FIU Post Game Thread

[CL82]

How many basketball games total are in Hartford? It is a business. They are getting paid. They will survive,

No doubt, but it is decidedly inconvenient to the coaches, players, and students. Both Hurley and Geno are on record as referring to play in Gampel.

 

[LetsGoUC]

Joe Fagnano is one of the best QBs we have ever had (wasn't a tall ask, but he's done well)

 

[ArtTheFan]

If we ever get into a major conference and have some staying power I guarantee we end up with an "on campus" stadium. It might not be right in the middle of campus but it'll be within a mile (like the prison area)

Sorry, but do you think Mansfield will allow UConn to build an on campus stadium? Do you think Coventry will let the state expand Route 44? The traffic to Mansfield will be horrible. Mansfield will never allow it.

If UConn got an on campus stadium, what should be done with Rentschler? Should it be torn down or use as another venue? How big of a stadium should be built, if we got into the Big 12?

 

[ArtTheFan]

Not sure, but it makes little sense to put a stadium in the depot campus when there are three potential sites on the physical campus.
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Now, one of the football site looks as if there is a subdivision nearby? I'm not sure if Mansfield citizens would let UConn build it in people's backyard.

Route 44 would be made into a 4 lane highway. Again, let's say UConn built a 55K stadium, the logistics of traffic would be a nightmare. I'm not sure if Route 6 (aka Suicide 6) from Bolton to Willimantic ever got fixed.

I'm still not sure about on campus stadium but I need to research it.

 

[CL82]

Now, one of the football site looks as if there is a subdivision nearby? I'm not sure if Mansfield citizens would let UConn build it in people's backyard

I think you're referring to the site in the athletic campus. There are no approvals needed from Mansfield Township for development at that site. So, while undoubtedly that people's republic of Mansfield could NIMBY to their hearts content, they basically be shouting into the wind.

Route 44 would be made into a 4 lane highway. Again, let's say UConn built a 55K stadium, the logistics of traffic would be a nightmare. I'm not sure if Route 6 (aka Suicide 6) from Bolton to Willimantic ever got fixed.

Well, as I'm fond of saying, somehow pretty much every other FBS program in America somehow manages to get people on and off their campus for football games without building a super highway to the front gate. I suspect we could as well. People seem to assume that everyone in the football stadium would arrive at the same time and leave at the same time. That's not the real world. Tailgating allows traffic to be feathered in and out of the stadium over hours rather than all at the same time. That an intelligent traffic management would be enough to handle the crowd six times a year... just like it is it pretty much every other on campus college football stadium in America.

 

[ktuck911]

Bergin Correctional Institution Google Search

It's permanently closed

Seems like that location is pretty close to Carriage House, yes?

 

[ktuck911]

Now, one of the football site looks as if there is a subdivision nearby? I'm not sure if Mansfield citizens would let UConn build it in people's backyard.

Route 44 would be made into a 4 lane highway. Again, let's say UConn built a 55K stadium, the logistics of traffic would be a nightmare. I'm not sure if Route 6 (aka Suicide 6) from Bolton to Willimantic ever got fixed.

I'm still not sure about on campus stadium but I need to research it.

Rte 6 is definitely suicide highway. My cousin nearly got killed over there back in our college days. Somehow her entire car was totalled except for where she sat (driver's seat). She only suffered a leg fracture and a few bumps and bruises. (Thank God)