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The renderings look very much like a band-aid
Just curious, what would you anticipate the CDRA could do to the arena to make it more viable at that number?
I beg your pardon. That’s a $107mm scab you are talking about.
Will we still pay to play?
A lot of things. Better seating, concessions, premium seats, more bathrooms, upgrade the guts to allow more concerts/events to happen.
The renovations will happen and the place is not going to shut down.
Reducing the seating is actually the worst scenario because it then has no advantage over Mohegan Sun for concerts, there'd be little difference between it and Gampel, and it wouldn't make sense design-wise. What would you do - lop off the highest 25 rows of 200-level sections seats and all of the 300-levels?
State won’t help ya there.
More concerts, NCAA tourney events, etc and higher priced seats_suites in the new aspects (premium loge, bunker suites, etc).
Not crazy about the choice of words but you are on the right track. Gampel is tough if you have an inseam greater than 28". Of course, almost no one on the Yard actually attends games there so it's a moot point.
Time will tell but I wouldn’t count on it
An upgrade is in the works, but I suspected that won’t be changing.
I’m not convinced. Which isn’t to say that it’s not possible. I just don’t think that the current leadership is even vaguely competent.
Not going to argue that this has been bungled by the CRDA. I think part of the problem is that they just feel as though the Legislature will be their sugar daddy. That said, I know the highest level of the Legislature will ultimately make it work.
