I have seen this many times before and have always been intrigued what the potential plans might be, are there any stories/ examples for what the potentially renovated rent would look like or where it is we would add seats?
Only question I'd have is with all of the garbage going on with the XL renovation funding, where would UConn/the state get the $$ for such an expansion? Of course it wouldn't be $250 million, but if they can't get money to redo a decaying facility, how are they going to budget money to expand the Rent? Plenty of NIMBYs and morons in CT to protest funding for it.
If you want to sh---t all over Flug in the Key Tweets thread that's fine.
I don't think we automatically expand unless it's a prerequisite. And if it is, I think the number is 50k with the upper deck. I'd leave the end zone open with the understanding that we could add an extra 2.5-3k overnight with temp bleachers.
We don't have nearly the expansion problem UC does, there's absolutely no room to add a whole lot more there without knocking down buildings and making enormous changes. I'd also imagine there's a cap on how many people the surrounding walkways can hold without it being a fire code violation. As long as the money is there for UConn (which isn't a given), we could plop 100K seats in and there'd be room for it.
Got the $ for it?
Yep, my buddies dad worked up there as part of the operating engineers union, and that is exactly as i remember him telling me.
Pre-construction and during construction, I distinctly remember 55K being quoted and cited many times. In more recent years, 50K has been referenced.
