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Date Posted: 14:04:21 02/17/05 Thu
Author: inside
Subject: Re: On-campus indoor facility
In reply to: J.J. 's message, "On-campus indoor facility" on 10:51:56 02/17/05 Thu

I'll pretend I didn't read that last statement.

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[> Re: On-campus indoor facility -- inside, 10:43:32 02/18/05 Fri

FYI - after the basketball season the entire floor is scheduled to be replaced, as well as new seating on the general admission side and new scoreboards. And before you say it, putting the money into that will have no effect on whether a new facility is built, the two are not related.


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[> [> Re: On-campus indoor facility -- J.J., 15:49:59 02/18/05 Fri

Insider - It's very good to hear that fixing Detrick will have no effect on whether or not to build a new facility. And while I think those renovations could go a long way until something else is built, let’s not loose any more seats. Prior to the bleacher renovations, the gym's capacity was once listed as 5,000 with an additional 500 temporary seats behind the basket. I know the current reserved seating is very nice (was a much needed replacement to the wooden bleachers) and probably meets new fire codes, but the building’s capacity has gotten very small. Just imagine another 1,000 to 2,000 more seats in that 2002 NEC championship. I'm also pretty sure the CIAC basketball championships can draw well above the current 3,200 capacity. I remember being at the Stamford/Harding Class LL finals back in 1992 that had to be near 5k. I just hope that the renovations are better planned than what was done for the football stadium. I have heard that architectural plans for Arute's renovations were done in-house, had more than one snafu, and the project finished with questionable results considering the the final cost.


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[> [> [> Detrick renovations -- J.J., 10:22:29 03/23/05 Wed

Excerpt from a Hartford Courant article:

"An estimated 500 to 1,000 were turned away from the Crosby-Trinity Catholic final. ... The basketball floor at CCSU is no more. A new floor is scheduled to be in place by late summer. In addition, changes to the bleachers opposite the team benches will result in the loss of approximately 300 seats."

Like I said above, the renovations are a good idea (and desperatly needed), but the capacity is getting smaller than many HS gyms. What will the renovated seating capacity be? And how can CCSU expect to continue hosting the CIAC championships when you turn away 1,000 fans (@ $6 a ticket). It just doesn't make sense to me.


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