On Campus Arena Rumor?

[tykurez]

Anyone see this Jacobs tweet?

@jacobscourant
Per tweet UConn verge of major announcement on on-campus arena: Obviously have to address hockey at some point: Told nothing more right now.

Someone else said take it with a grain of salt.

 

[ASweet3781]

There was a tweet last night about it being a new arena for hockey.

 

[intlzncster]

Thought this was going to be another Daniel Hamilton on campus/UCLA thing

 

[freescooter]

New Hockey Arena will be announced to be opened for the 2016-17 season. In a year or 2 they will announce that Gampel will be renovated.

 

[Gampeltiles]

So they spend $$$$$ on a 5,000 seat arena hockey only. Then they will spend $$$$ to renovate Gampel.

Why not combine the funds and build a 13,000 seat state of the art arena with ice? A tarp for the upper deck for hockey games. Bye, bye XL Center.

Can't buy into the reasoning that Storrs is "too far out of the way". If it is that difficult to get to Storrs why does Gampel exist at all?

 

[elduderino]

So they spend $ on a 5,000 seat arena hockey only. Then they will spend to renovate Gampel.

Why not combine the funds and build a 13,000 seat state of the art arena with ice? A tarp for the upper deck for hockey games. Bye, bye XL Center.

Can't buy into the reasoning that Storrs is "too far out of the way". If it is that difficult to get to Storrs why does Gampel exist at all?

Unfortunately plenty of people, some rather powerful, have questioned Gampel's necessity before. Personally I like the current trend.

*Also, the cost of a dual purpose basketball/hockey arena is pretty crazy which is why they are so uncommon on college campuses.

 

[UconnU]

How many people actually attend our hockey games?

 

[Stinger92860]

How many people actually attend our hockey games?

Here!

 

[Mots010]

Patoni has risen from the grave to fix the tiles?

 

[FDNY99]

How many people actually attend our hockey games?

I think with the team joining Hockey East and the arena on campus you will see the 5,000 capacity filled. I definitely would be on-board with building a 13,000 seat mixed use arena on campus and saying good bye to Hartford all together though.

 

[FDNY99]

New Hockey Arena will be announced to be opened for the 2016-17 season. In a year or 2 they will announce that Gampel will be renovated.

The on-campus arena with a minimum 5,000 seat capacity was a condition for UCONN being accepted into Hockey East.

 

[Gampeltiles]

Well, the Fruit are pushing for an all purpose stadium with a retractable dome, I mean they actually are. This being the case, build one for us in Hartford. I am sure there will be no problem coming up with the money.

 

[Gampeltiles]

The on-campus arena with a minimum 5,000 seat capacity was a condition for UCONN being accepted into Hockey East.

I guess that they will have to build the retractable roof stadium in Storrs then.

 

[FDNY99]

Well, the Fruit are pushing for an all purpose stadium with a retractable dome, I mean they actually are. This being the case, build one for us in Hartford. I am sure there will be no problem coming up with the money.

I really can't see that getting done without using all private money. There is no way a Mayor of Syracuse in his right mind would give up state money to help build a stadium. That part of NYS is pretty desolate...most of the manufacturing that anchored it is gone. Cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are dying on the vine.

 

[Gampeltiles]

I really can't see that getting done without using all private money. There is no way a Mayor of Syracuse in his right mind would give up state money to help build a stadium. That part of NYS is pretty desolate...most of the manufacturing that anchored it is gone. Cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are dying on the vine.

They may have said the same thing about the Carrier Dome but there is no freakin' way it is actually going to happen. We are talking about costs in the stratosphere.

 

[FDNY99]

They may have said the same thing about the Carrier Dome but there is no freakin' way it is actually going to happen. We are talking about costs in the stratosphere.

I agree...

 

[CTBasketball]

Hockey is one of those sports that drunk college chicks love to catch onto and follow. It'll be a hit.

 

[elduderino]

I really can't see that getting done without using all private money. There is no way a Mayor of Syracuse in his right mind would give up state money to help build a stadium. That part of NYS is pretty desolate...most of the manufacturing that anchored it is gone. Cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are dying on the vine.

