New XL Center

[mjmoney23]

That's why I mandate center court tickets on the aisle. Otherwise the angles are awful.

I don't mind the angle as much as the steep height. I went from 109 row e last year to 207 row j this year. Eye level with the rim to 70 feet above it.

 

[TheDoggPound]

NHL! NHL! NHL!

 

[TheDoggPound]

Owner: come out, come out wherever you are!

 

[nyhusky89]

play on campus. play on campus. play on campus. unfortunately, this state is a joke and will continue to leverage uconn into hartford $$. Having to drive 30 minutes from campus to watch the crap teams in this conference just isnt worth it, but then again there is no tradition at this school so why not ruin the atmosphere. god this is such a joke i cant even get a coherent thought out. anyone that likes the idea of games in hartford just completely misses the point of college athletics. i dont even understand how this is an argument outside the obvious political elements. i mean why the hell would anyone ever choose to play games away from their campus? you wouldnt, ever.

 

[J187Money]

play on campus. play on campus. play on campus. unfortunately, this state is a joke and will continue to leverage uconn into hartford $$. Having to drive 30 minutes from campus to watch the crap teams in this conference just isnt worth it, but then again there is no tradition at this school so why not ruin the atmosphere. god this is such a joke i cant even get a coherent thought out. anyone that likes the idea of games in hartford just completely misses the point of college athletics. i dont even understand how this is an argument outside the obvious political elements. i mean why the hell would anyone ever choose to play games away from their campus? you wouldnt, ever.

Sure. Just pretend that Fairfield county doesn't exist and write off all of the money that comes with it.

 

[zls44]

Hartford should continue to get games with a new facility. I accept that. But the idea of having MORE games in Hartford is just another F U to the students. Another in a long, long line.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Does UConn? I am 99% sure they don't control the tickets unless something changed recently.

Good question, I am not sure.

UCONN football used to cou t butt in seats versus tickets sild, which they changed this year. I have to imagine they are counting tickets sold (if they control the boxes).

 

[TheDoggPound]

Look UConn NEEDS a new XL Center if they aspire to gain acceptance into the B1G/ACC. If the trade-off is play a few more games in Hartford until the Whalers come home, I don't see the issue. Beggars can't be choosers.

 

[FartMan69]

play on campus. play on campus. play on campus. unfortunately, this state is a joke and will continue to leverage uconn into hartford $$. Having to drive 30 minutes from campus to watch the crap teams in this conference just isnt worth it, but then again there is no tradition at this school so why not ruin the atmosphere. god this is such a joke i cant even get a coherent thought out. anyone that likes the idea of games in hartford just completely misses the point of college athletics. i dont even understand how this is an argument outside the obvious political elements. i mean why the hell would anyone ever choose to play games away from their campus? you wouldnt, ever.

Without Hartford we would have never been in the Big East.

 

[TheDoggPound]

It's simple, if UConn doesn't go along with this and help out you can enjoy watching AAC opponents in Storrs for the rest of eternity.

 

[BoatShow]

Look UConn NEEDS a new XL Center if they aspire to gain acceptance into the B1G/ACC. If the trade-off is play a few more games in Hartford until the Whalers come home, I don't see the issue. Beggars can't be choosers.

How does UConn NEED a new XL Center for anything?

All the blue hairs freaked out over a picture of a dog I can only imagine what will happen to the fan base if they phase out Gampel even more.

 

[TheDoggPound]

How does UConn NEED a new XL Center for anything?

All the blue hairs freaked out over a picture of a dog I can only imagine what will happen to the fan base if they phase out Gampel even more.

The "phase" out of Gampel would be temporary. If you don't think facilities are important to gaining acceptance into the ACC/B1G I don't know what to tell you. Dinky Gampel doesn't make anyone wet their pants in those leagues.

