STADIUM: Construction Updates

[madDOG]

Have they added the "Home of the Great Danes" signage yet? How about the UA logos on the elevator tower?

[MRSGDG]

TU has an ad on the top of their website that says there is a special print story in Sunday's (10/20/13) paper "Big Money On Campus: Local Colleges Investing In New Sports Facilities"...

[danefan]

TU has an ad on the top of their website that says there is a special print story in Sunday's (10/20/13) paper "Big Money On Campus: Local Colleges Investing In New Sports Facilities"...

 

I'm sure we'll get lambasted

[Clickclack]

Don't plan on reading it...Next time they write a good story about the direction of UA will be a first in a long time.

[danefan]

Don't plan on reading it...Next time they write a good story about the direction of UA will be a first in a long time.

 

I guess it depends on who writes it though.

 

This was a good article by Iorizzo

 

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/Iorizzo-Beautiful-feeling-at-new-stadium-4815743.php

 

But the much bigger takeaway from the first game at Bob Ford Field is this: There's no longer a college football desert between West Point and Syracuse, not as long as the Great Danes can fill their stadium 11,000 strong, like they did in a home opener that lived up to hype decades in the making.

 

[uofalbany]

True df.

 

There may be some people at the RAG that might be jumping on the UA bandwagon now....

Afterall, who would want to be left out of all the new fun happening at the University of Albany!

 

[MRSGDG]

In Hard Times, Arenas Score

http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/In-hard-times-arenas-score-4910369.php

[danefan]

Not a whole lot of substance in that article.

[haggyland]

Not a whole lot of substance in that article.

 

Looked like just an excuse to rationalize Siena spending money.

[danefan]

Not a whole lot of substance in that article.

 

Looked like just an excuse to rationalize Siena spending money.

 

I find it hard to rationalize $20m for an upgraded practice facility when we spent about than that on an 8,500 state of the art seat stadium.

 

But, hey - more power to them if they can get it done.

[bob87]

Not a whole lot of substance in that article.

 

Looked like just an excuse to rationalize Siena spending money.

 

I find it hard to rationalize $20m for an upgraded practice facility when we spent about than that on an 8,500 state of the art seat stadium.

 

But, hey - more power to them if they can get it done.

 

That is why they included "academic support section for all of Siena's athletes" in the fluff piece.

[Michigan_Dane]

Really smart move to have a bobble head day and military appreciation day. It'll cost a few bucks but if you want to expand the stadium we need to show high attendance numbers. Folks love giveaways and special events. A few grand in bobble heads could push up our attendance numbers and get us millions needed to expand.

 

Big thumbs up!

 

http://www.ualbanysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209291507&DB_OEM_ID=15800

[MRSGDG]

Really smart move to have a bobble head day and military appreciation day. It'll cost a few bucks but if you want to expand the stadium we need to show high attendance numbers. Folks love giveaways and special events. A few grand in bobble heads could push up our attendance numbers and get us millions needed to expand.

 

Big thumbs up!

 

http://www.ualbanysp...DB_OEM_ID=15800

 

 

[Michigan_Dane]

It took UAlbany, a university center in the largest state university in the country, a decade plus to build an $18M "stadium"...

 

This Texas high school may build a $70M stadium.

 

http://www.cbsnews.c...ters-to-decide/

 

Am I crazy but shouldn't it be the high school with a $18M stadium and the large state university with a $70M stadium? I'm not sure who's crazier, the liberal anti-athletics New Yorkers or the conservative pro-athletics Texans but a sense of balance was lost on both sides. I'm certainly feeling a mix of jealousy, envy and confusion after reading this story.

Edited November 5, 2013 by SoCal_Dane

[danefan]

Its all about priorities.

 

The State of NY does not hold college football a priority. Texas does. Knowing a lot of family and friends that have attended high school in Texas, a lot of them would say that they would take our education system over a $70m stadium. Again, all about priorities.

 

Also, don't forget that stadiums in Texas are regional. 7 schools share this one.

Edited November 5, 2013 by danefan