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Huge number of places with easy access to local roads.Do they have the space to build a stadium on the school campus?
Huge number of places with easy access to local roads.Do they have the space to build a stadium on the school campus?
When UConn played WVU, Michigan, Baylor,… the Rent rocked.
Huge number of places with easy access to local roads.
it's the same with basketball, ultimate fair weather fan base.That's why I specifically said when the team does poorly attendance drops dramatically. When the team does well, it will draw regardless where it is located in the state.
Wow first for everything. I agree with you on something. Ask Scott Haney. Flurries in the forecast and fans won’t drive to Storrs. I remember driving in decent snow stormsit's the same with basketball, ultimate fair weather fan base.
They'll drive in bad weather when the team is good. When the team is bad it can be sunny and 70 degrees and the tickets practically given away by the AD and the place will still be half empty.Wow first for everything. I agree with you on something. Ask Scott Haney. Flurries in the forecast and fans won’t drive to Storrs. I remember driving in decent snow storms
So like any other sports fan?They'll drive in bad weather when the team is good. When the team is bad it can be sunny and 70 degrees and the tickets practically given away by the AD and the place will still be half empty.
this fan base is worse.So like any other sports fan?
Our fanbase is pretty average in this respect. It's just a culture thing and it's not worth reading much into it. If we were really bad then attendance in the AAC would have fallen off much harder than it did.this fan base is worse.
Do they have the space to build a stadium on the school campus?
I would say probably four leading places:Huge number of places with easy access to local roads.
Best option is at EO Smith HS for an on campus stadium.I would say probably four leading places:
1. The athletic campus behind Toscano.
2. Off of Discovery Drive.
3. On or behind Horse Barn Hill, near the "UConn forest.
4. On the Mansfield Depot campus.
The one that makes the most sense to me is the athletic campus. There's plenty of room in the parking lots can provide parking for all of our athletic events including games at Gampel. When they built Toscano they did an environmental impact statement which shows no environmental issues. it is not on land that requires any approvals by Mansfield.
Horse Barn Hill is a visually significant part of campus. It isn't historic, as we found out when Pfizer proposed a co-venture with the university. If that were the only location on campus, I could think about it, but there's no need to put it there.
The depot campus really is slightly off-campus, or at least slightly off what most people think of is the campus. Again, if it were the only alternative it would be a viable one, but there are better choices.
Discovery Drive isn't a bad option and it has the easiest access on Route 44. That alone makes it worth considering, but I prefer having all the athletics in a single campus aesthetically and because it allows us to utilize things like the parking lot in more than one season. For what it's worth you could channel traffic one way on Hillside Road two get it from the athletic campus to Discovery Drive pretty easily.
I don't think it requires that the Rent be unusable, but it probably needs for the facility to need at least 100 million in renovations for it to be considered.It is amazing the time spent on something that has less than 0% chance of happening in the next decade.
An on-campus stadium requires:
1) The Rent is unusuable
2) The team is producing solid results on the field, and has some kind of road forward (eg, conference)
Once, and only after, those things are met, you probably have about a 20% political chance of getting the funding.
Yeah if it's a condition to join then we'd do it. Personally I think it's the only way we'd do it. That's why we should get another feasibility study done asap.if we had a P* opportunity that required an on-campus stadium, I have no doubt that it would happen.
That would be a cool option. I'm not sure that it's big enough, but I've never looked at it with that in mind. Keep in mind though that the university wanted to use that site for the hockey rink and offered to build a brand new high school on the Mansfield depot campus. Amazingly Mansfield turned that down.Best option is at EO Smith HS for an on campus stadium.
Mansfield doesn't know what's good for themselves. The town has held back the school for it's entire history.That would be a cool option. I'm not sure that it's big enough, but I've never looked at it with that in mind. Keep in mind though that the university wanted to use that site for the hockey rink and offered to build a brand new high school on the Mansfield depot campus. Amazingly Mansfield turned that down.
It is what it is. Fortunately, we don't need approvals from Mansfield to build on the athletic campus. I'm not sure about other sites but I would guess that we would need approval on the depot campus.Mansfield doesn't know what's good for themselves. The town has held back the school for it's entire history.
If we had a P* opportunity that required an on-campus stadium, I have no doubt that it would happen.
this fan base is worse.
Well, it's good that you are a hungry husky, I guess.And if I had a ham sandwich, I'd have a ham sandwich.
After the Baylor game, I read a Baylor beat guy say our student section was "the equal of any in the Big 12". All this "losing the college atmosphere" is just more piffle. The place was rocking when we were in the Big East.And that is part of the reason why when the team isn't doing well, attendance drops off dramatically. There is no attachment to the stadium, the team and the college experience. There is no going back to the ole stomping grounds.
Mora wants his ham sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato & onions:And if I had a ham sandwich, I'd have a ham sandwich.