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If the state lawmakers want UConn to play at the XL then those lawmakers need to come up with a plan to renovate the building.
What a hole you are!You XL center fans - How does it feel to make UConn students subsidize your favorite watering hole because you're too effen lazy to drive 20 minutes out of the city?
You disgust me.
Funny thing is only in CT would that drive be considered “ far”. That’s a trip to grocery store in Kansas
Move closer to Storrs then. Why should UConn appease you just because you live far away?
This comment is myopic and straw man - no where in his comment did he suggest that the university should appease him because he lives far away.
His point is the drive out of Fairfield county on a weekday afternoon is some of the most brutal traffic and it’s extremely difficult to get to a uconn game on a weekday from lower FC. You have to leave around 2-3 to get to Hartford for a game between 6-7. If you leave after 4 , forget it - you’d be lucky to get to New Haven by 6.
Playing games in Hartford makes the game more accessible to a larger population — it’s that simple and can’t be debated.
Also, are you suggesting that this person pick up his life - kids, spouse, job, and just move them close to Storrs solely tor the purpose of going to uconn games ? I’m not really sure thats savvy prioritizing.
Maybe you need a new hobby....we'll be ok without you.Because UConn is a hobby, not my life.
Yet you snowflakes fell to pieces when called arrogant.Maybe you need a new hobby....we'll be ok without you.
And without you as wellYet you snowflakes fell to pieces when called arrogant.
The university is in the woods in a lightly populated area of the state. Other Big East schools also play off campus (Villanova, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Georgetown) so there is precedent.
“You disgust me” is a pretty big overreaction. Preferring one venue to another is not something that should disgust someone.You XL center fans - How does it feel to make UConn students subsidize your favorite watering hole because you're too effen lazy to drive 20 minutes out of the city?
You disgust me.
Duke and UNC aren't anywhere near Charlotte.Why doesn't UNC or Duke play in Charlotte instead?
Why doesn't KU move every game to Kansas City?
Why doesn't Indiana play in Indianapolis?
Almost every other major school doesn't worry about the stuff you're worrying about. Because the fans are fine with it.
Lawrence, KS is 38 minutes East of Kansas City, KS (btw)Duke and UNC aren't anywhere near Charlotte.
Kansas is nowhere near Kansas City (which is in Missouri btw).
Indiana plays in Bloomington (which is a sizable city in the state).
Any senior in accounting could tell you that 75% of the deficit are costs allocated to it that have nothing to do with the programs themselves. With the exception of the one off Ollie fiasco which should have resulted in attorney change.I like how it’s the XL Center’s fault that the school is operating at a year to year 50M deficit.
Any freshman in accounting can tell you that is asinine.
You're the one who seems to be comfortable ripping off thousands of college kids, friend.What a hole you are!
Me too. I drive from Brooklyn. Would rather drive the extra bit to Gampel and have a better atmosphere. Hang out at Teds. Hartford blows. Only play in Hartford during holidays when students are gone.Says somebody who doesn't know what it's like to drive from Fairfield County to Storrs.
So you are saying Fairfield County is an overcrowded traffic nightmare? Agree. Certainly get more house for the $ by moving to Coventry or Ellington or whatever.This comment is myopic and straw man - no where in his comment did he suggest that the university should appease him because he lives far away.
His point is the drive out of Fairfield county on a weekday afternoon is some of the most brutal traffic and it’s extremely difficult to get to a uconn game on a weekday from lower FC. You have to leave around 2-3 to get to Hartford for a game between 6-7. If you leave after 4 , forget it - you’d be lucky to get to New Haven by 6. Getting to Gampel means leaving around 2ish and getting home around 10 or later…. extremely difficult to do on a consistent basis.
Playing games in Hartford makes the game more accessible to a larger population — it’s that simple and can’t be debated.
Also, are you suggesting that this person pick up his life - kids, spouse, job, and just move them close to Storrs solely tor the purpose of going to uconn games ? I’m not really sure thats savvy prioritizing.
** Add Xavier, DePaul, Marquette, and Creighton.The university is in the woods in a lightly populated area of the state. Other Big East schools also play off campus (Villanova, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Georgetown) so there is precedent.
East? Umm, no, west. And KCK isn‘t relevant to anything, you don’t want to go there. It’s roughly 45 minutes to an hour from downtown KC or the Plaza. It’s less than that to Overland Park and the KS side suburbs (which have a lot of people). Two highways run to Lawrence from KC. I-70 and K10. Topeka is about 30 minutes the other way.Lawrence, KS is 38 minutes East of Kansas City, KS (btw)
Those schools are not playing there to prop up the local economy either.** Add Xavier, DePaul, Marquette, and Creighton.
To be fair, all of the non-campus locations for those schools are much closer and/or more convenient that the arrangement for UConn. In most cases they are located in the same city, or easy to get to for students (ie. train line for Villanova, subway for St John's).
I knew it was West...brain fart. I'm familiar with the area.East? Umm, no, west. And KCK isn‘t relevant to anything, you don’t want to go there. It’s roughly 45 minutes to an hour from downtown KC or the Plaza. It’s less than that to Overland Park and the KS side suburbs (which have a lot of people). Two highways run to Lawrence from KC. I-70 and K10. Topeka is about 30 minutes the other way.
But it doesn’t matter. People know on game day you take a half day and go in, get dinner and a beer or two, check out your old college haunts, then go to the game. If Storrs had more going on this wouldn’t be an issue.
This comment is myopic and straw man - no where in his comment did he suggest that the university should appease him because he lives far away.
His point is the drive out of Fairfield county on a weekday afternoon is some of the most brutal traffic and it’s extremely difficult to get to a uconn game on a weekday from lower FC. You have to leave around 2-3 to get to Hartford for a game between 6-7. If you leave after 4 , forget it - you’d be lucky to get to New Haven by 6. Getting to Gampel means leaving around 2ish and getting home around 10 or later…. extremely difficult to do on a consistent basis.
Playing games in Hartford makes the game more accessible to a larger population — it’s that simple and can’t be debated.
Also, are you suggesting that this person pick up his life - kids, spouse, job, and just move them close to Storrs solely tor the purpose of going to uconn games ? I’m not really sure thats savvy prioritizing.
So you are saying Fairfield County is an overcrowded traffic nightmare? Agree. Certainly get more house for the $ by moving to Coventry or Ellington or whatever.
UConn should play on campus except the games during winter break. They shouldn‘t pay a dime to play at XL. Without UConn it would cease to exist. But we all know legislators strong arm the university with funding, which is why Gampel was too small, the Rent is in East Hartford (another bad rent deal for UConn) and now Toscana is too small as well.