Building a stadium in CT would be double the cost of construction in Florida. That is just the way it works. Toscano hockey arena came in at $70M which just seems outrageous. No need to build anything as the Rent at $40K is more than Cincy and the same as Houston and Kansas. Build a team and a following first. FYI, Northwestern is building a new $35K stadium for about $500M. All from one donation.
They have 10 lanes leaving the game. UConn would have 1. Makes a difference. Not to people that don't go to games, I know.
look it up.
Not worth $400M+ imo.
The most under appreciated and discussed aspect of our football history. We won a conference title, albeit shared, in a good conference in less than 10 years. We still haven't been at this level 30 years. That was a helluva run. We can do it again.
14 years, right?
The dollar signs in front of the capacity numbers are very confusing.
Problem is we only have 15,000 fans left because we play these teams that are favored by 25 and beat us by 50!I'm posting this here because the question always comes up.
According to Gilbane, the contractor, the Rent can be expanded to 60,000.
Accelerated project schedule delivers this state-of-the-art stadium three months early and on budget
The state of Connecticut selected the joint venture team of Gilbane Building Company and Hunt Construction Group as their construction manager for a new 16-acre open-air college football stadium. Rentschler Field serves as the home field for University of Connecticut’s Huskies. The new stadium seats 40,000 fans, with the ability for expansion to 60,000. Patrons of the stadium enjoy specialty areas including 700 indoor club seats, 4,000 outdoor club seats and 36 luxury suites. Rentschler Field features a natural Kentucky bluegrass playing field, obtained from a specified sod farm to ensure quality.
University of Connecticut Rentschler Field Football Stadium | Gilbane
Accelerated project schedule delivers this state-of-the-art stadium three months early and on budget The state of Connecticut selected the joint venturewww.gilbaneco.com
Oh, my bad. Car lanes! Every other major program can handle this "infrastructure" dilemma but UConn.
UConn did handle it. By building a perfectly good stadium next to a highway.
Not without fixing I91 and I84 first
30 minutes too far west.
I live 15 minutes from the rent. I’m very spoiled.
Absofrigginlutely. The stadium needs to be on campus.
That is an opinion, not a fact. I remember seeing 42200 fans and they could have sold many more tickets. Winning and playing some schools like Colorado, Oklahoma St, West Virginia, and others.
Let’s start by having a winning season this 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.
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.
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.
you are making too much sense. That won't work here
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
