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Post by survalli on Apr 8, 2015 14:27:28 GMT -8
why spend money on a non D1 program? no need to get in an arms race now
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2015 14:50:50 GMT -8
why spend money on a non D1 program? no need to get in an arms race now Good idea. I'm sure sending the BB team to the BW as a result won't negatively impact that sport either.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 8, 2015 14:57:08 GMT -8
There is literally no where to realistically put an on-campus stadium in on the Mesa, let alone finance it. It has been well established that there are several places that a stadium could be built on campus. As I said in another thread, if we get the Mission Valley site for a west campus I'd like to se us level some current campus buildings for a stadium site, if necessary, and replace those buildings with buildings in MV. Financing will be the difficult part. Actually, not true. This is the least feasible solution right now.
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 8, 2015 15:24:31 GMT -8
You might want to read the article. The foundation is purchasing the land to sell to UNLV. The university has no money and no idea how they will get the money. If the land is purchased it will be resold to some casino entity and UNLV will make some $$ on the transaction. I read the article. Did you even read my post?
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 8, 2015 15:44:42 GMT -8
It has been well established that there are several places that a stadium could be built on campus. As I said in another thread, if we get the Mission Valley site for a west campus I'd like to se us level some current campus buildings for a stadium site, if necessary, and replace those buildings with buildings in MV. Financing will be the difficult part. Actually, not true. This is the least feasible solution right now. Sorry sdcoug, you are wrong. Obviously the best option is aquiring the Q site for West Campus and then building a stadium in Mission Valley (assuming the Chargers leave Mission Valley). Short of that it will be on main campus. Much more difficult but possible. plfmx-xxsports.s3.amazonaws.com/common/global_audio/113311.mp3
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 8, 2015 15:53:25 GMT -8
Actually, not true. This is the least feasible solution right now. Sorry sdcoug, you are wrong. Obviously the best option is aquiring the Q site for West Campus and then building a stadium in Mission Valley (assuming the Chargers leave Mission Valley). Short of that it will be on main campus. Much more difficult but possible. plfmx-xxsports.s3.amazonaws.com/common/global_audio/113311.mp3You just repeated what I did. MV is the preferred option. The LEAST preferred option is on campus.
John David Wicker today at Aztec Club luncheon: having a stadium on campus is not a realistic option.
If Chargers stay, that will be the #1 option obviously, with Mission Valley being the preference. If they leave, MV is the preferred location, and we're under contract through 2018. They would first look at the MV options currently on the table.
The LEAST viable solution is an on campus stadium. It's not something SDSU is planning for.
Again, per JD today.
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Post by HighNTight on Apr 8, 2015 16:32:43 GMT -8
Sorry sdcoug, you are wrong. Obviously the best option is aquiring the Q site for West Campus and then building a stadium in Mission Valley (assuming the Chargers leave Mission Valley). Short of that it will be on main campus. Much more difficult but possible. plfmx-xxsports.s3.amazonaws.com/common/global_audio/113311.mp3You just repeated what I did. MV is the preferred option. The LEAST preferred option is on campus.
John David Wicker today at Aztec Club luncheon: having a stadium on campus is not a realistic option.
If Chargers stay, that will be the #1 option obviously, with Mission Valley being the preference. If they leave, MV is the preferred location, and we're under contract through 2018. They would first look at the MV options currently on the table.
The LEAST viable solution is an on campus stadium. It's not something SDSU is planning for.
Again, per JD today.
As you say a stadium on main campus is not the preferred option, but every choice has it's viability point. I think currently left out of the conversation is the amount of rent the Aztecs may be asked to pay in a new stadium. If that amount is high enough, the option of a stadium on the Mesa could come right back into play. There is nothing to discuss until more is known about the disposition of the Chargers, the cost of a new stadium and what the Aztecs will be asked to contribute or pay.
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 13, 2015 16:02:02 GMT -8
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Post by myownwords on Apr 13, 2015 16:22:35 GMT -8
Uh, yeah, well, uh, Sterk, he has a plan, uh, secret, ya know. Clandestine sort of guy. Don't want anyone to steal his ideas...or his football HC. Ya know. EVERYONE wants Rocky Retread.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 17:02:51 GMT -8
Uh, yeah, well, uh, Sterk, he has a plan, uh, secret, ya know. Clandestine sort of guy. Don't want anyone to steal his ideas...or his football HC. Ya know. EVERYONE wants Rocky Retread. Well given this boards track record unless he comes up with half a billion $$$ straight from the hand of god for a Chargers/Aztec mega Super Bowl stadium someone would have a wet diaper and cry about some aspect of it. So like most of the aztec "fans" here he just gave up on you ungrateful whiners. Foobtall cancelled, yay!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 18:29:42 GMT -8
So the University of Wyoming is still in Wyoming, isn't it? Just checking...
