"It will include premium loge seating, a relocated upgraded concert stage and IT upgrades."
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It's only 10,387 capacity but they built Wintrust Arena in Chicago for $173 million and it's very good looking from the outside and it's comfortable on the inside, not a bad seat in the house."It will include premium loge seating, a relocated upgraded concert stage and IT upgrades."
XL Center gets $118M CT Bond Commission boost; big upgrades are in its future
The $118 million from the Bond Commission is the last big step toward renovating the XL Center.
True, but they started construction in 2015. Those costs would likely be significantly more today.
Yes but is the plan for the Civic Center/XL to be there forever? It's 50 years old. At some point you gotta cut bait on it, construction costs will always go up.
Plus Chicago is cheaper for construction than Hartford. At least that was my experience 20 years ago with office tower construction.
Are there actually more urinals as part of this though? I've been an XL season ticket holder for at least 15 years and the only thing I really want is to be able to go to the men's room and get a beer at halftime without getting back to my seat at the under-16 timeout.
What's always worked for me is hitting the head at the 4-minute media timeout. You beat the rush and get back before play restarts. Save halftime for the beer.
What his angle? I haven't seen it.
Thanks for responding. And if information signage at XL means scoreboard that stinks too.
What else is he going to say?
Plus he's right.
I largely agree. The cost of playing at the XL has always been the issue for me. We could still placate the legislature by playing games there without doing it at a loss. At some point in the future, I'd like to see the pricing at XL being dropped to the out of pocket cost of putting a game on at Gampel. In that way, our school isn't being used to hide millions of dollars of CDRA ineptitude annually.
The best bathrooms are upstairs in the 200 section behind the baskets. Less lines. And the best part is you don’t have to piss in that awkwardly placed urinal all the way in the corner like the 100 sections have.
Gampel is also a dump and playing all games there would cut off 60% of the fan base.
Or maybe they just haven't thought about it? Having the CDRA report its own losses wouldn't seem to hurt anyone. Having Connecticut absorb those losses makes us a less attractive target for realignment. And UConn being in a P* conference means tens of millions of dollars poured into the Connecticut economy annually without the taxpayers footing the bill.
This would be a valid point if all of our XL center games sold out. They do not.
You're still getting 5,000 more fannies in the seats in XL than Gampel, sellouts or not.
This was a valid response like 5 years ago when the program was going through its down years, but not anymore. UConn played eight games at the XL Center last year, the worst cupcake game coming on a Tuesday night in November still had 3,000 more fans than a Gampel sellout and tickets are only going to be tougher to come by from here.
There are some exceptions. Lots of groups go to the XL Center such as youth basketball teams and other organizations for children. They are often recognized in the stands or on the court. I don't think these groups would have the same opportunity at Gampel and these groups bring in many kids, families and fans.
Correct, but you're probably not making more than if you had 10,000 at Gampel. Because at the XL center, you have to pay $45,000+3 dollars per ticket.