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Date Posted: 09:26:44 05/16/04 Sun
Author: matt b
Subject: CU bookstore
In reply to: Rick 's message, "HC's Bookstore vs. Colgate's ( long read )" on 12:54:19 05/14/04 Fri

>>>Instead of going into a mall, Colgate Bookstore, which is owned by Colgate University, moved a mile off campus to downtown Hamilton, N.Y., to help revitalize the local business district and breathe life into a 25,000-square-foot old building.

Instead of going in a mall??? What mall would they go in? Hamilton has a total of around 10 buildings off campus, it wasn't like they had a big decision to make here. The bookstore is no more than a mile from campus, and I can't see why sales would improve if they moved it off campus. The city has about 3 dozen residents, most of whom would probably be able to make the 10 minute hike over to campus to buy stuff.

If a bookstore off campus is supposedly making local fans more interested in CU, then where the hell are they at the basketball games with attendance in the low 200s?

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[> Re: HC's Bookstore vs. Colgate's ( long read ) -- Go...'gate, 15:18:58 05/16/04 Sun

Bookstore was a win-win for Colgate and the Village of Hamilton. Our old bookstore was very small, and this gave us a chance to give the local economy a shot in the arm while tripling (actually 2.5 times larger) store space. We all know the BB attendance is a proboem - let it go.

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