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Now or Later?

Should FAU spend its money on half an on-campus stadium (15,000 seats) for 2010 or build the full size stadium (30,000 seats) for 2011?

Half-size (15,000 seats) now
full-size (30,000 seats) later
Lockhart for Life

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Owlando said

smittysahoot said

How often have we had over 15,000 butts in the seats at Lockhart? …. USF. ONE time that I can remember.

I think the Colgate game, back in the day, sold out.

I think more people, especially students living on campus, would start going to the games if they were in boca.

Also everyone is complaining about lockhart being a dump, and it is, but the halfstadium would be smaller than lockhart. So do you all really want a smaller, newer version of lockhart? FAU should just wait it out another season.

Colgate had under 13k I think

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If the 30,000 was guaranteed in 2011, that is only 1 more year for a double in size stadium.

But if you said 30,000 in 5 years, I would say 15,000 now.
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NCowl said

If the 30,000 was guaranteed in 2011, that is only 1 more year for a double in size stadium.

But if you said 30,000 in 5 years, I would say 15,000 now.
I can agree with that.

But guarantees aren't always guarantees.

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I've been saying this since the talks of the stadium went sour. We should use the money we have now to get SOMETHING on campus. Plus, hasn't it been discussed that 2011 might not even be a possibility? I think go with the 15,000 seats now. I think that its possible for games to sell out all the time. And if we have a smaller stadium, it provides for a louder, more intense atmosphere. Playing at Lockhart just isn't worth it to me. Taking recruits there is a joke, if we had the stadium in place, we could say "this is small, but we're expanding" as aposed to "this is where we play, but we're building." Also, I think that FAU would be able to start making ALL the money that comes from the stadium, ie concessions, parking, shirts and junk. Imagine life on campus with the new dorms/apartments and the stadium! It would be completely different. And if the stadium does well in Boca, we might be able to show some donors that this is something worth putting your money into.
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hofstra has a stadium for 15k, we should be modeling like this if we do.

i can't seem to post the pics because the files are too large so here's the links.

the last one is the best, is show's a 360 virtual view of the stadium.

something is better then nothing. this no guarantee we'll have a 30k stadium in '11, '12, '13….. What is going to change? We've gone through the worst and best times of lending and nothing has ever been accomplished.

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The games sell out, demand goes up, they can quickly add on each off season. Every summer, adding another 5K seats until it's done. We HAVE to get the ball rolling on this because I feel that we could be losing recruits over it. We've been telling kids for 5 years that we'll have a place to play in Boca. you don't think the coaches at FIU are telling them that story? They are. Our winning ways these past few seasons are the only thing that keeps us in the conversation, but you put two "rebuilding years" together, and we quickly become FIUs whipping boy, losing recruits all over the south to whoever wants them.
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I see nothing wrong with modeling it after Hofstra's stadium for now. We can always expand and if its 15k especially finally having the stadium on campus i'm confident it will sell out at least for the first season and then after that as long as put a good product on the field people will show up. If it is sold out and it is hard for people to get tickets it will be the hot ticket in town since they are always sold out

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as opposed to wait one more year

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Owlando said

as opposed to wait one more year

Looks good, but as someone already said before. Do we really know it will be one more year? No one has come out and said well 2010 is looking bleak but by 2011 we will DEFINITELY have a stadium on campus. They said they are hopeful that if it doesn't work in 2010 it is a possibility in 2011. What happens if by this date next year economy still stinks and then we're looking at maybe 2012 or 2013. If you have the finances to build something albeit a scaled down version of what you were hoping for now, then I say build it

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