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Now if the state REALLY wants to do it right, expand the logic and stop taking half measures here - take whatever money they were going to throw at the new latest XL disaster, burn the building down and use whatever's left over as a down payment and connect storrs/hartford Amtrak via light rail with stops in each suburb town, create a whole ton of jobs in the process, create a more convenient and long term durable transportation pipeline to their state university that connects it with all the big urban centers in the state.
A Disney-like monorail from UConn medical center in Farmington to Storrs, and another line from Bradley to Middletown. With appropriate stops along the way for each. Make somewhere around the XL the center of the hub, and rebuild the XL right. Create a 24x7 destination in downtown Hartford with food and entertainment, and work! You can work on spur lines and spokes later (Rt2, Rt 44west, Rt 15, etc).
 
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A Disney-like monorail from UConn medical center in Farmington to Storrs, and another line from Bradley to Middletown. With appropriate stops along the way for each. Make somewhere around the XL the center of the hub, and rebuild the XL right. Create a 24x7 destination in downtown Hartford with food and entertainment, and work! You can work on spur lines and spokes later (Rt2, Rt 44west, Rt 15, etc).
Yes let's do this and try to turn Storrs into a Disney World-like attraction for a basketball team that plays half their games on the road. This is fantasy land BS. We all care about this program very much. 70% of the state probably doesn't.
 

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Got a cheaper solution. They can just expand the CT Fastrack Busway, which is you live near it in New Britain to Hartford is fantastic and convenient. Get rid of the HOV -- Make it Fastrack only. Easy stops at Rent, Manchester to Storrs etc.

CT Storrs to Hartford by Fastrack, and then that to CT Rail. Would be nice to take a bus from Storrs to Hartford and get on CT rail to New Haven. Quick and easy. Rail runs springfield to New Haven. Fasttrack from Storrs to Waterbury.
They could just extend 384 the last nine miles to campus and build a giant parking garage at the old Depot Campus.

It would cut 10-15 minutes off the ride from points west and could be completed in a summer.
 

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The worst part - this same dead horse will get beaten AGAIN next week, when the Hartford crowd for Nova is going to be a MONSTER.

Hint - it has more to do with the opponent than the venue.
In general I agree, but I do think the cozy confines of Gampel make for a louder environment, all things being equal.
 
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A Disney-like monorail from UConn medical center in Farmington to Storrs, and another line from Bradley to Middletown. With appropriate stops along the way for each. Make somewhere around the XL the center of the hub, and rebuild the XL right. Create a 24x7 destination in downtown Hartford with food and entertainment, and work! You can work on spur lines and spokes later (Rt2, Rt 44west, Rt 15, etc).
You a Larson aide?
 
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Love the team social media for seeing our feud and settling all debate. Thanks guys.

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Best crowd all year was at the Garden against the Johnnies. Maybe move some of the Gampel games there.
 
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It’s pretty clear that the coaches, players, students and administrators within the AD prefer Gampel.

But, obviously a bunch of old dinguses on a message board know better than them in terms of what’s best in college sports
Why wouldn't they? But there's another 3.5 million people to consider as well; seeing that UConn is a state school and 3/4 of the population have no idea how to get to Storrs (or any desire to learn how to) that might explain a bit of it.
 
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They could just extend 384 the last nine miles to campus and build a giant parking garage at the old Depot Campus.

It would cut 10-15 minutes off the ride from points west and could be completed in a summer.
Or, we could hire Elon Musk's Boring Company to dig a tunnel from Hartford to Storrs.
 
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This.

In a big game, the student section is always better at Gampel than at the XL. Greatly.

But, again in a BIG game, the NON-student sections are better at the XL than Gampel. Greatly.

Just my observation after decades of attending games at both venues.

I think that is mostly true, but the result is a much better big game atmosphere overall in gampel. By a lot.
 

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They could just extend 384 the last nine miles to campus and build a giant parking garage at the old Depot Campus.

It would cut 10-15 minutes off the ride from points west and could be completed in a summer.

A 9 mile extension from existing end of 384 to Storrs can be completed in a summer. That's one of the funnier takes on this board.
 
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Imagine if the XL Center was a 21st century facility like all the arenas all over the country? A beautiful building would energize the fanbase resulting in better attendance (especially students). Instead we're content with 2 relics but don't worry because Gampel got a new roof..
 

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Closed campus games should be in XL and maybe some of the predicted big games (ie, Nova), the rest on campus - but both facilities are in need of an upgrade.

I agree with the posters saying it really has more to do with how the good the team is though, if we were on top then wouldn't matter where or when the joint would be packed. I think we're on that road now - and Covid IS still keeping a lot of people home that aren't student aged.
 
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Was surprised at amount of empty seats considering they fire saled tickets. People should shut thier pie holes about XL, both venues are fine.
Hartford is far more convenient.
 
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Now if the state REALLY wants to do it right, expand the logic and stop taking half measures here - take whatever money they were going to throw at the new latest XL disaster, burn the building down and use whatever's left over as a down payment and connect storrs/hartford Amtrak via light rail with stops in each suburb town, create a whole ton of jobs in the process, create a more convenient and long term durable transportation pipeline to their state university that connects it with all the big urban centers in the state.
This x1000. It would shut up everyone that complains getting in and out of storrs is a hassle and provide Students with a better transportation method to Hartford games. Bit OT but it appears that the XL might actually make some profit this year considering the successes from MBB, WBB and hockey.
 

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