I have felt, for decades, that Storrs is too isolated, and so an off campus stadium was always needed.
Unless something has changed, The UCDA is hamstrung by the deal they have with UConn. So long as the stadium operates at a net loss UConn pays the first $250,000, but only if 100% of the non-UConn events make a profit. Also the UCDA and/or operator must know this in advance. Otherwise they could take more chances on what is booked at the venue.
Isn't it more the neighborhood having noise concerns the biggest reason for no concerts?
Disregarding any disparity in rent, I believe a significant driver is The Meadows is a better environment for concerts and an equivalent capacity, when considering stage setup and sound production at Rentschler. Most municipalities have noise ordinances that typically kick in at 11:00.
The acts that played at the rent would not have played at the Meadows. Noise was a big issue for some of the neighbors instead of enjoying a free concert. I believe they were also complaints from Glastonbury.
I don't see why it should be the school's responsibility to subsidize losses from non-UConn events held at a facility the school does not own.
That is what is in the agreement.
Urban myth. There was a lot of belly aching after the first Springsteen concert. It died down after some adjusments for the second one. They had two big concerts subsequently with minimal bitching. I think the issue is that there aren't a ton of acts that can fill a stadium and the ones might be ticketed to The Rent are at Fenway these days.
The CRDA then has two options:
I don't disagree and I'm on record as saying it's a terrible provision, but it is what it is. I don't write the contracts.
Easy answer is to eliminate the university of Connecticut pointless $250,000 subsidy. That money is coming from the state, ultimately, anyway. Routing it through the university just hides the CDRA ineptitude. It's an accounting gimmick nothing more. If they thought they could make more than 250,000 they would do it and wave the universities subsidy. They can't because that would take a minimum of competence and effort, both of which CDRA seems to lack.
What at San Diego St has a significant enterprise value? Are we missing something?
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As Flugaur explains it, there is what he calls a Student Apocalypse, a decline in the number of college students. That is where international students become important---for football and for the rest of the college population. UNC is taking the lead on this and the Chancellor's remarks on the reasons for increasing spending on football are to a hostile audience, the Faculty Council. Note that the Chancellor's remarks were met with jeers by the Faculty Council.
Unless the schools are seeing a correlation between big sports success with international students, especially those that pay full tuition. A lot of people don't realize (not you, Upstater) that those international kids are cash cows that usually pay full boat regardless of their stats and finances. Not many schools are need blind internationally.
At every public research institution, international students tend to come for engineering and STEM , and they maninly come from China and India. That's how it used to be. Things are going to change radically in the next 4 yrs. I don't think they know anything at all about football. Honestly.
