No, a stadium won't get us an invite, but an invite might get a stadium.
Not likely - read the last paragraph.
And Horse Barn Hill itself also seems extraordinarily unlikely to me. So that leaves their athletic campus or the Discovery Drive sites as the two most likely. As you know, I prefer the athletic campus site because of proximity to the Burton and Shenkman buildings. Plus, the football parking area would be available to use for other athletic events.
If that's the case UConn doesn't belong playing big time college football.
Really???
Thanks, here is what I think you were looking for. Again, both are to the same scale. The size of "D Lot" on the right is about 500 ft, approximately the same width as the 500 ft marker indicated on the left legend in the Rent pic. A stadium the size of the Rent can easily be accommodated in the Separatist Tract (for better visualization, I used an Infinity Gaunlet to snap in the Rent at exact size).
Perfect, thanks! I envisioned the field orientation rotated about 90° and the stadium pushed up a little closer behind Elliott. That is the area that seems to make the most sense to me given the proximity to the existing football facilities.
I love Penn State's athletic campus. That was very smart development.
Campus maps are great. I was just looking at The Hotchkiss School. It was ranked as the best private school in America by niche.com. Lakes, hills, surrounded by a golf course, and just down the road from Lime Rock Park. It's good to be the king. "Just follow the smell of money"
Agree, in the near term. At some point, over the next five years or so, the state is going to face the question of whether they make a substantial investment in Rentschler Field or whether they invest that money on campus. That debate is worth having.
Considering the state has spent the past few decades slapping band aids on the Civic Center I believe I can safely predict the result of that debate.
Debates like that happen in the legislature "cloak rooms". They have probably already happened. I assure you, there is a plan. It will be revealed shortly after UConn gets a bid in 2030 or 2031.
We all know that Rentschler Field is our home for the foreseeable future and that it is going to require constant investment, repair and upgrades. They still must do the responsible due diligence and explore the options for an on-campus stadium - potential location, costs, etc. The future is too uncertain to bank on putting all eggs in the Rentschler basket. They need to know what Plan B is because Plan A is far from ideal. If they haven't done or aren't going to do that due diligence soon, they are grossly incompetent. Always look at best case and worse case no matter how unlikely.
We shall see, although the last "Band-Aid" at the Hartford Civic Center was $145 million. That likely wouldn't buy you a 40,000 seat college football stadium in Connecticut, but it would certainly get you started.
It has recently been brought to my attention that the area near Ted's and Farmer Brown's lot is no longer the cultural center it once used to be. That whole section could be used for the football stadium. Or better yet, since Burton already has the locker room and facilities, put the stadium right adjacent to Burton so those locker rooms could be used on game day.
3. Because East Hartford is and has always been, ass. Connecticut is not exactly setting the world on fire. Huge development, nightlife district and innovation centers built around UConn would be a draw.
The state can't fix Route 6 between Bolton to Windham and they been talking about it since 1985 at least. To me, seeing Connecticut politics from afar - it it doesn't do anything for The Gold Coast, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury or Hartford - they (the political people) won't do anything for the state.
