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re: Ranking the SEC basketball arenas...
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:03 am to BigBlue8Titles
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:03 am to BigBlue8Titles
Interesting. I haven't gotten the sense that UK particularly wanted an on-campus arena. I think they have both an inability to fund it and a dearth of real estate on which to place it. I'd love something where the old Stoll field was though. Walkable to chevy chase bars and restaurants.
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:09 am to LegendOfCobb
How old is Coleman? 50+ I'm thinking.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 4:26 am to LegendOfCobb
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I haven't gotten the sense that UK particularly wanted an on-campus arena.
Which is a terrible idea for a venue of any real size.
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I'd love something where the old Stoll field was though.
Memorial only seats around 9,000 and it is a traffic and parking nightmare for WBB. Putting a venue bigger than Rupp in that area would be a nightmare.
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I think they have both an inability to fund it and a dearth of real estate on which to place it.
Smokescreens. The #1 issue going back to the "Pitino Arena" is that a new on campus venue would only seat around 18,000 when the current venue seats about 24,000. If you think the recent "downsize" of CWS has caused issues just imagine the sh*tstorm of shrinking Rupp! The only reason for the Rupp debate is UK see's all the corporate money for suites that YUM got but UK does not have the same corporate residents in Lexington to equal what Louisville has with the large corporations in their city.
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