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XL Center renovation

superjohn said:
Atheneum is a great museum, The Bushnell theater and the park are beautiful, ahe Hartford Stage is great but would you want to live there? Midsize cities are changing and becoming vibrant all over the place, I highly doubt that's happening with Hartford and it's not because CT. people have bad attitudes, it's because the gov't has failed the city for decades. Do they even have a grocery store?
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You don’t think most every state capital has the equivalent (or better) version of the Bushnell and Hartford Stage?
 
FatHank said:
I responded and live out of state.
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Yeah, me 2. I think they should build a 1 billion dollar arena! Of course I’ll never have to pay a cent for it. But if it helps Uconn!
 
CL82 said:
If there is an actual need, wouldn't the free market fill it? One possible argument is that it would but the decaying XL Center is taking up the need and thus preventing a private vendor from investing to fill it.
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Privately owned arenas are awfully rare.
 
nadav said:
Yeah, me 2. I think they should build a 1 billion dollar arena in Storrs! Of course I’ll never have to pay a cent for it. But if it helps Uconn!
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I mean if you really want to help UConn...
 
CL82 said:
I mean if you really want to help UConn...
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We both know that if it’s state bucks, they want something in Hartford. I’m one of the outlaws who prefers XL to Storrs though. Lots of amazing memories in both, but when XL is rocking.....
 
nadav said:
Privately owned arenas are awfully rare.
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I think you'd have to make it condition of allowing a casino to get it done in Hartford.
 
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nadav said:
Yeah, me 2. I think they should build a 1 billion dollar arena! Of course I’ll never have to pay a cent for it. But if it helps Uconn!
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Same here. I told 'em a replace was a better option in my feedback but a renovation would do. I've not been to that place in a country minute but, dang, my first time there was 35 years ago and if I recall the seat structure still remains very much the same and so much has changed arena-wise since then something must be done.
 
1960s 'model cities' program. big gov run amok. I suppose that the explosion in cars, planes, colour television, Apollo, and the like was partly responsible for many folks to support tearing the past down, and building more entrance ramps to the future, but it was a bad idea. to their credit, there were plenty who said 'don't do this.' the big dig, albeit corrupt, signaled the beginning to the end of the 'model cities' mistake. today, all of connecticut's cities are looking better than they have in a long, long time. housing and people, are, and will continue to be, finding their way back. Connecticut local train travel is mostly awesome, and it too, is finding its way back. there is a new land metric, along the lines of 'urban,' 'rural,' 'suburban,' 'exurban,' and such, that describes areas where, so to speak, a few minutes going one way puts you at saks fifth avenue, 5 guys, or acme corp, while a few minutes the other way puts you in touch with jaws, or bullwinkle, or silence. connecticut has the highest percent of any state with land so identified, a very good way to live. all that is needed is to rightsize the government/tax thing.
 
Deepster said:
You don’t think most every state capital has the equivalent (or better) version of the Bushnell and Hartford Stage?
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No, they don't. Hartford Stage and Theater Works kick ass. Hartford really rates in regional theater. And the Bushnell is better than the equivalent in Albany and Columbus, that's what I know first hand.
 
Towney007 said:
I enjoy Hartford quite a bit, guess i'm weird.
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Yeah I have no problem with the XL Center. It’s a second tier arena but it’s better than Gampel. That place has benches lol. These threads are great too because you get to see how soft @Deepster is. Carry on.
 
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Just spitballin'

I-84 is a huge problem and a big dig is far too expensive. Ground level is about the best you can do.

How about focus on the south end of Hartford. Brainard Airport and a bunch of industrial complexes occupy a vast piece of riverfront property. Put a new esplanade complete with a sports arena and your typical cookie cutter malls and restaurants. They built The Rent on the wrong landing strip.

The Science Center and Convention Center were nice additions, although they have to overlook I-91.

Finally, merge Hartford & West Hartford. Problem solved.
 
Kolumbo said:
Just spitballin'

I-84 is a huge problem and a big dig is far too expensive. Ground level is about the best you can do.

How about focus on the south end of Hartford. Brainard Airport and a bunch of industrial complexes occupy a vast piece of riverfront property. Put a new esplanade complete with a sports arena and your typical cookie cutter malls and restaurants. They built The Rent on the wrong landing strip.

The Science Center and Convention Center were nice additions, although they have to overlook I-91.

Finally, merge Hartford & West Hartford. Problem solved.
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East, West and Hartford proper.
 
Deepster said:
When you say "the things being accomplished here", can you elaborate more on what you mean there?
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-Dunkin donuts park is a huge success and should lead to more development in dono after the lawsuits are over.
-new uconn campus is beautiful and driving more investment around front street
-new, affordable, great apartments and renovations are being built all over the city. Look to the colt building, pratt st, trumbull st
-solid tech jobs coming in. e.g. infosys

I love hartford and am more than willing to talk about its faults, but good things are happening.
 
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John said:
East, West and Hartford proper.
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Really Hartford should just annex the entire state. It would eliminate several layers of government and the rest of state would benefit from their stellar political leadership.

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osully said:
-Dunkin donuts park is a huge success and should lead to more development in dono after the lawsuits are over.
-new uconn campus is beautiful and driving more investment around front street
-new, affordable, great apartments and renovations are being built all over the city. Look to the colt building, pratt st, trumbull st
-solid tech jobs coming in. e.g. infosys

I love hartford and am more than willing to talk about its faults, but good things are happening.
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Don't forget New Dillion Stadium!
 
CL82 said:
Really Hartford should just annex the entire state. It would eliminate several layers of government and the rest of state would benefit from their stellar political leadership.
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As I was saying, combine the three Hartfords.
 
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Interesting that the survey implies the XL Center would create its own a seat locations structure that would run outside of UConn's control and current donation based model.
 
Robertelamin said:
Yeah I have no problem with the XL Center. It’s a second tier arena but it’s better than Gampel. That place has benches lol. These threads are great too because you get to see how soft @Deepster is. Carry on.
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Nothing is better than being on campus, period. Students are louder and the crowd is better in a big game environment

The sight lines are not even close to being as good in the XL center as Gampel.
 
uconnbill said:
Nothing is better than being on campus, period. Students are louder and the crowd is better in a big game environment

The sight lines are not even close to being as good in the XL center as Gampel.
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Completely disagree. A top ten Uconn team in Hartford is absolutely the best.
 
I for one am happy with 84 cutting through the city. Had the highway gone around Hartford it would have taken me longer to get the hell out of CT when we decided to move south.
 
uconnbill said:
Nothing is better than being on campus, period. Students are louder and the crowd is better in a big game environment
The sight lines are not even close to being as good in the XL center as Gampel.
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Do you even go to Gampel games? Where do you sit?
 
Hartford’s problem is the suburbs around it are much better places to live with better places to eat and things to do. Even young professionals who want “city” life can get that in West Hartford or Glastonbury.
 
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