Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[baggerbob]

You just signed Geno to a 5 year extension, the state helps with millions to balance the Athletic budget.
Uconn should have an on campus stadium.
You need a dome to use as a multipurpose stadium, all year round.
40,000 for football, 25,000 for Men and Women's basketball, concerts, graduations, state football tournaments and other events, such as big name concerts.
That would show all the conferences you were serious about sitting at the final table.

 

[coachcap]

You just signed Geno to a 5 year extension, the state helps with millions to balance the Athletic budget.
Uconn should have an on campus stadium.
You need a dome to use as a multipurpose stadium, all year round.
40,000 for football, 25,000 for Men and Women's basketball, concerts, graduations, state football tournaments and other events, such as big name concerts.
That would show all the conferences you were serious about sitting at the final table.

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

 

[CL82]

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

If I recall correctly those renderings included things that now are already included in the Shenkman and Burton buildings. All we need is a stadium.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Chin Diesel]

If there's no law on the books before those schools split, there never will be one afterwards.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

IIRC, that was when the Whalers were still in Hartford and the idea was a multi-purpose arena that could handle football, ice hockey and basketball. That barely got beyond sketches (a few mockups made it to newspapers) before Karmanos shot down the Whale being part of it (he stated he'd only remain in state if he could have an arena in Fairfield county). It came up again briefly when the Pats were in discussion for Adrien's Landing but the covered stadium part was quickly dismissed.

I doubt it ever reached the point where blue prints were drawn up.

 

[Drew]

 

[CL82]

If there's no law on the books before those schools split, there never will be one afterwards.

I don't know, maybe the idea is that they don't want the presence of a law making them less attractive prior to a conference change.

 

[baggerbob]

If I recall correctly those renderings included things that now are already included in the Shenkman and Burton buildings. All we need is a stadium.

I liked you Post, but Uconn needs to go big, and a Domed Stadium on campus would show The Big, and SEC that UCONN needs to be in the last round of moving chairs.

 

[CL82]

I liked you Post, but Uconn needs to go big, and a Domed Stadium on campus would show The Big, and SEC that UCONN needs to be in the last round of moving chairs.

I don't see it happening in the near term, unless it was an express requirement. I agree with the poster who said that doing a feasibility study is probably a good idea.

 

[Hondo 77]

I want a winning lotto ticket.

 

[Vowelguy]

“Under a bill filed by prominent Republican House members, UNC and NC State would be required to play at least one of East Carolina, Appalachian State and Charlotte every year and would have to play each school home and away every six years.”

Bill will not advance.

North Carolina football scheduling bill won't go forward: official

A proposed bill in North Carolina that would have required the Tar Heels and NC State to play the state's Group of Five level schools in football and basketball

www.si.com

 

[ZooCougar]

The Rent is beat.

The state hasn’t done anything to keep it refreshed.

The stupid school let the football program descend into the abyss.

You can overcome a bad stadium and a bad location if your team is fun to watch.

 

[CL82]

The Rent is beat.

The state hasn’t done anything to keep it refreshed

Ongoing maintenance isn't the states job, that is what the CDRA should be doing. One of the things that I find incredibly annoying about the CDRA is their ongoing practice of not doing maintenance for a decade or two and then presenting the need for remediation as a capital improvement. Yet somehow, even without doing routine maintenance, they manage an annual multimillion dollar loss, even after being grossly subsidized by the university. They are possibly the most inept organization ever to exist on the planet.

 

[ZooCougar]

Ongoing maintenance isn't the states job, that is what the CDRA should be doing. One of the things that I find incredibly annoying about the CDRA is their ongoing practice of not doing maintenance for a decade or two and then presenting the need for remediation as a capital improvement. Yet somehow, even without doing routine maintenance, they manage an annual multimillion dollar loss, even after being grossly subsidized by the university. They are possibly the most inept organization ever to exist on the planet.

Is the CRDA in the room with us right now?

 

[CL82]

Is the CRDA in the room with us right now?

Kind of. If you bring up the issue of "maintenance of the stadium" inviting the organization which is responsible for it into the chat.

 

[AllHusky]

Ongoing maintenance isn't the states job, that is what the CDRA should be doing. One of the things that I find incredibly annoying about the CDRA is their ongoing practice of not doing maintenance for a decade or two and then presenting the need for remediation as a capital improvement. Yet somehow, even without doing routine maintenance, they manage an annual multimillion dollar loss, even after being grossly subsidized by the university. They are possibly the most inept organization ever to exist on the planet.

What this says is that we are (partially) allowing the CDRA to determine our success in Football(which is everything). That is frightening.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Good luck trying to get Mansfield to allow an on campus football stadium In Storrs. I just don’t see that happening in any of our life times.

 

[Urcea]

"on campus stadium" chatter is the boneyard equivalent of a slow news day

 

[Kolumbo]

Good luck trying to get Mansfield to allow an on campus football stadium In Storrs. I just don’t see that happening in any of our life times.

I get the Mansfield angle but I would think that mentallity would have changed significantly by now. Many locals have grown up watching UConn become a national basketball powerhouse and the athletic department as a whole be competitive nationally. Other folks move to the area specifically because they are involved with the University. I see it in our town where younger folks favor things like apartment housing and better roads while older folks constantly complain about commercial progress. Mansfield is rural but it's not Deliverance material. Come on Mansfield!

 

[huskidork]

like can we just renovate the Rent, the thing should've been years ago

 

[AllHusky]

I get the Mansfield angle but I would think that mentallity would have changed significantly by now. Many locals have grown up watching UConn become a national basketball powerhouse and the athletic department as a whole be competitive nationally. Other folks move to the area specifically because they are involved with the University. I see it in our town where younger folks favor things like apartment housing and better roads while older folks constantly complain about commercial progress. Mansfield is rural but it's not Deliverance material. Come on Mansfield!

Agree. Have you been on campus recently, or I should say to 4 corners? Massive Apartment(condo?) complex nearing completion. Nothing says rural like a monstrous housing complex literally at the entrance to campus.

 

[How Sway?!]

You say it would cost four times as much to build a new stadium than to renovate Rentschler. Have you calculated what it costs UConn right now in terms of national prestige, coaching and recruit interest, student enthusiasm, and alumni support to have a relatively distant off-campus rather than on-campus facility? Suppose, for example, that stadium location was a factor that an expansion-minded "P" conference might consider when analyzing potential candidates. What if the absence of an on-campus facility was deemed to be so indicative of a school's lack of commitment to football that it influenced that conference's decision to look elsewhere? What losses of potential revenue would accrue, year in and year out, if UConn were left out of the realignment picture for that reason?

I doubt all that costs anywhere near 600 million dollars

 

[uconnyankee]

How many times has this thread been hijacked by the on campus stadium debate?
Unless someone tweets that UConn is building new stadium on campus, why does this happen?

 

[hank970]

I doubt all that costs anywhere near 600 million dollars

Colorado State University's new on-campus Canvas Stadium, with a capacity of 36,500 (including boxes and other premium seating), cost $220 million to build in 2017. Naming rights garnered more than $37 million, so subtract that from the cost of construction. Stadium capacity can be expanded, if justified. I haven't been there but understand that it's an attractive and functional facility.