On Campus Stadium

[Athlete94]

Ok, I know this has been debated before but I am fairly new to the board so I wanted to throw the question out there to see if anyone has any inside scoop or if it would ever become a reality again.

1) Is it even possible to put a stadium on campus, if so where?
2) When is UCONN's lease up at the rent?
3) Road Structure, it was discussed before the roads can not handle the traffic volume. How do they fix that? Can it be fixed?
4) What size? 55k? Cost?
5) Was a feasibility study done on whether this could even happen?

I am sure it would bring much more excitement on campus for students, their families, friends, faculty and of course BLEED BLUE NATION!! I hope once all this conference jumping is all said and done, that UCONN will look at this as their next project, unless their are others in front like a new soccer, ice hockey arena? A new or remolded Gampel Pavilion?

Thanks for any input everyone!

 

[BlueMAB]

 

[CTMike]

I suggest reposting in 30 years when, maybe, the Rent has seen it's useful life conclude.

It's a nice sentiment, but really not in the cards any sooner.

 

[whaler11]

Yes I'm sure the crowd would be better if they were 20 miles east. It's probably got something to do with the magnetic poles.

 

[huskymedic]

If you know it's been debated before - use the search function in the upper right hand corner... plenty of material out there and I mean plenty. All your questions will be answered.

Edit: As a matter of fact - I'll help get you started in your research: http://the-boneyard.com/threads/the-on-campus-stadium-debate.40379/

 

[sportsart]

Don't you hate when the BB fans try to cross over?

 

[BlueMAB]

If you know it's been debated before - use the search function in the upper right hand corner... plenty of material out there and I mean plenty. All your questions will be answered.

Edit: As a matter of fact - I'll help get you started in your research: http://the-boneyard.com/threads/the-on-campus-stadium-debate.40379/

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[BoatShow]

I predict there will be a new 20k seat on campus arena built on the site of the Burton/Shenkman complexes by 2025 in the in the vein of what Houston and Tulane have built to adjust to life among the have-nots. The garage in that area will add a few levels to accomodate. Possibly knock down Gampel and the Champions Center as well and play basketball home games at EO Smith.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Don't you hate when the BB fans try to cross over?

Guys like me??

 

[geordi]

It's a lock. The stadium will be on campus just as soon as they move the whole campus to East Hartford.

 

[mets1090]

The stadium will be on campus when UConn reverts to FCS status or when UConn wins a National Championship.

 

[Palatine]

 

[gioff23]

I understand its scheduled to happen soon after the Whalers return to Hartford.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

I'd rather move into the new Adrien's Landing stadium they're building for the Patriots.

 

[SAMCRO]

Holy crap....some things can't be unseen.....WTF Pal

 

[junglehusky]

The stadium will be built right next to the 384 exit at the Depot campus, when 384 is finally extended from Hartford to Providence. Which given the way this country deals with infrastructure, will be in about, oh, 80 years.

The younguns on the board might live long enough to see it!

 

[CL82]

Well that's something that you can't unsee.

Possibly the most disturbing post ever by you. Congratulations, sir, on upping your game.

 

[mikedog10]

This thread legitimately made me laugh out loud. Gotta love the Boneyard, we got smartasses!

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Gotta love the Boneyard, we got smartasses!

To keep it even more lovable, a few dumb arses to boot!

 

[rich1122]

Read the timeline here. It was doable and the politicians (Rowland) screwed it up. In retrospect it should have gone on campus, but nobody believed we would pull of the move to D1. The site in E. Hartford became available.


http://articles.courant.com/2012-08...uconn-and-villanova-uconn-athletic-director/2

Nov. 25, 1997
After virtually promising UConn it would have an on-campus stadium, Rowland announces he will not call a special session to approve finding for a $107 million stadium in Storrs. ``I'm sad for the university,'' Ritter says. ``This is going to be a day that we will regret for a very long time.'' Says Perkins: ``I think we've taken it as far as we can at this point. We've been talking about this thing five or six years now.''