 

[August_West]

The whale averaged 13K-14K the few years they were good. If your argument had any legs to stand on in that Hartford didn't support a winning NHL team then I could see your point. Unfortunately we were stuck with one of the laughingstocks of pro sports over a 2 decade timeframe...and for that you want to dump on the market. riiiiiiight

If you are small market, you can't compare yourself to large market teams attendance ebbs and flows based on winning. You have to be better all the time even in down years. It's just the way it is. The Rangers or Bs could play as last place teams to half full arenas for 20 years straight and those teams are staying put. Simply put the Ct fan base needed to support the whale even with crap teams and lousy owners. They did not, and CT got what it deserved. Deepster is not wrong about CT fans being different than many sports fans. There are differences. And sure there are some similarities too.

 

[FartMan69]

How does UConn NEED a new XL Center for anything?

Because we're never leaving Hartford and the current arena is a dump.

 

[whaler11]

Good question, I am not sure.

UCONN football used to cou t butt in seats versus tickets sild, which they changed this year. I have to imagine they are counting tickets sold (if they control the boxes).

They have not controlled the CC or the boxes in the recent past.

 

[BoatShow]

The "phase" out of Gampel would be temporary. If you don't think facilities are important to gaining acceptance into the ACC/B1G I don't know what to tell you. Dinky Gampel doesn't make anyone wet their pants in those leagues.

Facilities as in football arenas over 40k seats. How do we have mockups of this fantasy arena and we've never seen anything of an expanded Rent? That is what will help us into a new league not an off campus basketball arena. I don't care if we can't fill it now. Louisville and Rutgers expanded their stadiums in down years and look where it got them. Gampel is one of college basketball's iconic venues regardless of its size. The ACC/Big Ten aren't waiting on Hartford to build a new arena to send an invite.

 

[mjmoney23]

When I was an undergrad at Westconn I went to numerous games in Hartford even if I had class the next day. Why is it so hard for the students of Uconn to do the same? No hate, just a serious question.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Clearly a basketball arena is the roadblock to us getting into the B1G. This would also torpedo an on-campus hockey arena. Basically, all UConn sports would be outsourced to Hartford. They need to build a new arena, but it cannot be done so with UConn sending all sports there. What Fairfield County money? Are they going to charge Fairfield County residents higher ticket prices? An even split of GP/XL games for basketball in a new XL and on-campus hockey in a new arena, a couple of games played in XL would be ideal.

 

[zls44]

When I was an undergrad at Westconn I went to numerous games in Hartford even if I had class the next day. Why is it so hard for the students of Uconn to do the same? No hate, just a serious question.

Did you live on campus?
Did you have a car?
Did you have a car on campus your first two years, specifically Freshmen year when habits are commonly set (like going to BB games)?
Did you have to pay to have the car on campus?

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Telling sign how much this group cared about considering UConn's hockey program in this, they didn't even bother to interview Hockey East. But they did get around to the Indoor Lacrosse League. My guess is they knew what HE would say - build the damn arena on-campus, pal.

 

[FartMan69]

I was looking at the 250mil "transformation" and it looks like they're using the existing seating bowl. Is that right? It's already to high and steep. Are there renderings of a new arena?

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I was looking at the 250mil "transformation" and it looks like they're using the existing seating bowl. Is that right? It's already to high and steep. Are there renderings of a new arena?

No, it would be essentially what MSG did, take the skeleton of the building and rebuild everything else, and knock out most of the retail space on Church and expand the arena footprint there. There are some renderings in the PDF linked on the Courant's homepage.

 

[FartMan69]

Skimmed through the report and it seems they are pushing for the cheaper option....... Typical

 

[mjmoney23]

Did you live on campus?
Did you have a car?
Did you have a car on campus your first two years, specifically Freshmen year when habits are commonly set (like going to BB games)?
Did you have to pay to have the car on campus?

I had had a car all years but my freshman year. I lived both on and off campus. Parking was free at the time to on campus residents. There are buses going from campus to Hartford correct? Again no hate.

 

[FartMan69]

No, it would be essentially what MSG did, take the skeleton of the building and rebuild everything else, and knock out most of the retail space on Church and expand the arena footprint there. There are some renderings in the PDF linked on the Courant's homepage.

So will they rebuild the lower and upper bowl separate like MSG?