I feel for ya. I just looked up Middletown to Storrs and it says it's a 43 minute drive. That means an additional 17 minutes was tacked on to an approximately 40 mile drive. That's a huge sacrifice, the travesty.
I believe the ACC Board of Directors includes 18 members representing all 18 Universities. I would assume everyone gets one vote but it is the ACC, so who knows. Maybe ND only gets a 75% share vote.
Traffic and parking are problems at every campus on game days/nights, whether urban or rural. Some are better than others, but none is perfect. It's a given that high volumes of traffic exiting major arteries over a relatively short time span are going to clog lesser ones enroute to a single destination. We've all experienced delays and backups when construction activity obstructs a lane and obliges motorists to merge onto what remains open. And so, you need multiple wider pathways leading to more dispersed multiple parking areas in surrounding areas to spread impacts over a larger area or entice earlier arrivals over a greater interval of time (by improving the tailgating experience, for instance). Design and analysis of alternatives might be a worthy exercise for civil engineering undergrads. Turn them loose on it and see what kinds of ideas they generate.
From Middletown 30 or so miles away ! ..
We can't move the campus. So you're talking at most an extra 30 minutes? Even the best situated stadiums are going to have those types of issues on game days.
Well, a new stadium would be a heck of a lot more than $100 million.
Penn State is a perfect example where over 100,000 people show up for games on Saturday in the middle of nowhere. The impression I am getting for people against a stadium on campus is UConn fans are not willing to put in any extra time to see a game. UConn games are unique with people tailgating not even coming into the stadium for the start of the game and clearing out before the 4th quarter.
I hate to say it, but the situation is being monitored. As I mentioned in a previous post, give that the president of BCU is a member of the ACC executive committee, it is highly unlikely that he would allow an invite to UConn.
I guess it’s a good thing then that Fr. Leahy is retiring after next year.
I love the comments telling me not to complain about the distance when its too far for 18—
Good, then maybe they will come to their senses and throw BC out.
18-20 kids is the operable phrase.
Yeah, the stars are aligning and not in a good way for UConn.
I’m not so sure. It’s dated thinking. They aren’t succeeding without their regional rivals. A lot of Cuse fans want UConn in the ACC. It will help their basketball program. They are realizing that in the Northeast, there is strength in numbers. That’s why the Big East has been good for us. We like playing PC, SJU, Nova etc. It’s the history. Cuse and BC have lost that and it has cost them relevance.
I asked this before without a response. What power does the BC president have that the other presidents don’t? Is the executive role THAT decisive?
It's a 30 minute difference six times a year. And that is assuming you're west of Hartford. It's less if you're east of Hartford.
The way to do that is to get students used to attending games on a regular basis. Having them bussed 30 minutes away doesn't do that. Having an on campus stadium where they could go to every game for four years does. It makes it part of the campus experience rather than an inconvenient activity a half hour away.
According to this story, ACC expansion needs a three-fourths majority approval. Notre Dame gets one vote.
I think that's exactly right, they have a vote. That single vote mattered in the past when I think the conference really didn't have a strong preference over us and Pittsburgh, so BC's statement that "they wanted to be the New England school" was enough for other conference members to go "whatever" and accept Pitt. Now, had ESPN said, "no, we will only pay for Connecticut as an addition", we would've been in.