Allen Fieldhouse 17k
It was a mistake the day they opened it. Needed to have higher capacity, fewer expensive frills like the tiles and aluminum dome. The focused too much on impractical things rather than a facility that could last and age and remain useful.
He’s out… not running for re-election.
Yes, I know it was intentional, I was a student while it was being built. But it was still a mistake. Meaning an error. Concourse area around it was inadequate as well, not much foresight. UConn wasn't given a choice, just like with the hockey facility (which is also a mistake, and needed to be bigger).
The day a crane fell and bent in half over the top of the "plinth" was a sign. Like a "The Man With Two Brains" sign. Can't find a picture of it.
You nailed so much. My parents seats they are in same equivalent row at Gampel as they are at XL. Same relevance in location. But the XL seats have to be like 100 feet further from the court . The more I think about this and the more we all talk about it makes me want to play ZERO games at XL
UConn has some disadvantages to those places. I'd go about 14k. I think 12.5 as @Fishy mentioned is below what we know we can sell for good opponents. 15k? Maybe. I think UConn would need to make other accommodations if they build such an arena. More parking. Improve 195. More restaurants or a major concourse with lots of food options. Maybe run shuttles from a lot at 195 and I-84. They'll need to be creative. It's what should happen though. I'm not convinced it should be where Gampel is either. That's now the densest area of campus.
They dont send enough to warrant that, thats the problem. They fill the baseline section and the sections above it were pretty full for Nova, but not for Butler or Marquette.
Okay, then you only need to make it two sections and you’ll piss off fewer of the elderly people everyone is so worried about losing!
In other breaking developments, the sun came up this morning.
the "elderly people" who pay the freight.
Ok, ok. You make a good point about how the bars/restaurants downtown should make more of an effort to draw a game crowd during an away game. The marketing would be easy with fb/twitter/etc. Something like 10% off the bill with a UConn jersey on, or 5% off the bill with a stub (or screenshot from the game...only boomers have stubs nowadays) from the previous game. Blast it up on the social and see who comes. I just think that too many people enjoy having both venues to bail on Hartford. Check the poll I put up...it's basically even. I know that the people on the Yard are rabid fans, so it's not a random poll...but if I had to guess, the more casual fans would skew towards playing in both arenas. My "not smart" comment purely had to do with the fact that you suggested there is nothing to do in Hartford, not that you don't like games to be played in Hartford. They are not the same, and there is plenty to do in Hartford. It has been my experience that people (mostly white suburbanites/rural types) speak negatively about the city without ever checking out what it has to offer, or without even knowing what goes on there.
I continue to see this said. I’ve yet to see anyone produce anything that confirms these people are donating tons of money. Can anyone produce an actual figure of estimated dollars of donations lost if we no longer play at the XL?
I take it you're not a season ticket holder
Both venues have about 45% of their capacity going to season ticket holders (gampel a tad more that XL). We already know that with season ticket sales included, games at XL break even, if that.
so I was right, you're not a season ticket holder.
UConn is not going to stop playing in Hartford, nor should they. We've only won 4 national championships splitting games between Storrs and Hartford, so that's proven to be a tremendous disadvantage. And I'm guessing that you aren't driving up to games from New Haven or Fairfield Counties.
On what planet?
I said it came up. Not that we could see it. LOL.
