been to the AZ game at Gampell and the Kansas game at the Hartford Civic Center in the 90's, two extremely exciting games in the two venues. I suffered from ear ringing for a week after that Kansas game.

I'm not arguing an all or none position. There is value with the XL center and games at Bridgeport. The value has to be maximized. But not if the games are poorly attended.

The reality is college sports incur expenses. There is a need to pay for coaching salaries, travel expenses, athletic scholarships, training facilities, equipment and so on. This is just as important as the excitement level at games. A balance can be achieved. Lew Perkins made the mistake of going in the direction of revenue raising at the expense of getting the passionate fans to games. You are making the mistake of getting the passionate fan base to games at the expense of needed revenues plus exposure to markets. Neither is the best approach.
 
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LIUCHusky said:
The original plan was to build a 12,000 seat basketball only facility in Storrs. Hartford politicians saw a building with that capacity as a threat to the Civic Center. They were afraid that Gampel would compete with their building for concerts and that there would be no need to play any UConn basketball games in Hartford. Gampel would never have gotten funded without UConn compromising at 8,OOO seats.
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I stand corrected. But when Gampel was being planned, no one was going to UCONN games (bball or hockey)It opened during the Dream Team Season which changed everything. If they wanted 12,000 seats, they had much more foresight than I would given them.
 
mauconnfan said:
I guess the question is why was HCC by far the loudest for 89-90 games GTown, Cuse and the NCAA tourney as well that year? 16K plus lunatics, OLD legacy fans who loved them and were pushed out by the business it is of big time college basketball........I do not blame Bazz for the obvious but he has no idea how great Hartford was or still could be. But keep making sure those people, who were never on the train ride prior to the JC successful ride, get those real good seats which are usually empty unless they bring in Michigan State or Kansas.

Hartford is fine, our fan base isn't, it's spoiled!
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Pre HDTV and TV broadcast of every game. Those games were amazing. It was a great period for Husky basketball, but I'm not as confident as you that it can be recreated in Hartford.

Do a "neutral tourney" at the casino. An early season game in Bridgeport and few in Hartford but move most the games to Gampel. Now, if Hartford starts selling out, maybe you reconsider.
 
Since it is the University of Connecticut that we're talking about, the primary consideration must be the benefit to the students at the university.

It is easier, less disruptive, and cheaper for students to attend HOME games where they live, which last time I looked is Storrs.

Now since UCONN is looked at as a state owned pro franchise by politicians, and these politicians control the purse strings to a significant portion of UCONN's capital budget and operating budget, the welfare of the students, much like comments in this thread, will be far down on the priority list.

Which sucks.
 
Rumrunner said:
Since it is the University of Connecticut that we're talking about, the primary consideration must be the benefit to the students at the university.

It is easier, less disruptive, and cheaper for students to attend HOME games where they live, which last time I looked is Storrs.

Now since UCONN is looked at as a state owned pro franchise by politicians, and these politicians control the purse strings to a significant portion of UCONN's capital budget and operating budget, the welfare of the students, much like comments in this thread, will be far down on the priority list.

Which sucks.
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There are many fans off campus who spend more money for their seats on and off campus....so while most fans agree with you in regards to catering to the students, their tickets are cheapers, bring in less revenue so there needs to be a max number provided to them allowing the businesses and fans who donate to share in the events whether it is in Hartford or Storrs,......
 
Gavid 72 said:
Because it was built in 1990 and 8,000 was a huge jump from 4,000. No one knew our attendance and our program were going to jump like it did. If it was all conspiracy, why did they add 2,000 seats
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It is not a conspiracy at all. I talked to a number of legislators who wanted to protect the Civic Center and would not let the Gampel to be built smaller than original talked about in the planning stages. They added 2000 seats because of the demand and the ability to make more money.
 
CL82 said:
Pre HDTV and TV broadcast of every game. Those games were amazing. It was a great period for Husky basketball, but I'm not as confident as you that it can be recreated in Hartford.

Do a "neutral tourney" at the casino. An early season game in Bridgeport and few in Hartford but move most the games to Gampel. Now, if Hartford starts selling out, maybe you reconsider.
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Husky mania hit CT like a ton of bricks in the 89-90 season and for a couple of years after. The uppermost seat at the HCC was a prize. The novelty wore off for the less intense fans. TV coverage became much more frequent. Finally, this recession put another hit on ticket buyers. Plus UCONN really put the squeeze on season ticket holders- raising prices and moving their seats further away.
 
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