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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1666323, member: 628"]
Eh, I think there's not much quantitative evidence to suggest that it's all that important.  I like Syracuse, but it's not Boston, or NYC, or DC, etc.  Kids who prioritize going to college in a "cool city" aren't going to SU, generally speaking.  Easier access to things that already exist really isn't moving the needle much.  I doubt that the HS seniors and their parents who are thinking about SU are going to pick it over, say, Boston University, because there's a shuttle to the amphitheater.

I think people tend to get over their skis on this kind of stuff.  There is so much evidence that new stadiums/arenas are not any kind of net positive to real economic growth.

If SU think replacing the Dome with a new facility either on South Campus or somewhere else in the city is the best option, for a number of tangible reasons, then they should do it.  But pinning it to the idea that it'll be an economic generator is wishful thinking, and there's precious little data to suggest that'll happen.
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