The RENT is due for upgrades

[Chin Diesel]

Unless they are going to utilize the stadium more than 6 or 7 times a year-I say NO
How about more soccer, concerts , HS Football etc

If only the OP had put a link in his post and the linked article stated how many times a year the venue is used and for what the facility is used for. If only.

 

[Nostical]

The Huskies went for the current configuration & purchased a then, state of the art Jumbotron with the savings incurred.

Actually, the project manager once sat with me at a game (in the chair-backs) and said the chair-backs were nixed for a "better stadium sound system". He thought it was ludicrous--the proverbial penny wise pound foolish.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Put the $3.5M into the new coaching staff and then hopefully pay for the necessary fixes through increased attendance.
Build the foundation first.

 

[UCTitleTown]

The team?

 

[Ozone21]

Put a Dome on The Rent

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Unless they are going to utilize the stadium more than 6 or 7 times a year-I say NO
How about more soccer, concerts , HS Football etc

Rentschler Field hosts USMNT and USWNT frequently, the finals of CTHS football, tons of events. Even recently hosted the NCAA lax final 4

 

[BigTenFan]

Rentschler Field hosts USMNT and USWNT frequently, the finals of CTHS football, tons of events. Even recently hosted the NCAA lax final 4

Good to know- I would love to see a High School game of the week played there.
Kids and families would love it

 

[CONN78SEJ]

This. We NEED an stadium on campus if we want to take ourselves seriously. A college game day experience on a college campus is special. Bring alumni back to campus, they get nostalgic and make a donation to the foundation. Students will be more willing to walk to the game and fill it rather than get a ride 30 mins away and leave midway through the game to head back to campus to party. Our student section has a pathetic showing. Even when we were good half the section would trickle out before the end of the game. An on campus stadium changes that. If they can get downtown Storrs to work they can get a stadium on campus.

UConn calling itself a flagship university without an on campus stadium is a joke.

 

[Viet Vet]

Rentschler Field hosts USMNT and USWNT frequently, the finals of CTHS football, tons of events. Even recently hosted the NCAA lax final 4

The finals of CT high school football draws flies. We are not Texas, California, Florida, Ohio or Pennsylvania. The Rent will only be profitable (let alone break even) if UConn draws.....................period. Non-football events generate interest (modestly important) not profits.

As I've said before, the three college sports with game-day experiences that cannot be duplicated off-campus...........are football, basketball and hockey. Thankfully, basketball and (soon-to-be) hockey are in the fold.

 

[Sportsfan71]

If the place needs hundreds of millions of dollars in improvements, maybe build a new stadium on campus. Just don't put it on Horsebarn Hill. That is worth saving.

Amen

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Good to know- I would love to see a High School game of the week played there.
Kids and families would love it

Great idea.

 

[giddyup]

It’s still a great stadium to watch a game at. Good views. Easy access. Just needs a little power washing and some minor concrete repairs. It’s perfect for where the program is situated. Get some wins in there in it will come back to life.

 

[UCFBfan]

I always get angry knowing that UConn basically foots the bill for the stadium losing money. When the article said that our lease is up in 2023, a large part of me really wants to hope that they say screw you and leave. However, they have nowhere to go because there won't be an on campus stadium. We can all dream but that's all it will be, a dream.

This team needs to win to start making a profit. Unfortunately, I agree with @gampelcrazies that the Rent is going to turn into the XL center 2.0

 

[Bobol]

Does the full article say how much the renvtion$ are expected to run ?

 

[huskymedic]

Does the full article say how much the renvtion$ are expected to run ?

No.. the Courant article says they are “hiring Populous for $330,000 to conduct a comprehensive review of Rentschler and prioritize improvements, with an eye toward what is now considered standard for similar stadiums.”

The HBJ article notes that the consultant will prepare a major engineering assessment of Rentschler Field...

 

[Stinger92860]

How much would a low end home depot or Costco brand retractable dome cost? Create a large solar farm on the old runway area to generate enough energy to heat the place. Sell the excess and it pays for itself over time. This is all infrastructure right?

