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UConn Insider said:
This is happening. All around the bowl.
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I love the look of these! Would love for this ribbon board to tell fans it's okay to make noise on 1st and 2nd downs too. We don't have to wait for Axl Rose to give us permission to disrupt visiting team offenses!
 
Palatine said:
Why is wide open in the front and filled with a camera during the game?
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I believe it is both. The few times I've glanced up at that dummy I've noticed a TV camera up there as well.
 
The may have stuck a DJ in there. But it loses the reason it was built if you cover it over.

 
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$35m for HCC should be spent kicking the money bags out of the center court seats and filling those seats with fans that care.
 
Ugh.


As part of its bid earlier this year to manage the XL Center, Global said possible improvement could include premium suites lower in the arena, an increasingly popular choice in sports arenas bring spectators closer to the action.
“Loge” seating — not as expansive as the suites — also is possible. This type of seating typically includes four to six seats with partitions for privacy, also lower in the arena.
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Just great.
 
Palatine said:
Why is wide open in the front and filled with a camera during the game?
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I got a pretty good view from 103 into the booth. I typically see a dipshyt screaming into a microphone. Maybe he is more noticeable than the camera.

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Jimdish255 said:
Is that 35m not going towards an on-campus hockey rink?
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That isn't even vaguely related. It is part of the deal with the new operator. The State pays for certain upgrades to the various infrastructure and Global Spectrum is on the hook to provide another $2.7 million in upgrades from its own funds. I believe they will invest further private capital over the course of the contract. That was always going to be spent even if you and I managed the place.
 
HuskyfanDan said:
None of these things matter at all without a fan base. They are nice things to do. But would you rather have 42k for all games with temp bleachers or 35k and a scoreboard paint job? There priorities are messed up because they don't get it. Dressing up a pig.... Take the 2mil and put it in a bank account titled on campus stadium 2025. Take 20k and make a sweet commercial and pump it. The rest pay to some 5 star recruit and let's get on with a offseason without news because the school doesn't know how college football works.
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That 5-Star recruit wants his replays on the big new scoreboard.
 
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Upstater's right. We need to have more loud fans up close instead of less fans with more distractions.
 
Jimdish255 said:
Upstater's right. We need to have more loud fans up close instead of less fans with more distractions.
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The fans in the good seats at XL actually did a nice job this year. The facts don't square with what you guys are saying.
 
Waquoit said:
The fans in the good seats at XL actually did a nice job this year. The facts don't square with what you guys are saying.
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I hope, that the athletic department is smart enough to keep track of the demographics of their regular ticket buyers. By eye test, I think that that the XL crowd for basketball games is actually getting younger in the lower bowl.
 
upstater said:
Ugh.

As part of its bid earlier this year to manage the XL Center, Global said possible improvement could include premium suites lower in the arena, an increasingly popular choice in sports arenas bring spectators closer to the action.
“Loge” seating — not as expansive as the suites — also is possible. This type of seating typically includes four to six seats with partitions for privacy, also lower in the arena.


Just great.
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Damnit.

Who do we have to maim or torture in the UConn marketing department to get them to realize that COLLEGIATE sports are successful because of the COLLEGIATE atsmophere? How hard is this to grasp? Loge seating? More indifferent bigwigs up front? Pffffffft.

Another memo to Warde:

Forget about making more money for a second: UConn needs to make more DIEHARD FANS, and right now. And those potential diehard fans - the ones who buy lifelong season tickets, make donations forever and will become the hardcore Huskies fanbase of the future - have been sitting right under your nose all the time. Check that, they've been sitting behind you and above you in the nosebleeds, expending double the energy they should have to: both cheering their heads off for their Huskies and exhorting the bigwigs down in front (the ones that actually show up to the games, that is) to at least try to get involved in the action.

This is wrong. Dead wrong.

This is the kids' school. It's their time to enjoy the college experience. The AD needs to cater to them as much as possible, because it will pay off in spades in the future. Just like the state just pumped $1.5 billion into UConn's future, UConn should do the same for it's athletic future and put these kids as close to the court as possible. And when they become the bigwigs, UConn athletics will never have to fret over money or fan support ever again.

Look, if we're talking about the Better Bedding Huskies sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts, then sure, add the loge boxes and all that priority seating crap. But last time I checked the jerseys still say 'UCONN', and the best sponsors that UConn can ever hope to have are currently up in those nosebleed seats - every season, every game, cheering their heads off.

UConn Athletics needs to invest in itself for once, and do it before it's too late...
 
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epark88 said:
Damnit.

Who do we have to maim or torture in the UConn marketing department to get them to realize that COLLEGIATE sports are successful because of the COLLEGIATE atsmophere? How hard is this to grasp? Loge seating? More indifferent bigwigs up front? Pffffffft.

