Frank Loves Ahearn

[Iceberg]

It doesn't seem like it would be cost efficient to do that imo.

Just to play Devil's Advocate . . . but it was more cost efficent to build a new arena, particularly when they discovered they couldn't build the new arena as originally proposed and abandon a facility that was a basketball classic that was essentially only in need of a few million dollars in renovations??

Makes sense to me. Think of it this way, rather than drive from campus to the OOD, just breeze on over to the bball complex between classes. Sure, the stuni might lose some business, but such a facility, with a b.a. lounge would be awesome!!!!  This would only help recruitment. Kentucky recruits hella good players to a crap hole.

[sonofdaxjones]

At 1986 prices . . . $17.5 million dollars could have done one hell of a renovation on Ahearn.   

People say, "we'll they could have never put any suites or loge boxes in Ahearn" . . . well, go look what they did at the Old Barn at Minnesota and get back to me.

It's water way under the Bridge now . . . which is why I personally feel like any large scale effort to find a way to put 7,000 people in Ahearn, or less, which is all I personally think the Fire Marshall well let them do for some "throw back" game= is a waste of resources unless it's going to generate some serious revenue.   How about they just take the money they're going to spend on something like that, and repaint the court at Bramlage, and to go towards other much more needed things. 

 

[Del Tremens]

At 1986 prices . . . $17.5 million dollars could have done one hell of a renovation on Ahearn.   

People say, "we'll they could have never put any suites or loge boxes in Ahearn" . . . well, go look what they did at the Old Barn at Minnesota and get back to me.

It's water way under the Bridge now . . . which is why I personally feel like any large scale effort to find a way to put 7,000 people in Ahearn, or less, which is all I personally think the Fire Marshall well let them do for some "throw back" game= is a waste of resources unless it's going to generate some serious revenue.   How about they just take the money they're going to spend on something like that, and repaint the court at Bramlage, and to go towards other much more needed things. 

 

Yep.  It's all about the revenue stream.  If cost to make necessary renovations/changes < additional ticket revenues + donations that absolutely will not be given for any other campaign + value of additional publicity, then it's worth doing. 

[steve dave]

Also, there is significant EMAW on the way next week  

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[sys]

Also, there is significant EMAW on the way next week  

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would you believe ol' cc never pm'd me?  really makes me question his legitimacy.