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Long-term plan for CU facilities upgrades
- Thread starter Buffnik
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I thought it was deemed unstable. Not sure where I heard this however.
IMO bring it all down, space on campus is too valuable to keep an empty field house. Even another walking path, connecting Gamow Tower to Boulder Creek Bridge would be better surface use.
What it is to become I don’t know, but it’s gonna have to share an expand stadium capacity and upgraded facilities and I don’t think its necessary to connect to Carlson Gym.
There are a lot more ways to generate revenue than just having fans in the stands at a swim meet.
My daughters swim for a local team that produces 2-5 D1 prospects every year.
We go to meets thoughout the year and there are hundreds of kids at every meet, not including parents and we spend thousands of dollars in cities like Austin and Des Moines and Kansas City, etc. Those pools constantly run events and generate a ton of money. Besides hotel and food, we also pay a facility fee for every event and of course we have to buy memorabilia for every school we attend. There's no shortage of revenue and I'm sure CU could have that pool filled throughout the year with local and national tournaments as well as local teams that need better facilities.
I can think of 6236 reasons that make that a great idea.
RuffBuff
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I love this.
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So, will there actually be two large screens on the outside that will create a watching area outside on the South along Colorado Avenue?
So, will there actually be two large screens on the outside that will create a watching area outside on the South along Colorado Avenue?
Such a big need. That video board looked ridiculous. That's cool it'll have video boards on the outside as well.
And yes, now they need a legitimate sound system, which is too bad they couldn't just spend the money to get it right two years ago when they installed a new one. They should get their money back
And yes, now they need a legitimate sound system, which is too bad they couldn't just spend the money to get it right two years ago when they installed a new one. They should get their money back
That looks really nice!
Most people on this thread probably don't peruse the Broncos thread in the pub, so I'll break down my brilliant solution to the Folsom Field modernization conundrum.
The Broncos want to revitalize or more likely replace Empower Field. The dynamic solution for both CU and the Broncos is for CU to approach the Walton Penner Group and offer this plan:
With a small financial "kickstart" if you will from the WPG, CU embarks on a massive renovation of Folsom while the Buffs play 2 seasons at Empower. After Folsom has been fully renovated, modernized, and expanded, the Broncos play 2 seasons at Folsom while Empower is demolished and a new Broncos stadium is built.
Win win win mother****ers.
The Broncos want to revitalize or more likely replace Empower Field. The dynamic solution for both CU and the Broncos is for CU to approach the Walton Penner Group and offer this plan:
With a small financial "kickstart" if you will from the WPG, CU embarks on a massive renovation of Folsom while the Buffs play 2 seasons at Empower. After Folsom has been fully renovated, modernized, and expanded, the Broncos play 2 seasons at Folsom while Empower is demolished and a new Broncos stadium is built.
Win win win mother****ers.
On the swimming thing- there are currently only 2-3 regulation Olympic sized pools in the state. One is at the Air Force Academy, and another is at DU. I can’t speak for the one at Air Force, but the DU one is in almost constant use. Even during hockey games, there are people in the pool (which is in the same building as the hockey arena). The thing about the DU pool that’s odd to me is that for competition, they actually use the 25 meter lanes and not the 50 meter lanes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it configured for 50 meter lanes.
A board we can see for once? Wow
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There's part of me that thinks it's overkill with modern scoreboards and how expensive they are.
But it's a new era with how much video and info is available, what we're accustomed to seeing during a tv broadcast, and the need of a program to not just meet expectations of all relevant parties but impress them. So, given that, I think it's appropriate and even competitively necessary in this era. Got to do the things that win recruits and win the buy box for sports entertainment dollars.
But it's a new era with how much video and info is available, what we're accustomed to seeing during a tv broadcast, and the need of a program to not just meet expectations of all relevant parties but impress them. So, given that, I think it's appropriate and even competitively necessary in this era. Got to do the things that win recruits and win the buy box for sports entertainment dollars.
Hopefully they will show the replay reviews.
After our weekend at Sanford Stadium, more screens is never too much. Also, interesting note on replays - they show the video that the ref is looking at. At first i was confused but we sat close enough to see what he was looking at and I realized they were the same. I thought that was pretty cool.
It’s convoluted, but my point is that an Olympic sized pool would be used for more than just swim meets. If they were to ever build one, it would be a very unusual item in Colorado.
Swimming has two seasons. Long course and short course. Long course uses the 50 meter configuration and starts in January and lasts until early to mid summer. The month of Aug is the off-season. Short course uses the 25M configuration and starts in September and lasts until December.
BTW there are other 50M pools in the state besides DU and AFA. One in Ft Collins (not at csu), one in Grand Junction at Mesa, one in Lakewood, one in Arvada, and one in Thornton I think. There may be others.