Another memo to Warde:

Forget about making more money for a second: UConn needs to make more DIEHARD FANS, and right now. And those potential diehard fans - the ones who buy lifelong season tickets, make donations forever and will become the hardcore Huskies fanbase of the future - have been sitting right under your nose all the time. Check that, they've been sitting behind you and above you in the nosebleeds, expending double the energy they should have to: both cheering their heads off for their Huskies and exhorting the bigwigs down in front (the ones that actually show up to the games, that is) to at least try to get involved in the action.

This is wrong. Dead wrong.

This is the kids' school. It's their time to enjoy the college experience. The AD needs to cater to them as much as possible, because it will pay off in spades in the future. Just like the state just pumped $1.5 billion into UConn's future, UConn should do the same for it's athletic future and put these kids as close to the court as possible. And when they become the bigwigs, UConn athletics will never have to fret over money or fan support ever again.

Look, if we're talking about the Better Bedding Huskies sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts then sure, add the loge boxes and priority seating crap. But last time I checked, the jerseys still say 'UCONN' and the best sponsors that UConn can ever hope to have are mostly up in those nosebleed seats, every season, every game, cheering their heads off.

UConn Athletics needs to invest in itself for once, and do so before it's too late...
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UConn athletics isn't making this decision. It's the XL management.

UConn has difficulty here in that the state manages 2 of its main sport facilities.
 
epark88 said:
Damnit.

Who do we have to maim or torture in the UConn marketing department to get them to realize that COLLEGIATE sports are successful because of the COLLEGIATE atsmophere? How hard is this to grasp? Loge seating? More indifferent bigwigs up front? Pffffffft.

Another memo to Warde:

Forget about making more money for a second: UConn needs to make more DIEHARD FANS, and right now. And those potential diehard fans - the ones who buy lifelong season tickets, make donations forever and will become the hardcore Huskies fanbase of the future - have been sitting right under your nose all the time. Check that, they've been sitting behind you and above you in the nosebleeds, expending double the energy they should have to: both cheering their heads off for their Huskies and exhorting the bigwigs down in front (the ones that actually show up to the games, that is) to at least try to get involved in the action.

This is wrong. Dead wrong.

This is the kids' school. It's their time to enjoy the college experience. The AD needs to cater to them as much as possible, because it will pay off in spades in the future. Just like the state just pumped $1.5 billion into UConn's future, UConn should do the same for it's athletic future and put these kids as close to the court as possible. And when they become the bigwigs, UConn athletics will never have to fret over money or fan support ever again.

Look, if we're talking about the Better Bedding Huskies sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts then sure, add the loge boxes and priority seating crap. But last time I checked, the jerseys still say 'UCONN' and the best sponsors that UConn can ever hope to have are mostly up in those nosebleed seats, every season, every game, cheering their heads off.

UConn Athletics needs to invest in itself for once, and do so before it's too late...
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I don't necessarily disagree, but the problem is... how much sway does UConn have over this? Other than threatening not to play games there, this is a State decision for a state owned facility? This isn't being done just for UConn games - but for AHL hockey, concerts, etc...
 
Well the athletic director is a rock star and all, so we'll see how it plays out.

But the kids do need to be placed closer to the action somehow. Give them a section in the lower bowl facing the TV cameras or something, anything. Throw them a bone here...
 
epark88 said:
... Loge seating? More indifferent bigwigs up front? Pffffffft.

This is the kids' school. It's their time to enjoy the college experience. The AD needs to cater to them as much as possible, because it will pay off in spades in the future. Just like the state just pumped $1.5 billion into UConn's future, UConn should do the same for it's athletic future and put these kids as close to the court as possible. And when they become the bigwigs, UConn athletics will never have to fret over money or fan support ever again...
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One really does not have anything to do with the other. Typically, loge boxes are above the lower bowl, but below the second deck. That is, in fact, the best vantage point from where to watch a game (e.g. that is why the cameras are situtated at mid court on the concourse). I agree by the way. The students sections should surround the court for the first 4-5 rows. At least the very least, the rows within the hockey dasher boards.

Incidently, UConn pays $50k a game rent to use the XL Center. Right or wrong, they can't directly stop Global Spectrum from installing loge seats. I have a hard time imagining how it will be done without gutting the place, but it will be fun to observe from afar...
 
epark88 said:
Damnit.

Who do we have to maim or torture in the UConn marketing department to get them to realize that COLLEGIATE sports are successful because of the COLLEGIATE atsmophere? How hard is this to grasp? Loge seating? More indifferent bigwigs up front? Pffffffft.