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Apr 13, 2015 18:52:24 GMT -8
Based on the posts in this thread, little to very little of the posters have been to the Fowler Athletic Center.
Frankly, these places are still way behind the training facilities of State. Stadium on the other hand, is another story.
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 15, 2015 14:42:24 GMT -8
I can appreciate the "Drive to 25" that SDSU will be promoting but I can't help but be impressed with Colorado State University. Colorado State is a university that is supporting the future of their football program 100%. Actions speak louder than words.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 14:52:52 GMT -8
Yeah, well in cali $220mil will barely buy the land for a stadium, never mind the stadium itself...unfair, lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2015 14:55:02 GMT -8
Based on the posts in this thread, little to very little of the posters have been to the Fowler Athletic Center. Frankly, these places are still way behind the training facilities of State. Stadium on the other hand, is another story. unfortunately the FAC is not at the south end zone of our own FB stadium tho...
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 15, 2015 16:07:19 GMT -8
Yeah, well in cali $220mil will barely buy the land for a stadium, never mind the stadium itself...unfair, lol Yes land is more expensive in CA. That shouldn't be used as an excuse. SDSU probably should have thought about that and had some foresight when they built our basketball arena on top of our football stadium. But I digress.
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Post by SDSU-Alum2003 on Apr 18, 2015 23:02:08 GMT -8
Nice University of Houston football video; great shots of their new stadium; well done. www.facebook.com/HoustonCougarFootball/videos/1048983031791689/?fref=nf"Having this stadium is really a statement on the part of the university. If you are going to have a tier I university why should you aspire for anything but a tier I athletics program?" - Dr. Renu Khater; Chancellor & President. Gotta love that statement.
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Post by sdcoug on Apr 20, 2015 8:56:37 GMT -8
Based on the posts in this thread, little to very little of the posters have been to the Fowler Athletic Center. Frankly, these places are still way behind the training facilities of State. Stadium on the other hand, is another story. Fowler is nice but it's nothing special. That's why there are plans to expand Fowler.
It's unfortunate we face a major hurdle with the stadium, as Wyoming/CSU, etc. can have their FOB & stadiums connected, and can make major renovations and/or build new ones without being hamstrung by the city/Chargers.
Our football facilities clearly fall behind many within our own conference, and are miles behind the P12.
Luckily we have more control over what we can and can't do with basketball, and have maximized our facilities in that area.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 15:17:29 GMT -8
Nice University of Houston football video; great shots of their new stadium; well done. www.facebook.com/HoustonCougarFootball/videos/1048983031791689/?fref=nf"Having this stadium is really a statement on the part of the university. If you are going to have a tier I university why should you aspire for anything but a tier I athletics program?" - Dr. Renu Khater; Chancellor & President. Gotta love that statement. Maybe he should ask the president's of Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, MIT, Cal Tech, U of Chicago or UPenn. IOW, 8 of the top 10 Universities in the nation, none of which have "Tier 1" athletic programs. Or he could ask the president's of Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Washington U, Cornell or Brown, 5 of the next 10 on the list. Just to help the idiot president of that august institution, the U of Houston( #189) count, that's 13 of the top 20 institutions of higher leaning in the US that do NOT have a "Tier 1" athletic programs. This line of argumentation/ rationalization is a weak as it gets. BTW: SDSU is at #149 this year, Seems like it was in the 160's last year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 15:24:17 GMT -8
Nice University of Houston football video; great shots of their new stadium; well done. www.facebook.com/HoustonCougarFootball/videos/1048983031791689/?fref=nf"Having this stadium is really a statement on the part of the university. If you are going to have a tier I university why should you aspire for anything but a tier I athletics program?" - Dr. Renu Khater; Chancellor & President. Gotta love that statement. Maybe he should ask the president's of Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, MIT, Cal Tech, U of Chicago or UPenn. IOW, 8 of the top 10 Universities in the nation, none of which have "Tier 1" athletic programs. Or he could ask the president's of Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Washington U, Cornell or Brown, 5 of the next 10 on the list. Just to help the idiot president of that august institution, the U of Houston( #189) count, that's 13 of the top 20 institutions of higher leaning in the US that do NOT have a "Tier 1" athletic programs. This line of argumentation/ rationalization is a weak as it gets. BTW: SDSU is at #149 this year, Seems like it was in the 160's last year. She, guessing you didn't watch.
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