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Message: [QUOTE="GoSU96, post: 1527686, member: 114"] I'm not upset about the dome being updated, I'm questioning the scale and the source of investment that will have a practical effect of making it more of the same and be of benefit for the most part the school and existing fans. You could attract those other 10K to 15K fans for football by putting a better product on the field for 10% of the cost. It's not a fiscally conservative position. I believe that it's not the best use of financing of that size, if it is just for stadium construction, if there is going to be a multi hundred million dollar government participation in the project. If you are going to commit that much public money the project should use the content that SU provides as the anchor tenant, should use the mall for it's parking and assets it provides, to build a state of the art facility that will benefit both SU and the broader community. I'm not talking some box, I'm talking a euro style multi use facility that house not only basketball but hockey as well. Set up the terracing on the field so you can use it for indoor soccer and box lax as well. When the dome was first built there wasn't much down the hill but commuter lots and residential housing. That has been consumed to a large extent and access to the dome has been pushed out more and more. It is more isolated from the community than ever. It's practical use as a "public" venue has decreased a large extent over time. If you are going to spend that kind of public money, if that where the majority of that $500M is coming from is put the facility I described in the inner harbor, leverage the mall as an asset with their 9500 parking spaces and restaurants, leverage the university as the major tenant, set up a deal with AEG where they are an operator, and major entertainment content provider, and the kids from Falk staff it as much as possible, move the Crunch and Silver Knights into the building, you have a place for professional soccer and lax in the summer, and let the county get out of operating the war memorial, respectfully use that space for another hotel. It's a win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, ... You get a state of the art facility for basketball, football, and lax, it's the best solution possible for the fans, it gives the indoor minor league teams a place that would be without compare at their level, the University could field a mens hockey team if they wanted, you would have a built in synergy between one of the major entertainment facility operators and content providers and one of the leading schools for sports and entertainment management, you would free up the space on the hill for academics and downtown for other use, the county saves money on trying to keep a redundant and decaying facility open. [/QUOTE]

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