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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.
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.
Reading between the lines, the extra space for parking has nothing to do with current attendance. It has to do with expectations that attendance will surge in the coming years (read: stadium expansion because of new conference???).
Reading between the lines, the extra space for parking has nothing to do with current attendance. It has to do with expectations that attendance will surge in the coming years (read: stadium expansion because of new conference???).
"As part of the stadium agreement, UTC will donate 10 acres of land to the State of Connecticut for additional stadium parking. UTC also will provide an easement for the use of an additional 15 acres adjacent to existing stadium parking, further expanding the parking available to UConn fans. In return, UTC's stadium naming rights will be extended through 2030. Since its opening, the stadium has been known simply as Rentschler Field. - See more at: http://www.noodls.com/view/01FB1823...6A3F73?4714xxx1437001964#sthash.mextBnlB.dpuf"
25 additional acres for parking. Does anyone know how many cars that can fit and how many acres the Rent currently has? Gotta think that this is a long-term move to secure additional parking spots for a potential stadium expansion.
I assume UTC will buy the rights come 2018. So we could have United Technologies Stadium at Rentschler Field or maybe they would go with Pratt & Whitney Stadium or one of the subsidiaries.
Pretty hot take for someone who likely knows none of the contract terms.This may sound harsh, but based on the timing and the general renderings on the stadium, not sure how they could have generated any less interest in this story. Wow... From a marketing standpoint, its too bad a consumer product or services company didn't sign on (Dunkin Donuts, Insurance.co., etc...). A company that largely is a defense contractor gets nothing out of this but goodwill (maybe) for their workforce, and engines they sell to for-profit companies. Nothing here looks or spells big-time college football to me. I can't imagine the dollars here are anything huge either. What a wasted opportunity for the State of Connecticut.
Ask and you shall receive. How many spots? It depends, but somewhere between 135-165 per acre.
https://ag.tennessee.edu/cpa/Information Sheets/CPA 222.pdf
This may sound harsh, but based on the timing and the general renderings on the stadium, not sure how they could have generated any less interest in this story. Wow... From a marketing standpoint, its too bad a consumer product or services company didn't sign on (Dunkin Donuts, Insurance.co., etc...). A company that largely is a defense contractor gets nothing out of this but goodwill (maybe) for their workforce, and engines they sell to for-profit companies. Nothing here looks or spells big-time college football to me. I can't imagine the dollars here are anything huge either. What a wasted opportunity for the State of Connecticut.
If we want to have a spot in the Big Ten, Northwestern's stadium holds the smallest capacity at approx. 47k. Minnesota, Rutgers and Indiana are all somewhere between 50-53k which is where I'd imagine they'd like to see UConn at given the size of the university student body/alumni base. We may not have the demand for a 50k seat stadium at the moment, but that's kind of paradoxical in the first place because without a large enough stadium we won't be able to book serious P5 teams and thus generate consistent fan interest beyond die-hard season ticket holders. Building a larger stadium may very well drive ticket demand by bringing better opponents and HOPEFULLY a better conference to play in. With this conference schedule, UConn could go back to the 8-4 Edsall era days and still have a very hard time packing 40,000 people in to watch USF, Memphis, ECU, etc. I say we expand the stadium first and the benefits will come.
Selling naming rights after the worst attended season in the stadium's history seems...questionable.
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.
Chandler sighting!!
Pratt and Whitney Stadium = PAWS
at Rentschler Field = ARF
Seems appropriate.
Well if Dunkin Donuts or The Hartford were the sponsor there'd be somebody here complaining about how those are too small time (similar to Providence, Yard Goats stadiums) or boring (Dan Shaughnessey's "File Cabinet of America" line) the sponsors were.This may sound harsh, but based on the timing and the general renderings on the stadium, not sure how they could have generated any less interest in this story. Wow... From a marketing standpoint, its too bad a consumer product or services company didn't sign on (Dunkin Donuts, Insurance.co., etc...). A company that largely is a defense contractor gets nothing out of this but goodwill (maybe) for their workforce, and engines they sell to for-profit companies. Nothing here looks or spells big-time college football to me. I can't imagine the dollars here are anything huge either. What a wasted opportunity for the State of Connecticut.
The CRDA is another point you and I will agree to disagree on.They subcontract to Global Spectrum. I don't think the hate for CRDA is warranted, they've been a great asset for the entire region.