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Message: [QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 1414538, member: 5195"] You're missing the point. Yes the dome is outdated and it will be great to get things updated, believe me, but the players don't care about the seats or the fire code violations in the concourses. The current players would love playing in a spanking new 20k arena. But going forward, we'd lose the distinction of selling recruits on playing in the nation's largest on campus facility... and we'd lose the ability to woo elite recruits for a big weekend game when 30k are guaranteed to pack the house. The Dome has its drawbacks, but its sheer size has helped lure in big talent over the years. We might be able to create a similar wow factor with a new arena... it is certainly debatable depending on the implementation... but thanks to your visionary mayor that opportunity has sailed. [/QUOTE]