USF…. (Merged threads)

[Kolumbo]

Pay rent to Yale instead of to the state of Connecticut? That's not going to fly.

By the way, the Rent will be undergoing more improvements.

State Bond Commission set to approve $3.8M for Rentschler Field to address upgrades

The Connecticut Bond Commission is expected to approve $3.8 million in funding for Rentschler Field Thursday, continuing a series of state-funded improvements for the UConn football stadium in East Hartford.

Thursday's allocation of new GO bonds will support security improvements, communications, television broadcast, and audiovisual upgrades to the 38,000-seat stadium, according to the state Office of Fiscal Analysis.

In 2021, the Capital Region Development Authority commissioned a study of Rentschler Field to assess the stadium's critical needs after nearly two decades of use. The state agency's report estimated that the total cost of these needs sits at $63.3 million.

The state Bond Commission has now approved a total of $12.8 million in funding for Rentschler Field over the past 18 months, beginning in June 2024 when the 10-member body allocated $5 million for roof repairs and team facilities, among other "miscellaneous repairs." In December of that year, the commission allotted another $4 million primarily for new metal detectors, repairs to TV production systems and updated restrooms.

https://www.ctinsider.com/sports/uconn-football/article/rentschler-field-renovations-upgrades-state-bonds-21248544.php

I'm sure paying rent to Yale is a lot less expensive than whatever improvements they can make to the stadium outpost

 

[Waquoit]

The Rent isn't what's holding UConn back. The Rent is what put UConn in the picture in the first place. A free gift from the state. If UConn wants to build an on-campus stadium I don't care. As long as they pay for it themselves.

 

[CL82]

The Rent isn't what's holding UConn back. The Rent is what put UConn in the picture in the first place. A free gift from the state. If UConn wants to build an on-campus stadium I don't care. As long as they pay for it themselves.

If it was a gift from the State, wouldn't we actually own it?

 

[Kolumbo]

The Rent isn't what's holding UConn back. The Rent is what put UConn in the picture in the first place. A free gift from the state. If UConn wants to build an on-campus stadium I don't care. As long as they pay for it themselves.

Nothing is free. Pratt donated the land. The State owns the stadium. UConn pays to use it.