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Demolish the XL center

JohnFSilver said:
Think about this though, it isn't on campus and doesn't have a campus feel. UK is the state of Kentucky's team.
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My man, John. This is a bad take.

I’m also not really sure what UK being “the state of Kentucky’s team” has to do with anything, of course it is. Just like UConn is Connecticut’s team.

Do NOT say it’s Kentucky’s pro team.
 
superjohn said:
Walsh and Alumni Hall seat 1,300-1,500, Alumni/Carnesecca seats 5,500 and they have the world's most famous arena at their disposal where they only play 4 or 5 games a year when Duke, Nova, UConn comes to town.
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I guess they don't care about the on campus experience.
 
CL82 said:
Because they are small private universities that can’t afford to build a 10,000 seat on-campus arena?
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Or because they don't care about the on campus experience?

$240+/-, $250+/-, and $700+/- million dollar endowments at each. They can afford it.
 
John said:
"at this point". Screw everyone else, right?
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People have different priorities, imagine such a novel concept! I care more about the basketball program than UConn academics. I donate to the basketball program.
 
Guapo said:
Seton Hall and Providence don’t have Gampel and St John’s should play more games on campus
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Both chose to play off campus instead of their own gyms. Neither decided to build a new gym.

They don't care about the on campus experience.
 
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Guapo said:
Still the closest city where a bunch of alumni are.

Why do state lines matter? We have people in here who routinely call for UConn to play home games in Boston and New York.
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Doubling down on a stupid comment? Boneyard gotta Boneyard.
 
JohnFSilver said:
Think about this though, it isn't on campus and doesn't have a campus feel. UK is the state of Kentucky's team.
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Yeah, but as you point out it’s a 23,500 seat brand new arena within a 10 minute walk of campus. I’m not sure how relevant comparison that is to a 47-year-old 15,564 seat capacity arena that is a 35 minute drive from campus.
 
WingU-Conn said:
Or because they don't care about the on campus experience?

$240+/-, $250+/-, and $700+/- million dollar endowments at each. They can afford it.
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Well, I’m not sure many universities would make the decision to cash in their endowments to pay for most of a new arena. And to be honest I doubt many administrations would survive making that decision.
 
The irony of posters arguing that the capacity of XL vs Gampel shouldn't matter to UConn, while arguing that Seton Hall, Providence, and St. John's shouldn't also be expected to play in their on campus gyms.

Bonus points for people saying we practice in Gampel after we built Werth.

CL82 said:
Well, I’m not sure many universities would make the decision to cash in their endowments to pay for most of a new arena. And to be honest I doubt many administrations would survive making that decision.
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I guess they don't have donors, nor have they ever heard of financing. Strange.

Regardless, size doesn't matter. It's the on campus experience that is important here.
 
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NC_Uconn_Fan said:
Name one other major basketball brand that splits home games between venues. College sports should be played on campus if there is a facility on campus. Duke has an Old and small gym, can you imagine if they decided to play half their games in Raleigh.
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Villanova
 
WingU-Conn said:
I guess they don't care about the on campus experience.
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Providence and Seton Hall are small private schools. Fiscally it would be almost impossible to justify building a 10,000 person arena on either campus. The money just isn't there and I doubt either of them even has the room for it if there was any possible way they could swing it financially. Seton Hall would have to buy more land which has always been a problem for them. Both of them have large arenas right down the street for them.

You're trying to compare a flagship state University who already has a 10,000 person basketball arena on campus to two small private schools who don't have the money or space to build what UConn already has. This is a really silly comparison.
 
Guapo said:
Have you not read these threads??

Nova has drastically cut back on games at the Wachovia Center (or whatever it’s called now)
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Just last year because of covid and this year sonic won't be considered home court for the NCAA tournament
 
Kathy said:
Just last year because of covid and this year sonic won't be considered home court for the NCAA tournament
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Not sure what you're trying to say here?
 
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WingU-Conn said:
hey, next time you're in Atlanta, make sure to stop by the Auburn Athletics HOF. It's impressive.
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I live in Atlanta.

It’s such a shame Auburn makes all their alum here drive all the way out to their campus in the middle of nowhere smh.

Wouldn’t it just be sooo much easier if they just played their basketball games at State Farm Arena and their football games at Mercedes Benz?
 
In all fairness, I heard the reason nova cut back it’s games at Wachovia this year is so they can play there in the tourney. The rule (I think) is you can’t be in a bracket where you would play at a home arena, and a home arena means at least 4 home games played there, so they’re playing 3 games there this year.

Still, Chernobyl the damn civic center already
 
i'm just glad the XL center isn't as pathetic as the middle school gym georgetown is hosting SJU in right now. looks like it fits fewer than 1k people (not that it's even half full).
 
WingU-Conn said:
I guess they don't have donors, nor have they ever heard of financing. Strange.
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Lol, first you suggest that schools should use their endowment to pay for a new arena, and then you seem surprised that most small private schools don’t have someone in the wings ready to contribute $175 million plus for the construction of a 10,000 seat on-campus arena.

But, but, but financing… That’s the ticket!
 
WingU-Conn said:
Both chose to play off campus instead of their own gyms. Neither decided to build a new gym.

They don't care about the on campus experience.
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That’s ludicrous. These are not commuter schools. They absolutely care about the student on campus experience. Neither school has room to build a 10k seat arena. The Civic Center/ Dunk has been a 50 year tradition for PC. Half the students on campus attend the games. Their experience is pretty damn good for them.
 
FriarJ said:
That’s ludicrous. These are not commuter schools. They absolutely care about the student on campus experience. Neither school has room to build a 10k seat arena. The Civic Center/ Dunk has been a 50 year tradition for PC. Half the students on campus attend the games. Their experience is pretty damn good for them.
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/sarcasm
 
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superjohn said:
Not sure what you're trying to say here?
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He said they had cut back on games at Wells Fargo - they only did that because of covid last season and to keep them eligible to play there this year in the NCAA tournament. They will probably go back to more games there next season.
 
CL82 said:
Lol, first you suggest that schools should use their endowment to pay for a new arena, and then you seem surprised that most small private schools don’t have someone in the wings ready to contribute $175 million plus for the construction of a 10,000 seat on-campus arena.

But, but, but financing… That’s the ticket!
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No, I mentioned one source as evidence that these schools know how to raise money. Most projects are funded through a combination of donations and financing, you know that.

You suggested the only option is to build and implied it's virtually impossible. Although DePaul, who hasn't really ever been good, found a way to make it happen with creative partnerships.

I would have expected you to know schools can renovate. And they also don't even have to pay for it themselves. Like Villanova, who found a way to raise $65 million in donations to fully fund their arena renovation.

You're suggesting the only reason to play off campus is because it's impossible to build or renovate an on campus stadium, after DePaul and Nova already have.

The schools that choose to play off campus do so because it benefits the schools and the fans in various ways.
 
FriarJ said:
That’s ludicrous. These are not commuter schools. They absolutely care about the student on campus experience. Neither school has room to build a 10k seat arena. The Civic Center/ Dunk has been a 50 year tradition for PC. Half the students on campus attend the games. Their experience is pretty damn good for them.
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You've missed my sarcasm. Providence is doing what is right/best for Providence and their fans. If they needed an on campus arena, or they thought it was best for the school/fans, they'd find a way to make it happen.
 
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