Dane Pound Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'm curious what everyone thinks about the recent developments. I know just about everyone has been reading this thread but haven't posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danefan Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'm sort of in between on this one. I, of course, am planning my first tailgate at the new place and mooching off of anyone who allows it but, at the same time..... I wouldn't bet on the legislature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madDOG Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Todays article in the TU makes me feel a whole lot better about the situation. We're still moving forward and we'll be in a better position next year when we have the exact plans laid out...all is not lost. And at the same time we'll have a kick ass campus center and brand spankin' new business school. I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
statefan Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 nm - sorry i misread it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL_DANE Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I want to believe I can book my airline tickets soon to attend a Saturday afternoon in our new stadium but my pragmatism tells me to wait. I run across the link for the Albany Business Review article from 2004 that states UA will have a stadium in place by 2007. Fundamentally, the people of the Capitol District region need to change their perception of UA. Not much happens until there is a paradigm shift. This is a major state university. A flagship for New York, not a teachers college. If students, residents and politicians saw it that way they would be treating Eastern New York's only university center like UConn or Penn State not just another SUNY school to get a "fair" amount of funding relative to SUNY X, Y or Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dslyank Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I hate to be a pessimist; but it seems to me we have already had two if not three studies about what and where facillities. I do not understand why we are paying 375,000 to have this done again? As far as I am concerned, constuction should have begone in 2007 as another post mentioned. We do not currently have (or for that matter ever have had) anything that can be even remotely be called a football stadium. Now do not get me wrong because i have been to nearly every UA football game ever played in "University Field" ( I REALLY have not missed more than a game or so per year since the place opened) and I still refuse to call it a football stadium. It is an embarasment and should have been replaced years ago. Everyday without construction extends the neglect and continues the States lack of support to UA athletics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classof72/74 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Time to re-open this one? Will we (not should we) get funding for a stadium in FY 09/10? Given what Gov.Paterson has been saying, I'm not optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danefan Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I'm not very optimistic either Maybe we should just play our home games here: Guess the school....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madDOG Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I'm not very optimistic eitherMaybe we should just play our home games here: Guess the school....... NFW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GODANESGO Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I've been there a few times. Definitely small but it's a gorgeous facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B9j2j6s Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Cortland State my brother went there and went to a game at the stadium. Nice Stadium fits around 6k I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danefan Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Seats 5,000 on the home side and 1500 on the away side. Looks more like an FCS game then a DIII game. Its the only time the fill it (Cortica Jug game) but still. Here is what the back side of the stadium looks like with the track and "auxillary field" Build their home side on both sides with 10 additional rows and you'd have 10,000 -15,000 seats, with expansion possible for the entire end zones to add at least 10,000 more seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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