Atmosphere, proximity to hotels/aggieville, turnout when we suck, people walking to games when the weather sucks. I think it would bring more potential students in because when they are younger and come for games, they can get a familiar with campus as well (would be a bigger deal for football). On campus facilities are incredible, imo
All of this. Pageantry, student connectivity, walking distances to the Greek houses and dorms, proximity to Aggieiville.
College sports are meant to be played in venues on campus. The only exceptions are football stadiums, even then, the best environments I have seen are on campus as well. Auburn is amazing. Kyle Field. Death Valley Clemson. Husky Stadium. Colorado was extremely cool with its proximity to Pearl Street and Downtown.
Every reason collegiate sports venues should be on campus are the same reasons baseball should always be played downtown.
Bramlage was and is a total planning mishap. We've turned it into an ok place over the years, but it's mostly a big, dumb, lifeless, nondescript box that sits in a massive sea of asphalt parking accross from a bunch of undeveloped agriculture pastures, disconnected from the heart of campus. There's no sense of place or Gameday excitement or identity. All that said, we're never going back, so all we can do it try to make it better at this stage.