 

[noeynox]

Guys like me??

For years I thought your handle was cornhuskbask, as in cornhuskers. Well I'll be damned.

 

[Palatine]

Read the timeline here. It was doable and the politicians (Rowland) screwed it up. In retrospect it should have gone on campus, but nobody believed we would pull of the move to D1. The site in E. Hartford became available.


http://articles.courant.com/2012-08...uconn-and-villanova-uconn-athletic-director/2

Nov. 25, 1997
After virtually promising UConn it would have an on-campus stadium, Rowland announces he will not call a special session to approve finding for a $107 million stadium in Storrs. ``I'm sad for the university,'' Ritter says. ``This is going to be a day that we will regret for a very long time.'' Says Perkins: ``I think we've taken it as far as we can at this point. We've been talking about this thing five or six years now.''

Rowland called it off because he didn't have the votes. It wasn't his fault (thou he has proven to have very many faults) that the Democrats in the legislature decided to kill it.

 

[UConn Dan]

For years I thought your handle was cornhuskbask, as in cornhuskers. Well I'll be damned.

I thought the same at first. I also thought upstater was upstarter for the longest time. Lol

 

[ConnHuskBask]

For years I thought your handle was cornhuskbask, as in cornhuskers. Well I'll be damned.

Lol, I could very easily see how that could be the case. Must have thought why is this Nebraska hoops fan so interested in UConn football!

 

[noeynox]

Lol, I could very easily see how that could be the case. Must have thought why is this Nebraska hoops fan so interested in UConn football!

We have Penn State and ND football fans who moonlight as UConn BB fans, so yeah, I honestly thought you had it backwards cheering for Nebraska BB and UConn FB.

 

[Greathusky]

I won't ask the relevance of this pic but it does invoke a million questions!

 

[Ldandy]

We have Penn State and ND football fans who moonlight as UConn BB fans, so yeah, I honestly thought you had it backwards cheering for Nebraska BB and UConn FB.

Closet UCONN Fan here. While I bleed PSU Blue and White for all sports including basketball, difficult as that can be at times, I greatly enjoy watching UCONN stick a thumb in the eye of the so called Basketball Blue Bloods like UK and Duke.

I hope you guys finally have the right coach to get you going in the right direction in football, just as I'm encouraged by what Chambers is doing for our hoops program. Good luck and beat Boise today.

 

[weyuo]

At one time, maybe a couple years ago there was a pretty sizable chunk of land(100+ acres) for sale right next to the Fed Ex terminal off of I-84(exit 71). It looked to be about 8 miles from the center of campus and I don't know any of the details of whatever happened to it(probably developed into houses) but it would have made the perfect location for a stadium though some major landscaping would have had to be completed as on Google maps it looked to be on a slope. Right off the highway, close to the university and far away from any major interstate interchanges. Not sure about the water situation for that piece but it had been on the market for forever. If it was up to me that's where I'd plop a multi-use facility for the University of Connecticut. Within bicycle distance from campus, shuttle bus service could be affordable and keeps the heavy game day traffic off Rte 195 and Mansfield Center.

 

[CL82]

Weyo, there are three chunks of land on campus that work. Horsebarn Hill, out behind Towers, and over by the existing soccer fields. I like any of these better because they actually are on campus and already owned by the state. Still, your idea seems like the perfect compromise between the on campus crowd and the easy of access crowd you just need to move it an hour closer to Fairfield County.

 

[weyuo]

Weyo, there are three chunks of land on campus that work. Horsebarn Hill, out behind Towers, and over by the existing soccer fields. I like any of these better because they actually are on campus and already owned by the state. Still, your idea seems like the perfect compromise between the on campus crowd and the easy of access crowd you just need to move it an hour closer to Fairfield County.

That's the whole trick to this getting a capacity crowd thing ... somehow getting Fairfield County engaged in UConn football. Storrs in the eastern section of the state, FFC is opposite. If only the two could meet.