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Chin Diesel said:
My own number has always been 57,500-60,000 final build out.
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I'm with you there. My utopian goal was & is 65,000 which was the figure for the aborted Adrien's Landing Stadium. I would take 55-60,000 in a heartbeat. Anything less is useless. And remember, these capacities mean total souls in the venue for fire code purposes. The RENT's current capacity of 40,000 is actually seating for 38,500. The balance is service, police, & fire dept. personnel headcounts. So, a figure of 60,000 could actually be seating for 56,000.
 
Irish Loop said:
How the hell do we need an additional 25 acres of parking?! The parking lots are rarely full as it is... ? Unless it's for further economic development.
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Hey, look at the bright side. At least, until stadium expansion is a fait accompli, our kids might now have a "designated area" to throw around a football without interference from the tennis ball Nazis.
 
In an ironic twist of fate, this announcement could be a p.r. boon for UConn Football. Officially, this news came out on the 90th Anniversary of Pratt's founding. In actuality, it comes during the MLB All-Star break, a "Slow news" day for the sports media. So, it might actually get some national recognition on the nation's sports pages & sports casts. Hey, ANY publicity is good publicity for this program.
 
70,000 showed up at Lambeau today to not watch a game. Insane.
 

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J187Money said:
70,000 showed up at Lambeau today to not watch a game. Insane.
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I wonder if the Packers will retire, un-retire, re-retire, re-unretire, then officially retire his number in his honour.
 
Dooley said:
I wonder if the Packers will retire, un-retire, re-retire, re-unretire, then officially retire his number in his honour.
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That would be great. Dorsey is in the house.
 
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coachcap said:
I'm with you there. My utopian goal was & is 65,000 which was the figure for the aborted Adrien's Landing Stadium. I would take 55-60,000 in a heartbeat. Anything less is useless. And remember, these capacities mean total souls in the venue for fire code purposes. The RENT's current capacity of 40,000 is actually seating for 38,500. The balance is service, police, & fire dept. personnel headcounts. So, a figure of 60,000 could actually be seating for 56,000.
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I'd say 52,455. One more than 52,454, the capacity of High Point Solutions stadium (Rutgers) .
 
coachcap said:
In an ironic twist of fate, this announcement could be a p.r. boon for UConn Football. Officially, this news came out on the 90th Anniversary of Pratt's founding. In actuality, it comes during the MLB All-Star break, a "Slow news" day for the sports media. So, it might actually get some national recognition on the nation's sports pages & sports casts. Hey, ANY publicity is good publicity for this program.
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They need publicity like, "UConn wins opener", "UConn outflanks Army", "UConn sinks Navy", "The fur flies as the Huskies and Tigers collide". "UConn's winning streak continues with a stunner over BYU", "Huskies claw #15 Cincinnati 29-17"
 
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Husky25 said:
Can you provide a little more info?
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No hard evidence. Guys at the FD here during Pratt's heyday say trucks used to go dump 55 gal drums in the woods all the time... Like every night. I think though it was the parcel closer to Brewer street. The swampy area over there.
 
Jarhead_1775 said:
No hard evidence. Guys at the FD here during Pratt's heyday say trucks used to go dump 55 gal drums in the woods all the time... Like every night. I think though it was the parcel closer to Brewer street. The swampy area over there.
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Up until about 25-30 years ago 55 gallons per day would have been chump change for an industrial site with direct access to a swamp or Marsh.
 
Jarhead_1775 said:
No hard evidence. Guys at the FD here during Pratt's heyday say trucks used to go dump 55 gal drums in the woods all the time... Like every night. I think though it was the parcel closer to Brewer street. The swampy area over there.
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Chin Diesel said:
Up until about 25-30 years ago 55 gallons per day would have been chump change for an industrial site with direct access to a swamp or Marsh.
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There is a difference between hazardous waste and toxic waste. I doubt very highly that the ground soil tests came back totally negative and pristine. However, if there was unmitigated toxic waste at the Rentschler site, the stadium would not have been built there. To indicate that the stadium is built on a toxic waste dump is disingenuous at best.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Up until about 25-30 years ago 55 gallons per day would have been chump change for an industrial site with direct access to a swamp or Marsh.
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That's funny you bring that up. A few decades ago, the townsfolk were up in arms. They thought the stream going past the property was radioactive because it was glowing bright green. Turns out it was just florescent penetrant that Pratt dumped.
 
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Husky25 said:
There is a difference between hazardous waste and toxic waste.
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I'm sure some here remember the original plan for Cabela's. It was supposed to be in a different spot and included a fishing pond. That all changed after the tests. Look, I don't know the threshold between hazardous and toxic, but I'm sure that if the soil was pristine, UTC doesn't donate the land.
 
ktuck911 said:
I'll be close to retirement age by the time P&W rights expire
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Me too, assuming my plans of winnings the lottery come to fruition.
 
weyuo said:
They need publicity like, "UConn wins opener", "UConn outflanks Army", "UConn sinks Navy", "The fur flies as the Huskies and Tigers collide". "UConn's winning streak continues with a stunner over BYU", "Huskies claw #15 Cincinnati 29-17"
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+ 1,000,000!
 
Dooley said:
Sorry, but I could not possibly disagree more. This bit of news is probably the single biggest and most interesting bit of news to be announced by UConn for its football program since Pasqualoni was finally canned. The added parking acreage that could, potentially, provide room for an additional 10,000 fans points in the direction that UConn still believes in itself, its football program, and its chances at getting into a power conference. There is no need to expand the stadium while still playing in the AAC. The only reason to expand the stadium is if UConn gets into a power conference. The added land provided by UTC will now allow for the stadium to be expanded up to 50-55K.
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Have you seen the "artwork" they're proposing though? Missed the mark, and a missed opportunity IMO. It could change though, so I'll give you that... Also, don't get me wrong I'm all for expansion and possibly getting into a P5 conference.
 
Dooley said:
At the very least, it is easier to tell Jim Delany and B1G leaders that we can expand the stadium by 10-15,000 seats when we now have the land needed to accompany the parking traffic (to go with the pre-constructed footings already put in place at the stadium itself to handle an expansion). This is exciting news indeed.
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Anyone know exactly where these footing are, or how they would add onto the current Rent? Maybe another deck above the non-tower side/UConn sideline?
 
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Really bored on this bye week, and took to re-designing the P&W Stadium logo (because I think the current one kinda blows for a stadium and that thrown together facade of stadium sells the facility, UConn and the state short IMO...), also did a mock-up with the front of the stadium. Check it out...

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Good but the logo on the left is the UTC logo. The PW logo is the one with the eagle. Oh, and you're missing the B1G logo on the right.
 
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