we're not the only ones looking to build
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Wise Owl
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we're not the only ones looking to build
Look at their costs. $60-70 million for a 9000 seat arena? That is not too much less than the dome proposal (just the dome, no dorms, hospital, retail shops, museums, etc).
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/04/06/bc.bkc.auburn.arena.ap/index.html
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we're not the only ones looking to build
That's two arenas in two small Alabama towns about 1 1/2 hour apart. Montgomery and Dothan also have arenas.
Troy will probably build something like what they have at MTSU - nice but not huge (4,000-5,000).
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we're not the only ones looking to build
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we're not the only ones looking to build
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Wise Owl
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we're not the only ones looking to build
The concept behind the FAU Dome's thinking is having the two major sports sharing the venue. Basketball and Football. Other rentals will help provide the upkeep.
Increasing the fan base and fund raising is another issue.
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Wise Owl
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we're not the only ones looking to build
The state just approved funding half the cost of $248 mil for an open air stadium in exchange for 2400 acres of property the university owns. The stadium will seat 50k and be expandable to 80k.
$248 million?
Moroney is going for the draft and is not returning to UM for his senior year.
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