Stadium on campus?

[CL82]

D'Amelio thinks so

 

[GoConn]

I mean Big 12 wants investments....we already have a tremendous practice facility....a on-stadium campus has to be the next big investment !!

 

[Windham4th]

I mean Big 12 wants investments....we already have a tremendous practice facility....a on-stadium campus has to be the next big investment !!

Plus it frees up Rentschler for the Patriots

 

[Hamms30]

See ya EO Smith!

 

[Rdkid]

Full share in 2031 means an on-campus stadium has to happen. 40k. Hammer it in near the hockey rink or up on the hill. Athletics will be losing money hand over fist the next six years, but it cements us as the New England school with a big-time sports experience. State schools need that, for better or worse. Donors will have to step up as will the state.

 

[CL82]

Potential stadium sites on campus:

 

[gsmooth]

See ya EO Smith!

I am an E.O. Smith alum, but I just couldn’t help but laugh, LMFAO.

 

[cellocgg]

Potential stadium sites on campus:

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They should relocate the C Lot to be closer to campus and build it there

 

[UCTitleTown]

Full share in 2031 means an on-campus stadium has to happen. 40k. Hammer it in near the hockey rink or up on the hill. Athletics will be losing money hand over fist the next six years, but it cements us as the New England school with a big-time sports experience. State schools need that, for better or worse. Donors will have to step up as will the state.

The only Power Conference school in the Northeast. Imagine the possibilities.

 

[UConnJim]

EO Smith is where a stadium should go. Already a football field, parking nearby, on campus, next to Storrs Center,

 

[psilotic]

As great as this would be -- and there is nothing better than walking through a college campus to the stadium on gameday -- it's not happening. Too many cranky Mansfield/Willington/Coventry/etc. Yankees. Rent expansion more realistic. If UCLA can suck it up to get to Pasadena .... you get the point

 

[AllHusky]

I mean Big 12 wants investments....we already have a tremendous practice facility....a on-stadium campus has to be the next big investment !!

Yup!!

 

[CONN78SEJ]

As great as this would be -- and there is nothing better than walking through a college campus to the stadium on gameday -- it's not happening. Too many cranky Mansfield/Willington/Coventry/etc. Yankees. Rent expansion more realistic. If UCLA can suck it up to get to Pasadena .... you get the point

A stadium on campus might be more realistic for thousands of UConn students and employees, not to mention prospective recruits. No one cares about a couple hundred old fogees. BOT are already discussing it informally. Maybe they throw the Pro Rentschler crowd a bone with one home game a year for the time being or they rent out the Yale Bowl or Foxboro until the campus stadium is built.

 

[huskyblooz]

Six Saturdays every fall wouldnt kill ya. The MAJOR question I have is ...
what happens to The Dairy Bar?

 

[JMick]

As great as this would be -- and there is nothing better than walking through a college campus to the stadium on gameday -- it's not happening. Too many cranky Mansfield/Willington/Coventry/etc. Yankees. Rent expansion more realistic. If UCLA can suck it up to get to Pasadena .... you get the point

The sooner everyone involved with UConn stops caring about what the townies think, the better.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Six Saturdays every fall wouldnt kill ya. The MAJOR question I have is ...
what happens to The Dairy Bar?

Build two more, one inside the stadium and one on the east or south side of campus.

 

[weyuo]

Always thought this would be a good place for a stadium. Easy access to the highway. Not very far from campus. Bus ride would be 10 min compared to 30+ min. Drop a hotel that services the stadium there as well as a multi-media communicationsa school that can use the stadium as it's lab.

 

[weyuo]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Full share in 2031 means an on-campus stadium has to happen. 40k. Hammer it in near the hockey rink or up on the hill. Athletics will be losing money hand over fist the next six years, but it cements us as the New England school with a big-time sports experience. State schools need that, for better or worse. Donors will have to step up as will the state.

do not even propose Horsebarn Hill. There will be a huge protest. One option is Discovery Drive,

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Mansfield just consolidated 3 elementary schools into one updated building. EO could utilize the other two buildings as separate pathway high schools. Students interested in Arts and sciences go to one and humanities and vocational go to the other.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Or right here

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Or right here View attachment 103086

No one is putting up money to build Rentschler 2. Dream on.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Potential stadium sites on campus:

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Industrial Tract and the southern location near the rest of the athletics make the most sense to me. I'd listen to arguments made for either location, and if I had a vote on it, wouldn't put up much of fight between the two. Horsebarn hill seems like more of a stretch.
Industrial Tract has more existing parking nearby a proposed stadium and is closer to the arteries leading to the major roads.
The southern location would be more of a collegiate feel as more fans would be going through Storrs (Downtown? Proper? Central?) and around the other athletic facilities.

 

[psilotic]

The sooner everyone involved with UConn stops caring about what the townies think, the better.

There would be no finer spot for a picturesque Michie Stadium-ish structure than Horsebarn Hill. Can you imagine the blimp/drone shots in October? .... but, the anti-any development of any kind (and anti-sports) forces will mobilize quicker than Seal Team 6 as they have time and time again. Nothing nastier than an army of Edith Pragues (RIP).

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Plus it frees up Rentschler for the Patriots

Not to mention Central, UHart, Pro Soccer, CIAC playoffs, and UMess.