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Date Posted: 19:32:16 02/05/03 Wed
Author: Sobro
Subject: Re: Some troubling statements in that article
In reply to: ChicagoStag 's message, "Re: Some troubling statements in that article" on 17:37:28 02/05/03 Wed

The town of FF has had something to say every time FF wants to build a facility that would "attract a crowd". Heck, the town took the university to court and forced them to remove lights from the new practice field.

From what I understand, the idea was floated re: two on- campus facilities, an ice rink with a seating capacity that was to be discussed, alongside a new basketball facility, that would have a seating facility of somehere around 3.5 to 5000. The town let it be known that they would fight any facility that would have a greater attendance than Alumni Hall, and cited traffic problems as the main reason.

Having had their fill of the town of FF and court, when the Arena idea was brought up to the University, it became a real no brainer. The bad part is, the FF hockey team gets to recruit to the Wonderland on Ice.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Some troubling statements in that article -- GOSTAGS, 21:53:12 02/05/03 Wed

Sobro- yep...you are absolutely right from what I had heard about the proposed upgrade for alumni hall...the town sited traffic problems etc etc...somehow FU needs to get all the people that attend all the Quick Center events to stand up for them in these types of battles...that whole removing the light deal from the practice field makes me wonder who FU's lawyer is....we seem to cave on all these issues (unlike SHU, who battle for 10 story eyesores in the middle of residential houses)....but that's a whole different deal....i hope that the future holds this type of upgrade for Alumni Hall and we go back to playing there and playing the "big draw" games at the arena...it's the best of both worlds..UCONN does it, St. John's does it.....i wish hockey could benefit from this situation as well ( i know I'm in the minority on this board about Hockey) but I still don't understand why we don't put a better team out on the ice...everybody seems to point out that Fairfield county is a hot bed for LAX...this is true, but there are some pretty decent hockey programs around as well..Prep for instance....all in all it would be great to have a BC type arena on campus but maybe the cost to keep up such a facility would be too much...i would love it though


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