yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

Jab979 said

yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

Kind of like sprinkling sugar on a turd and saying it is chocolate.  ;)

GO OWLS!!!

Jab979 said

It will be more expensive to build later on, that is true. However when we have an on campus stadium and all of the money made is going right to FAU rather than having to pay to use Lockhart, plus pretty sure the parking and concessions go to lockhart as well. If you have 17K people at a game and it's 100 degrees outside people are going to buy water especially since they can't sell alcohol and those of us who live off campus and have to pay to park that money will go to them, plus if they hold concerts etc. in the new stadium all money generated goes to FAU so that money can be put towards things like expansion on the stadium or maybe a new baseball stadium or new BBall arena


FAU contracts out a concessions person. They get a kickback, I believe.

Jab979 said

yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

I don't know.  They have done a nice job with the Arena.  I'm sure with the seats installed on both sides and the suites built, it'll look even better.  It isn't a great building, but it is functional and it is certainly a HUGE improvement from what it was prior to the renovations.  It will be even better when it is full of fans!  If we hope to move to a bigger conference one day, obviously they'll need to build a new facilty, but for now, they have made the best of what they have.

Piece of crap?

lol…….

Florida_Owl said

owlfan1 said

Lm77 said

For the record, what's the smallest stadium in I-A?

The smallest is Idaho (dome) at 16,000.

Let's see here…get a dome, and honor HS' initial request…have too few seats so that tickets would always be at a shoratge and EVERY game would be sold out practically (see Duke Hoops for illustration)…AND, last but not least, the price tag is far less than 62M…

Brilliant!

Let's build a Kibbie-Dome!

Quick, start laying down turf in the Burrow!

Jab979 said

yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

After the luxury boxes are in and the bathrooms are updated… it will more or less be the best you could do with a 5,000 seat arena.

Our next arena needs to be 10,000 seats and be comparable to most major college basketball facilities in the country. Anything less would be a mistake IMO.

owlcountry said

Jab979 said

yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

After the luxury boxes are in and the bathrooms are updated… it will more or less be the best you could do with a 5,000 seat arena.

Our next arena needs to be 10,000 seats and be comparable to most major college basketball facilities in the country. Anything less would be a mistake IMO.

If FAU can only manage to draw a few hundred fans per game even the 5,000 seat arena is overkill. Until attendance goes way up there is no reason to even think of 10,000 seats.

Also, the arena does not make the program. Southern Illinois has an antiquated arena that leaves much to be desired and the team is still one of the top mid-majors in the country and consistently lands top-tier recuits.

FAU needs to build the program and the fanbase before the new arena will need any additional improvements.

GO OWLS!!!

owlfan1 said

owlcountry said

Jab979 said

yeah something like that, it looks nice and all but lets be honest it's still a piece of crap lol

After the luxury boxes are in and the bathrooms are updated… it will more or less be the best you could do with a 5,000 seat arena.

Our next arena needs to be 10,000 seats and be comparable to most major college basketball facilities in the country. Anything less would be a mistake IMO.

If FAU can only manage to draw a few hundred fans per game even the 5,000 seat arena is overkill. Until attendance goes way up there is no reason to even think of 10,000 seats.

Also, the arena does not make the program. Southern Illinois has an antiquated arena that leaves much to be desired and the team is still one of the top mid-majors in the country and consistently lands top-tier recuits.

FAU needs to build the program and the fanbase before the new arena will need any additional improvements.

GO OWLS!!!

I agree 100%.  The Burrow is perfectly fine so long as the attendance hovers around the 800-1000 mark.  Plus, even if they did build a new arena, 10,000 seats isn't necessarily needed.  UM built the Bank United Center a few years ago and it only holds about 8,000.  But we are getting WAY ahead of ourselves with this talk.  The Arena just isn't a priority right now.  One day we'll get to the point where we out grow our place, but we aren't close to that yet.  Hopefully all those students turning out for football games this year make their way to the basketball games.  That Burrow would rock if all those people packed into it!  Is student government doing anything to help make sure the students make it out to the BBall games this season?

woah woah now we arent getting a new arena, we are getting a convocation center….you know with all those convocations we have.. (the basketball team can borrow it).  ;D