UConn Approves Plans For New Ice Hockey Arena

[huskymedic]

Courant: UConn Approves Plans For New Ice Hockey Arena

 

[Storrs South]

Upgrading from a 2,000 person to a 2,500 person arena so games still have to be played in Hartford. Dumb.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Build a proper sized arena damn it! Morans! Politicians do so much damage to this university with this nonsense.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Another dumb move by the athletic department. What's with them building everything too small? Gampel, Rent, and now this.

 

[zls44]

Dumb.

 

[firstnline]

2500 seats is a high school arena. I don't think they know what the phook they are doing.

 

[Guapo]

Dumb

 

[Guapo]

Amazing that a college athletic department doesn’t understand how college athletics work. Sickening.

 

[Husk1881]

I’m furious about this move. They kill student involvement moving teams off campus. This athletic department is a joke

 

[firstnline]

This is where the AD needs to step in and step up. Something like this is embarrassing for a large state University. It seems everything they build is at a bare minimum. Hopefully some donors will help out but I don't see that happening.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Absurd idea.

 

[firstnline]

I'd be stunned if UConn thinks it will help them get a Big 10 invite with this current plan. Even the new soccer stadium is smaller than the current facility. Don't know what else to say.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Basically what UConn is saying is that they do not want to compete for Hockey East or National Championships in Hockey. They want to remain "small time". This smells of politicians sticking there noses where they don't belong.

 

[Guapo]

Basically what UConn is saying is that they do not want to compete for Hockey East or National Championships in Hockey. They want to remain "small time". This smells of politicians sticking there noses where they don't belong.

“College Hockey will Save Hartford!” Is very on-brand for Connecticut

 

[FDNY99]

Absurd idea.

Safe to say the clock is ticking on Cavanaugh moving on to another school. This move is all about $$ and lack there of.. nothing more/nothing less. I truely hope here is a contingency plan cause that dump they play in in Hartford is on life support and there is a hand on the plug. Still trying to figure out how 2500 seats and meeting Hockey East membership rules As stated in Courant article add up. HE was VERY clear to UConn they needed 4500 minimum when they agreed to join.

 

[huskymedic]

Safe to say the clock is ticking on Cavanaugh moving on to another school. This move is all about $$ and lack there of.. nothing more/nothing less. I truely hope here is a contingency plan cause that dump they play in in Hartford is on life support and there is a hand on the plug. Still trying to figure out how 2500 seats and meeting Hockey East membership rules As stated in Courant article add up. HE was VERY clear to UConn they needed 4500 minimum when they agreed to join.

Doesn' t this address the Hockey East questions?

>>With the construction of an entirely new arena in the works, UConn’s start date was pushed back and the conference was informed. UConn also submitted a request to the conference to allow for 2,500 seats instead of 4,000, which was approved in September.<<

>>“We wanted to more or less get a commitment from the Board of Trustees today to this smaller scope,” Jordan said. “We wanted to be on the record. Hockey East was accommodating to us. This vote is us saying back to Hockey East, thank you. We will proceed.”<<

Now if someone wants to write a BIG check, I'm sure they can jiggle more seats into the new building.

 

[dbmill]

Doesn' t this address the Hockey East questions?

>>With the construction of an entirely new arena in the works, UConn’s start date was pushed back and the conference was informed. UConn also submitted a request to the conference to allow for 2,500 seats instead of 4,000, which was approved in September.<<

>>“We wanted to more or less get a commitment from the Board of Trustees today to this smaller scope,” Jordan said. “We wanted to be on the record. Hockey East was accommodating to us. This vote is us saying back to Hockey East, thank you. We will proceed.”<<

Now if someone wants to write a BIG check, I'm sure they can jiggle more seats into the new building.

No question about it, a clear lack of money has lead to this decision. Disappointing, but that's the way it is.

 

[CL82]

I hope they build it to allow for future expansion if it doesn't add prohibitively more expense.

 

[FDNY99]

Doesn' t this address the Hockey East questions?

>>With the construction of an entirely new arena in the works, UConn’s start date was pushed back and the conference was informed. UConn also submitted a request to the conference to allow for 2,500 seats instead of 4,000, which was approved in September.<<

>>“We wanted to more or less get a commitment from the Board of Trustees today to this smaller scope,” Jordan said. “We wanted to be on the record. Hockey East was accommodating to us. This vote is us saying back to Hockey East, thank you. We will proceed.”<<

Now if someone wants to write a BIG check, I'm sure they can jiggle more seats into the new building.

Like I said in my post...this has to do with $$ nothing more nothing less. As for missing the waiver from HE for the seating capacity...it was hard reading and typing in traffic on the Hutch...LMFAO

 

[huskymedic]

As for missing the waiver from HE for the seating capacity...it was hard reading and typing in traffic on the Hutch...LMFAO

Nice example to set At least you didn’t need a submarine tonight.

 

[Fishy]

The state was never going to let UConn build anything that would threaten Hartford.

 

[dbmill]

Safe to say the clock is ticking on Cavanaugh moving on to another school. This move is all about $$ and lack there of.. nothing more/nothing less. I truely hope here is a contingency plan cause that dump they play in in Hartford is on life support and there is a hand on the plug. Still trying to figure out how 2500 seats and meeting Hockey East membership rules As stated in Courant article add up. HE was VERY clear to UConn they needed 4500 minimum when they agreed to join.

The state was never going to let UConn build anything that would threaten Hartford.

Agreed about the state wanting to keep UConn hockey in Hartford. The problem is, as @FDNY99 wrote, the clock on the decaying XL Center is ticking and sooner or later the plug could get pulled on the place. At that point UConn ice hockey doesn't have a lot of options.

 

[Jaybird65]

While not really excited about this plan, the thought was to get something approved and design started. It will be built with capability to expand & be able to do so even while in the planning stages. My concern is that many times what we start with is what we end with.The political mess with the XL is a definite complication that has to be overcome.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[uconnphil2016]

No question about it, a clear lack of money has lead to this decision. Disappointing, but that's the way it is.

Well then how about we build EITHER a soccer or hockey arena that is to intelligent specs rather than building two facilities that are both insufficient lol

 

[kibblesnbits]

This misses the point. f UConn had the money to build a arena with state of the art video, seating and amenities they would build it with greater capacity first and upgrade it over time. This is a purely $$ driven decision. It will be superior to Freitas, but not on par with even other small rinks like Colgate’s Class of ‘65 Arena.

They finally got into a top tier hockey league but can’t really compete because the rest of the programs are in a high cost, low revenue league - leaving the Athletic Department unable to make the necessary investments. Barring a Pegula-like sugar daddy they are stuck.

 

[SinBin]

What a huge disappointment. EPIC FAILURE! This project is just a renovation of a youth league facility.

 

[Milo65]

Basically what UConn is saying is that they do not want to compete for Hockey East or National Championships in Hockey. They want to remain "small time". This smells of politicians sticking there noses where they don't belong.

This is absolutely tied to the legislature protecting Hartford business. This is why we have an undersized Gampel.

 

[coachcap]

This is just another instance of UConn pretending to be big time in athletics. Protect the games in Hartford at all costs. Shaft the students. At 2500 capacity, seating will be sold to those who can afford to ante up the big bucks. Marquee games will NEVER be played on campus to protect the inflow of cash.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

This is embarrassing.