Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4988454, member: 44"] Really good article that talks about a lot more than just the Gampel renovation including Dan Hurley's eventual admission to the Hall of Fame, and the "unique" circular relationship between the university, the state, the athletic department, and the XL center. It seems like the hundred million dollar renovation assistance is the quid pro quo for our continuing to play our games at the XL center. I think it's long overdue that the university has called that out as being a burden a drain on us financially, and has raised the prospect of discontinuing it to get the state to move on supporting the Gampel renovations. Still, I'd love to see the state directly support our lease cost so that playing in the XL center isn't more expensive to the university than playing at Gampel and it would be nice if we got to participate in parking and concession revenue. Our current situation is kind of a double whammy in that we pay to rent the XL but don't get to share in these other revenue items. From what's discussed in the article it appears that they've dropped the outside concourse and expanded concessions in bathroom parts of the project. It could be that they're just not discussed in the article. Overall though, modernizing Gampel Is a good thing and I love how the university is leveraging our current success. [/QUOTE]