Dane Pound Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Most of the talk I've seen about this has been on the AE board where the Albany fans who posted have been against it. Just curious if that has been the majority. I have to admit this would probably annoy some MAAC fans which might be kind of fun. Honestly I'd prefer it over a trip to Binghamton although I don't think we'll have to worry about that for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clickclack Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I voted Meh...I don't like the venue but the tourney would come back to Albany with us as the host so it gets a MEHHH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofalbany Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think it would draw a heck alot more fans... hardcore team fanatics and the casual, local ones. Would it pull local residents that wouldn't otherwise go to the UA campus to see it? Is the downtown location more appealing for lots of people coming from out of town - AE fans and UA alum? Would UA students be more interested? Maybe it would start prompting the TU to be more favorable towards the university in general. I voted YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clickclack Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think it would draw a heck alot more fans... hardcore team fanatics and the casual, local ones. Would it pull local residents that wouldn't otherwise go to the UA campus to see it? Is the downtown location more appealing for lots of people coming from out of town - AE fans and UA alum? Would UA students be more interested? Maybe it would start prompting the TU to be more favorable towards the university in general. I voted YES. The TU has tried to get us to play some of our games at the TUC. In fact if you look at the latest Siena contract with the TUC, you'll see the provision that locked us or any other school out of the TUC +/- certain number of days around a Siena game has been stripped out at the behest of the TUC. Still doesn't mean I want to go and watch games there...I will say though that if we can play a game or two here or there at the TUC and IT WILL HELP RECRUITING. I'd be OK with it. The other thing I absolutely HATE about the TUC is that stupid floor Sienna plays on. Don't they have ANY pull with the TUC, I mean come on! Put a graphic of Loudy somewhere on there or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofalbany Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I think it would draw a heck alot more fans... hardcore team fanatics and the casual, local ones. Would it pull local residents that wouldn't otherwise go to the UA campus to see it? Is the downtown location more appealing for lots of people coming from out of town - AE fans and UA alum? Would UA students be more interested? Maybe it would start prompting the TU to be more favorable towards the university in general. I voted YES. The TU has tried to get us to play some of our games at the TUC. In fact if you look at the latest Siena contract with the TUC, you'll see the provision that locked us or any other school out of the TUC +/- certain number of days around a Siena game has been stripped out at the behest of the TUC. Still doesn't mean I want to go and watch games there...I will say though that if we can play a game or two here or there at the TUC and IT WILL HELP RECRUITING. I'd be OK with it. The other thing I absolutely HATE about the TUC is that stupid floor Sienna plays on. Don't they have ANY pull with the TUC, I mean come on! Put a graphic of Loudy somewhere on there or something. Think about it clickster... all of those siena fans wouldn't be there, so the tu center would feel and smell 1000X better right off the bat! If we played all of our games there, I think it dramatically improves the recruiting. I think UAlbany students end up downtown in droves, and become loyal, dedicated fans. IMO, being 'downtown' in the 'big' arena near the 'bars & restaurants' creates an energy, excitement & stir that doesn't happen at sefcu. I think it generates a ton of interest and it would be promoted by the TU. I may hear some slack from that, but..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob87 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 It wouldn't be my first choice of a place to have it. All the AE arenas are better places to watch basketball than the Knick although a few of them would not be big enough for the tourney. The Knick would be too big. However if it was there I would still go If they do have it in the Knick, let's hope the AE uses the leverage they have and does it right. I go to other things in the arena. When the ncaa brings the ncaa hockey tournament, all the safety school and 5th rate school banners or whatever come down. The banners honoring a drunk and other people I never heard of also come down. Last night I went to the last River Rat game and all that crap was still up. Why the river Rats allow that was beyond me. Hopefully the new hockey team coming in does not. And it gets worse. I went up to the beer stand before the game and saw they had 2 stack of cups. One with a River Rat logo and a Molson logo and the other with a $iena logo, so I said I have a Molson and the girl reaches for a $iena cup instead of the Molson/River Rat cup. I said put the Molson in the Molson cup and she says she can't. Are you kidding me. If you are a team or league playing there, you can not allow them to put your products in inferior "packaging". Same principle would apply to the court. All the inferior league and/or team logo and colors that are on the court must come off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA'08 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 no such thing as too big. if they put a 30,000 seat football stadium on campus would you say its too big if we can only fill a third of the stadium? if we had 5,000 for the tournament in a 15,000 seat arena it is the same thing. bring the tournament back to albany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clickclack Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 If it means the tourney comes back to Albany, get it done! Having said that...it's not coming to the TUC this season (I've made the switch from next to this)...most likely next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob87 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 no such thing as too big. if they put a 30,000 seat football stadium on campus would you say its too big if we can only fill a third of the stadium? if we had 5,000 for the tournament in a 15,000 seat arena it is the same thing. bring the tournament back to albany! Building a stadium is a little different than hosting a 1 weekend event. A stadium hopefully will last for a while and hopefully you continue to build the fan base during its life so you would want to build it with some what larger capacity than current attendance if you can. But even then I don't want a stadium that is way too big. As far a weekend event where you expect to draw 4,000 - 5,000 fans. If all other factors were the same, I ALWAYS would rather have that in an existing arena that holds 5,000 over one that holds 15,000 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA'08 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 no such thing as too big. if they put a 30,000 seat football stadium on campus would you say its too big if we can only fill a third of the stadium? if we had 5,000 for the tournament in a 15,000 seat arena it is the same thing. bring the tournament back to albany! Building a stadium is a little different than hosting a 1 weekend event. A stadium hopefully will last for a while and hopefully you continue to build the fan base during its life so you would want to build it with some what larger capacity than current attendance if you can. But even then I don't want a stadium that is way too big. As far a weekend event where you expect to draw 4,000 - 5,000 fans. If all other factors were the same, I ALWAYS would rather have that in an existing arena that holds 5,000 over one that holds 15,000 . very true. i just want to see albany go to the tournament every year and having them host is an advantage. i would rather them advance in an atmosphere that may not be the best for college basketball than not advancing in boston or binghamton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dslyank Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I vote meh---Good to have it come to Albany, but I would prefer a full SEFCU to an empty or curtained TU. TU would probably draw a little more but I doubt that it would be a great deal more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPGDS Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 I voted For it. It would finally be nice to drink a beer and watch a UA game at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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