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First Flight
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Note: i do not know because I have not seen a game at FAU for probably about 8 years and I can't remember what it was like.
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Wise Owl
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Curious Owl
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Supposedly they are planning to upgrade the current arena to get through until the dome is built. Due to Hurricane Wilma the roof will have to be replaced this summer and the floor will have to be fixed.
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Wise Owl
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Wise Owl
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Curious Owl
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As for the current arena, one area that needs major improvements are the locker rooms. They are no where near Division I level- actually not even as good as my old high school locker room.
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First Flight
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I must say it is hard being a fan of a team while your waiting on stadiums to be built. Currently my two favorite baseball teams are the Marlins and Nationals, and then of course there is FAU and these things are taking FOREVER. Can't nanotechnology get these things built real fast? Get on it Scripps.
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Wise Owl
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sportsparadise said
The way it is set up for basketball the capacity of the arena is 3,000 - 3,500. It is about 5,000 with the second floor bleachers utilized.
Supposedly they are planning to upgrade the current arena to get through until the dome is built. Due to Hurricane Wilma the roof will have to be replaced this summer and the floor will have to be fixed.
I could be wrong, but I believe that the roof and floor were fixed before this past season started.
Also, renovating the locker rooms, at least the FAU locker room was the first thing that Doherty did when he arrived. I think he talked about it in the ESPN show The Season.
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fauowls44 said
sportsparadise said
The way it is set up for basketball the capacity of the arena is 3,000 - 3,500. It is about 5,000 with the second floor bleachers utilized.
Supposedly they are planning to upgrade the current arena to get through until the dome is built. Due to Hurricane Wilma the roof will have to be replaced this summer and the floor will have to be fixed.
I could be wrong, but I believe that the roof and floor were fixed before this past season started.
Also, renovating the locker rooms, at least the FAU locker room was the first thing that Doherty did when he arrived. I think he talked about it in the ESPN show The Season.
Thanks to Doherty, and the team he put together I went to the majority of the home basketball games this year for the first time and I agree with fauowls44, the roof and the floor I'm pretty sure were fixed just prior to the start of the season.
In the past have been an advocate of putting the time and effort into trying all options to get the dome built for football as well as basketball. I'm starting to change my opinion, if a decision isn't made soon it is going to start hurting our recruitment efforts with both sports. I don't believe for one second that there was any misleading of recruits regarding the dome but unfortunately things don't always work out as planned. If the economics aren't there to make a final decision by the start of football this year, that should be the decision to renovate the gym and built an outdoor stadium that can be upgrade in the near future. If either one of the programs does not continue to move forward as they have due to this issue it will make it much more difficult to recruit in the future.
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