Do this and get into a power 4!

[KryHavok]

Taken to scale, it sure looks like we can not only put in a stadium but have plenty of parking (not to mention all the student/commuter parking already available). Anyway, an on campus stadium will not bring a P4 invite for us.

 

[CL82]

Taken to scale, it sure looks like we can not only put in a stadium but have plenty of parking (not to mention all the student/commuter parking already available). Anyway, an on campus stadium will not bring a P4 invite for us.
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No, a stadium won't get us an invite, but an invite might get a stadium.

Nice work on the side-by-side pictures. I don't think anyone would physically put it on horse barn Hill, but maybe just behind it in the UConn Forest. Can you do the same thing using the athletic campus as the comparison?

 

[huskymedic]

… I don't think anyone would physically put it on horse barn Hill, but maybe just behind it in the UConn Forest.

Not likely - read the last paragraph.

https://hbh.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2395/2021/11/uconn-forest-map.pdf

 

[CL82]

Not likely - read the last paragraph.

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https://hbh.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2395/2021/11/uconn-forest-map.pdf

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.

 

[superjohn]

The Rent is at the most convenient place in the State. And the folks who give big bucks in addition to the legislature want it right where it is. It's not gonna change.

If that's the case UConn doesn't belong playing big time college football.

 

[RSTuthill]

If that's the case UConn doesn't belong playing big time college football.

Really???

 

[KryHavok]

Nice work on the side-by-side pictures. I don't think anyone would physically put it on horse barn Hill, but maybe just behind it in the UConn Forest. Can you do the same thing using the athletic campus as the comparison?

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).

 

[FfldCntyFan]

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 Separtist Tract (for better visualization, I used an Infinity Gaunlet to snap in the Rent at exact size).
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We already had one of those:

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[CL82]

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 Separtist Tract (for better visualization, I used an Infinity Gaunlet to snap in the Rent at exact size).
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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.

Of course, nothing is going to happen in the near term, but it's good to dispel the myth that a stadium won't fit on campus.

 

[Kolumbo]

I'm not nearly as concerned about it anymore because "Big Time Football" is more and more about the P2. Everyone else is part of a fluid cluster of ever-changing conferences. Oregon State at 0-6 is one of the best brands in the evolving PAC/MWC. you got your bcu's who should join similar programs to be competitive. fans want regional conferences rather than these cross-country money grabs.

UConn keeps building on campus taking away available land for a stadium. Rentschler Field may also become more limited as it offers land to businesses. I'd love to see an on-campus stadium and enjoy the entire football & campus experience, no matter who UConn is playing, but it's not going to happen because we just can't figure out how to do things properly in CT.

The Hartford Athletic have a reconstructed stadium in Hartford which has plans to be expand to 15k. The stadium hosts 17 home Hartford Athletic games, high school soccer, and festivals. That's smart.

Penn State offers the perfect blueprint for an on-campus stadium in a rural setting. Just look at all that parking! UConn will never have that but we won't be in the Big Ten either. We could have say 30% of that very easily if we wanted to.

 

[CL82]

I'm not nearly as concerned about it anymore because "Big Time Football" is more and more about the P2. Everyone else is part of a fluid cluster of ever-changing conferences. Oregon State at 0-6 is one of the best brands in the evolving PAC/MWC. you got your bcu's who should join similar programs to be competitive. fans want regional conferences rather than these cross-country money grabs.

UConn keeps building on campus taking away available land for a stadium. Rentschler Field may also become more limited as it offers land to businesses. I'd love to see an on-campus stadium and enjoy the entire football & campus experience, no matter who UConn is playing, but it's not going to happen because we just can't figure out how to do things properly in CT.

The Hartford Athletic have a reconstructed stadium in Hartford which has plans to be expand to 15k. The stadium hosts 17 home Hartford Athletic games, high school soccer, and festivals. That's smart.

Penn State offers the perfect blueprint for an on-campus stadium in a rural setting. Just look at all that parking! UConn will never have that but we won't be in the Big Ten either. We could have say 30% of that very easily if we wanted to.

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I love Penn State's athletic campus. That was very smart development.

 

[Kolumbo]

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"

Cam