The Rent Can Be Expanded to 60,000

[CL82]

Especially when it will likely be twice that amount. LOL at the thought that 19 miles is far away when we are talking just 6 games per year.

It always entertains me to see that Rentschler Field is just a short distance from campus, but campus is way too far from our existing football stadium for people to make the extra drive for six games a year. I guess it must be uphill heading west… or something.

 

[tiger paw]

75% of CT residence can not even find Storrs on a map. Maybe 10% of CT residences live within 50 miles of campus. 90% of students go home for the weekend. East Hartford is too far, but the Hartford Civic Center is not? I-91, I-84, Route 2 all merge at the Rent. Stadium needs major remodel + update. It presents more like a JR College stadium in rural Kansas.

 

[Jimdish255]

It always entertains me to see that Rentschler Field is just a short distance from campus, but campus is way too far from our existing football stadium for people to make the extra drive for six games a year. I guess it must be uphill heading west… or something.

It's not just the distance. It's the fact that the location has zero connection to the campus and does not drive student participation or promote the campus at all. That disconnect and our lack of league affiliation puts the FB team on an island, especially with our poor performance. If we had league security and started winning, staying at the Rent would not look as bad as it does right now. But it will never be the preferred path or a bunch of other universities would be doing it. They aren't. We need to solve the other problems desperately but we should be preparing for a transition back to campus.

 

[metsfan2323]

It always entertains me to see that Rentschler Field is just a short distance from campus, but campus is way too far from our existing football stadium for people to make the extra drive for six games a year. I guess it must be uphill heading west… or something.

and the difference is the Rent already exists and has worked well for us in the past when we competed at the highest level, while the on-campus stadium is an expensive fantasy.

Build an on-campus stadium and very little will change, instead invest that money in NIL and coaching and we will be competing for championships in front of a sold out Rent in no time.

 

[Jax Husky]

How do other programs manage? Getting out after a game? Really? Maybe go see a game at a Big Ten school or an SEC school.

It takes about 3 hours to go 4 miles to your home in Baton Rouge after an LSU game, and that is with contraflow pushing all roads out from campus. It is what it is, and is a normal thing for college football fans all over the country. Auburn and Penn St. are no different either.

 

[husky429]

Not sure of exact price. 35,000 seat stadium at USF 340M. Only four B12 teams have seating for 60,000 or above. Other people here have pointed out there is not an exact time when people come and go for FB game. Some tailgate mornings, afternoons or into the evening. By putting it on Discovery Drive, a bunch of traffic will go through Route 44 and not on 195 through Mansfield Center. The Rent can be used by Central CT football. Their campus is closer to it than UConn's.

Mansfield has nowhere near the capacity to handle an influx of 35,000+ peoplw on a game weekend. It practically implodes when gampel sells out and that's only 10k.

 

[Hartford]

Mansfield has nowhere near the capacity to handle an influx of 35,000+ peoplw on a game weekend. It practically implodes when gampel sells out and that's only 10k.

you are making too much sense. That won't work here

 

[GoConn]

Just saw Maryland stadium capacity is only 52,000. Rent isnt much smaller than them.

 

[BigTenFan]

Maryland football never sells out. Lots of sports options available in greater DC/Baltimore

 

[Patman]

It always entertains me to see that Rentschler Field is just a short distance from campus, but campus is way too far from our existing football stadium for people to make the extra drive for six games a year. I guess it must be uphill heading west… or something.

The hell is rentschler a short distance from campus. It's 30-45 minutes. For a student it takes you 10 min to get to your damned car

 

[Redding Husky]

I’m torn. I love the Rent. For fans from Fairfield County (and most of the state) it’s great. But seeing Cincinnati and Northwestern makes me think an on campus stadium is a must, eventually.

 

[CL82]

I’m torn. I love the Rent. For fans from Fairfield County (and most of the state) it’s great. But seeing Cincinnati and Northwestern makes me think an on campus stadium is a must, eventually.

Eventually, being the key word in that sentence.

 

[CJasmer]

75% of CT residence can not even find Storrs on a map. Maybe 10% of CT residences live within 50 miles of campus. 90% of students go home for the weekend. East Hartford is too far, but the Hartford Civic Center is not? I-91, I-84, Route 2 all merge at the Rent. Stadium needs major remodel + update. It presents more like a JR College stadium in rural Kansas.

Somehow 100,000 Penn State fans can make it to Penn State’s campus in the middle of nowhere driving for hours.

 

[CJasmer]

Just saw Maryland stadium capacity is only 52,000. Rent isnt much smaller than them.

38,000 to 52,000 is a pretty big difference 37% bigger.