Play basketball, soccer, and hockey games there. 30K+ for some MBB and WBB Basketball games means increased revenue. Open the roof for Hockey in January, get an NHL game. It’s a joke all, if you got this far.

 

[Hogoff]

How much would a low end home depot or Costco brand retractable dome cost? Create a large solar farm on the old runway area to generate enough energy to heat the place. Sell the excess and it pays for itself over time. This is all infrastructure right?

Play basketball, soccer, and hockey games there. 30K+ for some MBB and WBB Basketball games means increased revenue. Open the roof for Hockey in January, get an NHL game. It’s a joke all, if you got this far.

Funny, but I do think The Rent would be a great venue for a winter classic. Without a dome of course.

 

[Blades]

Funny, but I do think The Rent would be a great venue for a winter classic. Without a dome of course.

 

[Stinger92860]

Funny, but I do think The Rent would be a great venue for a winter classic. Without a dome of course.

Rangers Bruins would be great as would Carolina Whalers and Bruins

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

This. We NEED an stadium on campus if we want to take ourselves seriously. A college game day experience on a college campus is special. Bring alumni back to campus, they get nostalgic and make a donation to the foundation. Students will be more willing to walk to the game and fill it rather than get a ride 30 mins away and leave midway through the game to head back to campus to party. Our student section has a pathetic showing. Even when we were good half the section would trickle out before the end of the game. An on campus stadium changes that. If they can get downtown Storrs to work they can get a stadium on campus.

Yawn. This dead horse is taking an beating.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

The Rent will become the Civic Center 2.0

To build a domed stadium in Hartford or Storrs is about $2 billion based on cost of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. That would give UConn a single home for basketball and football. It would also allow for conventions there during off-season to help offset operating costs. There is enough land in Storrs to construct one of these. A regular football stadium is at least $500 million and probably more. The XL Center in Hartford needs about $250M in improvements or more. The needed improvements to the Rent would likely total at least in the tens of millions of dollars and may be closer to $100 M. If we build a new sports stadium it would send a signal to the ACC, B10 and B12 we are serious about sports. Could help in making our case to gain membership.

 

[Patman]

Mansfield was against Storrs Center commercial development, too. And it still happened.

it only took them 20 years

 

[Waquoit]

It’s still a great stadium to watch a game at. Good views. Easy access. Just needs a little power washing and some minor concrete repairs. It’s perfect for where the program is situated. Get some wins in there in it will come back to life.

One quibble, great views imo.

 

[Waquoit]

I always get angry knowing that UConn basically foots the bill for the stadium losing money.

They place was built for them for free, for crying out loud. That the Rent somehow screws UConn is going have to explained for me to buy it.

 

[ASweet3781]

It’s still a great stadium to watch a game at. Good views. Easy access. Just needs a little power washing and some minor concrete repairs. It’s perfect for where the program is situated. Get some wins in there in it will come back to life.

Agreed. A good way to tell who is full of it here are the fans who whine non stop about THE RENT and it not being on campus. These people clearly don't go to the games to begin with and than tell us (who do go) people won't go unless it is on campus. Usually using cliches like "atmosphere" and "we will never be taken seriously!".

1. Every seat in the Rent is a great view of the field
2. The entire parking lot and tail gaiting scene gives you the college atmosphere feel that the on campus brigade claims is lacking. Basically revealing they don't even go to the games and are talking out of their you know what.
3. The stadium is easy to get out of. I went to a men's soccer game 2 weeks ago in Storrs and it took me close to an HOUR to get out of the garage. Less than 1,000 people were at that game.

The stadium is not even in the top 10 problems of this program and the obsessive focus on having an on campus stadium distracts from focusing on the truly important issues facing this program. "We will never be taken seriously with an off campus stadium!" Oh please. Maybe we should try hiring a staff, investing in the program, and winning games to accomplish that? You know. What we did playing in the RENT between 2003-2011.