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For Gross and other SU officials, the biggest problem the Dome poses isn't parking problems, operating costs, the obstacle it is to further academic expansion on the Quad, or the less than ideal set-up for basketball.  The biggest problem is the lack of club seating and lounges.  The new stadium will have scads of it.  The info provided in the letter is less than transparent but clearly "club areas" will have a big footprint in the arena (about half the size of the retractable basketball stands seating 5K).

Gross and the chancellor want to be able to provide their donors a1st class experience.  That's who this proposed stadium is for, first and foremost.  Unclear if that is the plan here, but the pre-purchase of luxury suites and PSLs can also offset the costs of stadium construction.  Some of the construction costs of the new Meadowlands were paid for with PSLs and club seating.  The sale of naming rights should also lighten the financial burden of the state and county (or at least keep it where it is now once inevitable cost overruns are figured in).  No doubt, though, that some fans in the area are going to be priced out of the market for season tickets with a new stadium.
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