They may have said the same thing about the Carrier Dome but there is no freakin' way it is actually going to happen. We are talking about costs in the stratosphere.

You might be surprised on this one. Syracuse is part of good sized metro area and considered the central hub, geographically and cultural, of upstate. The state is actively looking for ways to revitalize the region and while the city itself is blue, much of the country side around it is red, so political funding votes could be easier passed than say a project on LI. Not that anyone here wants to hear this, but it also doesn't hurt that 'Cuse is a very politically and financially powerful entity.

 

[dsturdy5]

Hockey plays a lot of games on Friday and Saturday nights. The barn will be jumping with kids looking for an excuse to get hammered and scream like morons. (Not that an excuse is needed.). Plus , some of the hockey east fan bases travel pretty heavily. 5k is doable.

 

[Dooley]

An on-campus hockey arena is the perfect thing for campus. Friday and Saturday night games will be fun! I just hope football and hockey can coordinate schedules.

 

[elduderino]

Hockey plays a lot of games on Friday and Saturday nights. The barn will be jumping with kids looking for an excuse to get hammered and scream like morons. (Not that an excuse is needed.). Plus , some of the hockey east fan bases travel pretty heavily. 5k is doable.

Hockey fans are religious, I wouldn't be surprised if 5k is sold out pretty regularly in a few years.

 

[upstater]

I really can't see that getting done without using all private money. There is no way a Mayor of Syracuse in his right mind would give up state money to help build a stadium. That part of NYS is pretty desolate...most of the manufacturing that anchored it is gone. Cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse are dying on the vine.

It depends on what you mean by dying. Now, I don't know about Syracuse, but Buffalo has had many billions worth of investment in the last few years. A lot of Hi-tech companies moving in. Some low-tech too, like Elon Musk's Solar City plant. The real estate in the city is getting silly as well. The new professionals are having a hard time finding homes at a reasonable price. An article in the Buffalo News called bidding wars two weeks ago showed how absurd prices have become.

 

[upstater]

You might be surprised on this one. Syracuse is part of good sized metro area and considered the central hub, geographically and cultural, of upstate. The state is actively looking for ways to revitalize the region and while the city itself is blue, much of the country side around it is red, so political funding votes could be easier passed than say a project on LI. Not that anyone here wants to hear this, but it also doesn't hurt that 'Cuse is a very politically and financially powerful entity.

Syracuse is the hub of upstate? How does that work? When I think of upstate, I think of 3 other cities that have a lot more going on than Syracuse. Syracuse is 4th at best upstate.

 

[asuwish]

So they spend $ on a 5,000 seat arena hockey only. Then they will spend to renovate Gampel.

Why not combine the funds and build a 13,000 seat state of the art arena with ice? A tarp for the upper deck for hockey games. Bye, bye XL Center.

Can't buy into the reasoning that Storrs is "too far out of the way". If it is that difficult to get to Storrs why does Gampel exist at all?

Why does Gampel exist at all? Keep your day job because you will never be an AD. We need a quality (small/cozy/attractive to recruits) on campus facility. If all we had on campus was the old field house we wouldn't be able to recruit Daniel Hamilton's high school ball boy. Gample, IS out of the way, but students as well as fans from that part of CT can see them there. Uconn is the states team and 16,000 (XL CENTER) would still trump 13,000 and definitly beats 9000 (gample. The XL Center seats more and IS easier to get to and home from for probably 80% of the state. The more people who see games (kids) the greater the fan base, revenue stream, ability to recruit. All these people bitching about the XL Center. Are the sight lines bad, seats not comfy enough, when you go to a game what is your problem when your watching it? Each arena serves a particular purpose. Don't go to a game at the XL center if it is soooo bad, stay home, but at least have a clue to the purpose behind both!

 

[elduderino]

Syracuse is the hub of upstate? How does that work? When I think of upstate, I think of 3 other cities that have a lot more going on than Syracuse. Syracuse is 4th at best upstate.

It has alot to do with its centralized location and the intersection of i90 and i81. But yeah, having lived there for 4 years , I am well aware the city sucks.