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Date Posted: 15:34:37 03/23/05 Wed
Author: J.J.
Subject: Re: On-campus indoor facility
In reply to: inside 's message, "Re: On-campus indoor facility" on 14:57:12 03/23/05 Wed

Its been a slow week at work, so I have a lot of free time :)

Sorry, but you may have misread my comment. I said it doesn't make sense for the CIAC to continue playing at Central if the seating capacity doesn't allow them to maximize their ticket sales. If I were the CIAC, I'd have to say the CCSU gym just cost me about $6,000 in revenue for just one game! BTW - I think it is a great relationship to have the state championships on campus for public relations and recruiting (and I hate to hear you guys will lose it next year), but I can't blame them for leaving.

Now as for those renovations, they sound very exciting, and as I've said before I agree that they are much needed! A new floor, fresh paint, new banners and scoreboards, and improved lighting are all great investments and I can’t wait to see them next season. My only constructive criticism is that it would be nice to maintain the largest seating capacity possible, while making the needed upgrades. It appears that the recent upgrades to both Arute and Detrick will cost each facility nearly 2,000 seats. Based on numbers alone, CCSU is a Division I public state university with an estimated enrollment of 12,000 students, yet is has football and basketball facilities that seat less than 3,500 people each – that is very small! Both teams average between 2,000–3,000 people per game and so the small facilities leave very little room for future growth, or special events. Plus big games, such FB vs. URI, or MBB tourney games could easily draw 4,000-5,000. Without those extra available seats you limit your revenue potential.

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