FAU Stadium: 2010?
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FAU Stadium: 2010?
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Things were cheaper 10 years ago and Cantanese could spend money like it was nothing. He should have got something going from the beginning. What is funny is that he may be partly responsible for the difficulty in finding donors due to his Corvette fiasco.
Let me just say, in corporate America, everyone is cutting back. I hate to sound negative or be the bearer of bad news but corporations are preparing for this recession to get worse. One of the companies headquartered up here, Caterpillar, is going to lay off 20,000 employees. There will be more layoffs and other cost cutting measures. If FAU still has the option to sell the rights to new residential housing, that might be the only way to do it for a while. Corporations won't be giving away too much money for a while.
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sirwgula said
Hey B-rider… I really do not care what you perceive as a fan or not. I was in fau cafeteria listening to schelly rant when he stood on a tree trunk and didn't even have players yet. I am as big a fau fan as there is, but I choose not to support things I disagree with (which is playing at lockhart). And after attending fiu for law school and watching their stadium go up while our administration kept talking, I just do not have a great desire to sit at a high school stadium any longer. Schnelly deserves better, the players deserve better, the students deserve better, and the alumni deserve better. By the way, let me know when your attendance helps the stadium gets built faster.
I don't know how I'll ever know this but I do know that your lack of attendance is only being hurtful
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So the problem of not having a stadium, and the troubles of finding a donor, may have been inherited by Brogan, Angelos, etc.
Let's not forget that Angelos wasn't the AD when football started.
I'm starting to think that a temporary stadium may be a good idea too. Temporary or not - I still don't think we'll draw 20,000 fans at Lockhart or an on-campus temporary (or permanent) stadium for anyone other than Troy or an OOC big name.
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FAU should start with something small and not fancy with a better field than lockhart. The owls should be playing ON-CAMPUS and stop paying 25K to lockhart every time they play there.
Just right there FAU is saving 25K X 5 home games = 125,000 per season + the amount FAU pays for playing at DS which I believe is like over 50K for only one game.
FAU can also generate some cash by charging for parking during games and by having food vendors. FAU has already 4 million on pledges. Let's start with something small ON CAMPUS with a better field conditions. That's all what we need for now. No need for fancy skyboxes or huge jumbotrons. The stadium can be expandable and should grow as the school grows.
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While you are correct that playing on campus could reduce some costs, we also will add some costs including traffic control, parking staff, field maintenance, insurance, electricity, plumbing, etc.
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smittysahoot said
I agree that Cantanese could have done more… but that was a decade ago. And FAU (maybe Cantanese?) sold the land that Boca Airport is now built on for next to nothing.
So the problem of not having a stadium, and the troubles of finding a donor, may have been inherited by Brogan, Angelos, etc.
Let's not forget that Angelos wasn't the AD when football started.
I'm starting to think that a temporary stadium may be a good idea too. Temporary or not - I still don't think we'll draw 20,000 fans at Lockhart or an on-campus temporary (or permanent) stadium for anyone other than Troy or an OOC big name.
Are you sure he sold the land? I was under the impression that the military gave land to FAU, and land to Boca for an airport.
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