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What is this new building Saban is getting built?
Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:37 pm
I think an academic center or something? Anyone heard of this? Supposedly Saban is leading the charge to get this done.
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Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:40 pm to Sebastian
I thought I had heard something about this but it got lost in some other breaking news.
Not sure of the details.
Not sure of the details.
Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:50 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Yea I heard $12M academic center. But I am not sure if thats correct, for all students or football players. May be way off base not sure.
Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:53 pm to Sebastian
New trophy room 
Posted on 7/1/16 at 5:59 pm to Sebastian
Is it the new building on Hackberry? If so, that thing is huge.
This post was edited on 7/1/16 at 6:00 pm
Posted on 7/1/16 at 6:24 pm to Gary Busey
is this something different from the catholic student center he is having built?
Posted on 7/1/16 at 8:17 pm to NashvilleTider
Yes. This is academic and athletic related.
Posted on 7/1/16 at 9:08 pm to CapstoneGrad06
UF just opened a 'state of the art' athletic/academic complex. Bama's not sitting idly on that, which is good to see.
Posted on 7/1/16 at 11:14 pm to Sebastian
There's a Nick Saban Student center going up at St. Francis on the God Quad.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 6:55 am to Sebastian
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Yea I heard $12M academic center
We can spend $12m on that, but we can't afford a hockey arena?
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 11:38 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 10:04 am to pvilleguru
Hockey arena would be awesome.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:02 am to Gary Busey
Hockey in Coleman would be cool
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:11 am to Lordofwrath88
The City and University need to partner on a arena/convention center. Hold larger events, as well as house basketball, gymnastics, and I guess hockey. It's worked at other places.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:37 am to Gary Busey
Our new coach asked for a new hockey arena at the latest budget meeting but was told it was "too much". He estimates that we can build an arena similar to the one Notre Dame built (5k seats) for about $20m.
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 11:38 am
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:47 am to pvilleguru
I think football recruits' parents like hearing about academic centers more than hockey arenas.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:51 am to pvilleguru
Is the new coach any good?
I think if he continues to bring it up, we'll eventually have one soon. I've been to a few games in Pelham and they're fun.
I think if he continues to bring it up, we'll eventually have one soon. I've been to a few games in Pelham and they're fun.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:55 am to pvilleguru
Notre Dame built the Compton Family Ice Arena for $50m. It seats 5,022. Cut out a few of the extra amenities, construction costs are higher in Indiana, the university already has a lot of land, etc. and you have an affordable 5k seat arena.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 11:59 am to Gary Busey
quote:Here's an article about him. LINK
Is the new coach any good?
With him leading the team, I can see us moving up to the NCAA in a few years. He's really trying to get the program's name out there, including trying to get games on the Big 10 Network and the SEC Network.
He's a good follow on titter. @JohnBierchen
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 7/2/16 at 12:00 pm to Teague
quote:How many academic centers do we need?
I think football recruits' parents like hearing about academic centers more than hockey arenas.
Posted on 7/2/16 at 12:04 pm to pvilleguru
Hold off putting a big scoreboard in the center for a few years and you knock off $2M of the initial cost.
This post was edited on 7/2/16 at 12:06 pm
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