Another memo to Warde:

Forget about making more money for a second: UConn needs to make more DIEHARD FANS, and right now. And those potential diehard fans - the ones who buy lifelong season tickets, make donations forever and will become the hardcore Huskies fanbase of the future - have been sitting right under your nose all the time. Check that, they've been sitting behind you and above you in the nosebleeds, expending double the energy they should have to: both cheering their heads off for their Huskies and exhorting the bigwigs down in front (the ones that actually show up to the games, that is) to at least try to get involved in the action.

This is wrong. Dead wrong.

This is the kids' school. It's their time to enjoy the college experience. The AD needs to cater to them as much as possible, because it will pay off in spades in the future. Just like the state just pumped $1.5 billion into UConn's future, UConn should do the same for it's athletic future and put these kids as close to the court as possible. And when they become the bigwigs, UConn athletics will never have to fret over money or fan support ever again.

Look, if we're talking about the Better Bedding Huskies sponsored by Dunkin' Donuts, then sure, add the loge boxes and all that priority seating crap. But last time I checked the jerseys still say 'UCONN', and the best sponsors that UConn can ever hope to have are currently up in those nosebleed seats - every season, every game, cheering their heads off.

UConn Athletics needs to invest in itself for once, and do it before it's too late...
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Explain to me why there are so many empty student seats at the XL games. Lower Bowl seats. I for one am disgusted with the poor student attendance at the XL games. It really irks me to hear people say the students should get more tix when they aren't using the ones they have. They do a better job of showing up at Gampel, but even there they could do a lot better. The sad thing is those XL tix are all sold, but some of those gung ho students apparently have better things to do than hop on the bus to Hartford. You'd think they'd at least give up the tix to another student. Those seat donors are going to be more important than ever now that we are going to be receiving mid-major tv money.
 
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The student attendance at the last game of the year vs. Providence was extremely suspect. One end zone section was full, the other NOTTTTTTTTTTTT so much.
 
Waquoit said:
The fans in the good seats at XL actually did a nice job this year. The facts don't square with what you guys are saying.
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Quite frankly I agree. Why don't the students ever get called out for bad attendance? The students were the poster childern for bad attendance at XL last season; for a team that was easy to watch and root for. The school could have also done a better job on marketing the noise bleed seats to youth groups, etc.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly I agree. Why don't the students ever get called out for bad attendance? The students were the poster childern for bad attendance at XL last season; for a team that was easy to watch and root for. The school could have also done a better job on marketing the noise bleed seats to youth groups, etc.
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The school needs to be called out for a horrible student ticket policy. Back in my day, you had to camp out for a day or two to get tickets - and when you got them you used them. Now, it is a lottery so students scoop up season tickets to sell the big games, then sit on the other games.
 
Quite frankly the students were awful at the Rent, Gampel, and XL this year. They can give all the excuses they want but their attendance and enthusiasm was piss-poor. At the USF game on Super Bowl Sunday the only open seats were students. When they don't show up it makes their school look bad and they just don't care.

Used to be you could at least count on the students at the Rent to be in the stadium by kick-off but this year not even that was true.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly I agree. Why don't the students ever get called out for bad attendance? The students were the poster childern for bad attendance at XL last season; for a team that was easy to watch and root for. The school could have also done a better job on marketing the noise bleed seats to youth groups, etc.
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About 4 years ago, the decline of student enthusiasm for our major sports teams began. The last three years have sucked!! They show up late, leave early and aside from a few diehards, they generally suck! These kids have no idea what they have compared to 20 years ago where you just played video games in your dorm room all weekend! The atmosphere at every game starts and stops with the students and they seem to just not give a $h*t anymore.
 
Chief00 said:
Quite frankly I agree. Why don't the students ever get called out for bad attendance? The students were the poster childern for bad attendance at XL last season; for a team that was easy to watch and root for. The school could have also done a better job on marketing the noise bleed seats to youth groups, etc.
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Not trying to defend the students here but when I was at UConn (10 yrs ago, god I can't believe it's been that long!) it was a pain to get to the XL from campus. They offered three buses, THREE!, for students. You had to get a ticket (free) at the student union in order to catch the bus. The bus usually left two hours before the game so you had to hang around before the game with not much to do and then the bus left about 45 min to an hour after the game. It was not ideal for anyone. At the time there was a Wendy's still and McDonalds was still across the street at the civic center but it was a real pain. Not trying to give students excuses but it wasn't easy to ge to these games and I must admit, some games I skipped because of this (mostly non-BE games).

Dunno what the deal is now or what the policy is for kids to have cars on campus but it used to be that you couldn't have a car until you had the equivalent of a Junior's worth of credits...I can imagine this plays a role into getting to the Rent as well (cue HFD rant on moving football stadium to campus)
 
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