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The $92 million Field of Nightmares

Whoever thinks the rent is a nice stadium has never been to another stadium.

Of the dozens of stadiums I’ve been to, it has to be one of my least favorites.
 
gampelcrazies said:
Whoever thinks the rent is a nice stadium has never been to another stadium.

Of the dozens of stadiums I’ve been to, it has to be one of my least favorites.
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Been to plenty. It’s excellent. Speaking of which, Gsmpel is no great shakes either. Tiles peeling away, crappy concession space, poor people flow, horrendous parking.
 
businesslawyer said:
But paying rent to an entity owned by the state is just bookkeeping at the end of the day. What does a CT taxpayer care if the State pays for a stadium out of pocket, through it's university, or finances it through an entity and then charges the university a rent. You only care if you take stupid media articles that don't know what they are talking about seriously. You shouldn't.

Bookeeping among affiliates, and for non-profits, shows you very little of importance.
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As a former ceo of a non-profit with multiple wholly owned subsidiaries, and having worked for several others as a consultant I can second this
 
BlueDogs said:
Been to plenty. It’s excellent. Speaking of which, Gsmpel is no great shakes either. Tiles peeling away, crappy concession space, poor people flow, horrendous parking.
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I’m not sure about the tiles peeling, are you talking about the ceiling because that’s been restored to the original Enzo Pantoni glory.

I agree with you, though, regarding concessions and flow. There is a plan in place to add new concessions ring around the existing dome. That will likely take place after the conclusion of the existing athletics stadium renovations ( new soccer field, new softball, field new baseball field, new hockey arena.)
 
gampelcrazies said:
Whoever thinks the rent is a nice stadium has never been to another stadium.

Of the dozens of stadiums I’ve been to, it has to be one of my least favorites.
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Ive been to many other stadiums too, and for 92 Million, the Rent has some of the best sight lines at any seat of any stadium I've ever been to. If you are looking for a stadium with beautiful concessions and walkways, yea the rent isnt for you. who eats that crap at college football games anyway?

Great tailgating setup too, especially in the fall when the leaves are turning.
 
You’re kinda stuck by the generation you are building on. Gampel replaces the old Fieldhouse which was constructed 80 years ago. It served as a tightly packed venue - a great experience for anyone who was lucky enough to have a ticket.

The Rent? You do know that construction costs of most all the core components have doubled or more. Besides the Tenant, the sad thing is the absence of imagination for other uses. It’s an excellent location to the job base of Hartford & access to the highways. You wonder if P&W put restrictions on what they could do.
 
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BlueDogs said:
Been to plenty. It’s excellent. Speaking of which, Gsmpel is no great shakes either. Tiles peeling away, crappy concession space, poor people flow, horrendous parking.
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Me calling out the rent has nothing to do with basketball. Gampel is far from perfect. However it has a lot more character than the rent. At least when you walk it feels like a college arena. You walk into the rent it's grey and old looking.

Both places were built cheap and bare basic which has/is costing the school.
 
gampelcrazies said:
Me calling out the rent has nothing to do with basketball. Gampel is far from perfect. However it has a lot more character than the rent. At least when you walk it feels like a college arena. You walk into the rent it's grey and old looking.

Both places were built cheap and bare basic which has/is costing the school.
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Wrong
 
Maybe when you’re losing by 30 & it’s cold as all & you’re unhappy, you have the blues and can rag on the Rent easily.

When built, Rentschler - not skimping in any way - was a wonderful effectively budgeted modern college football stadium. Concrete. Go look up the UCF Stadium Construction. They CHEAPED out. It was built like a double wide - MODULAR. The boxes - the scoreboard (which has been renovated) - the concessions - the entire runway tailgate. All well done.

In the era it was done, they did not skimp. Today - YES - for that quality of construction, I’m telling you it would cost close to $300m today.

Then. Go look at Rutgers v UConn page on football staff. Or SMU or ECU or Temple or Cincinnati. They have twice as many staff positions today. P5 money is flowing - so there’s definitely a distinct separation in college athletics now.
 
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gampelcrazies said:
Whoever thinks the rent is a nice stadium has never been to another stadium.

Of the dozens of stadiums I’ve been to, it has to be one of my least favorites.
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I like it for the same reason I like Gampel: there is no bad view in the place and it can get loud. But you are correct that it is not nice by any means and is scarce on amenities. As a pure fan, though, not interested in anything else but the game I like it.
 
The XFL actually seems to have solid ground this time around. Placing a team in New England would come down to Gillette and the Rent. Have to like our chances, given the location of the stadium and it's accessibility to people who live in CT and MA, along I-84 and I-91.
 
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Butch said:
The XFL actually seems to have solid ground this time around. Placing a team in New England would come down to Gillette and the Rent. Have to like our chances, given the location of the stadium and it's accessibility to people who live in CT and MA, along I-84 and I-91.
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Butch's point is interesting. I think XFL teams may want to locate in cities or areas where there is strong interest in football but no current professional teams. If UConn ever gets an on-campus football stadium again, Central Connecticut could use the Rent, as well as any pro teams.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Butch's point is interesting. I think XFL teams may want to locate in cities or areas where there is strong interest in football but no current professional teams. If UConn ever gets an on-campus football stadium again, Central Connecticut could use the Rent, as well as any pro teams.
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Butch said:
The XFL actually seems to have solid ground this time around. Placing a team in New England would come down to Gillette and the Rent. Have to like our chances, given the location of the stadium and it's accessibility to people who live in CT and MA, along I-84 and I-91.
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Lol
 
Redding Husky said:
As if BB has done anything lately.
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What does that have to do with anything?

The point is when we won games, even at a moderate level, the student section was packed every game and we did get rave reviews for the gameday atmosphere.
 
Does anyone go to a stadium/arena to watch a game anymore? If you have a place to sit and a playing surface you're all set. All the other crap is for the same people who go and stare at their phones all game.
 
Devland said:
Does anyone go to a stadium/arena to watch a game anymore? If you have a place to sit and a playing surface you're all set. All the other crap is for the same people who go and stare at their phones all game.
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Hey. I stare at my phone all game.
 
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kemba said:
What does that have to do with anything?

The point is when we won games, even at a moderate level, the student section was packed every game and we did get rave reviews for the gameday atmosphere.
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The administration is incapable of winning games. We just have to get used to the new normal.
 
kemba said:
Yet somehow that won't matter if we had an on campus stadium? It would be a good atmosphere to watch this product?
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If I had to drive back from Storrs tonight I would never return.
 
kemba said:
Yet somehow that won't matter if we had an on campus stadium? It would be a good atmosphere to watch this product?
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The chicken or egg conundrum. Which comes first? I don’t have an answer.
 
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