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Message: [QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 4501846, member: 97"] Once again - SHU is lying about the capacity for the building. I suspect it's because they originally claimed it was going to have "nearly 4,000 capacity" for $60M (see below). Well, after the cost increases of the last few years they not only spent $10M-$15M more than originally estimated, but the building only has 2,900 seats. That's indisuputable because Ticketmaster published the detailed seating chart. Not only does the 2,900 include the club level upstairs, but it also includes what would ordinarily be the front SRO row on the concourse behind the railing, which they populated with (from pictures of last night's game) bar style hi-top chairs. The funny thing is that they claimed attendance was 4,103, even more than the original design plan, which would require 1,200 standing room. Quite simply, many announced attendance figures are pure BS. There's no way on God's Green Earth that concourse can accomodate (or a fire mashall would allow) that much standing room and, even if it did, no one wants to be in the 3rd or 4th row of SRO peeking over the shoulders of people on high-top chairs. Incredibly, SHU even edited the original press release on their website ([URL="https://www.sacredheart.edu/news-room/news-listing/sacred-heart-university-to-build-premier-hockey-arena-at-its-fairfield-campus/"]Sacred Heart University to Build Premier Hockey Arena at Its Fairfield Campus[/URL]) to make it look like the original plan was for $70M ([URL="https://www.sacredheart.edu/news-room/news-listing/sacred-heart-university-to-build-premier-hockey-arena-at-its-fairfield-campus/"]Sacred Heart University to Build Premier Hockey Arena at Its Fairfield Campus[/URL]). Never trust anyone that doctors things after the fact. [/QUOTE]

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