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Message: [QUOTE="Stern, post: 1074146, member: 527"] Building something on the Kennedy Square lot is the future and the best choice long term in my opinion. To me any other option is putting a band-aid on the problem. We all love the Dome but we have to be realistic about things. 1) Getting off campus provides much more land and the ability to build a state of the art venue that will last a very long time 2) Doing some sort of joint venture/partnership with Onondaga County and SU spreads out the cost of the construction and operation of the building. 3) Getting out of the Dome allows for new naming rights on this building and bring in revenue 4) Improved parking. Parking for the current Dome isn't ideal (yet not as bad as some say it is either) and doing something from scratch would be an upgrade long-term. I mean why fix up the Dome if you don't fix things like parking? 5) SU would now have a prime piece of real estate on campus where the Dome currently stands to do what they please with It just makes too much sense to move off campus. The new chancellor and the powers can say "its about the students first and foremost"...not buying that for a second. This will come down to money. Where they get the most bang for their buck and I think moving off campus provides that. Plus, lets be honest these students don't show up in force for football, lax, or any woman's sports at the Dome. Your gonna bend over for backwards for them? Does he have to say it publicly...yes. But I think he is saying it with a wink and a nod. This will come down to money and how SU can maximize the biggest profit at the end of the day. And to me its being part of a group to have a new building off campus in that Kennedy Square area. It's not like they would build the thing in Cicero...its like 5-10 min from where the Dome is now. [/QUOTE]

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