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Texas A&M to spend $25m on "campus beautification" project

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$25 million Aggie Park redevelopment to begin Feb. 29

Texas A&M University and the Association of Former Students announced the Aggie Park Project, a 20-acre green space redevelopment.
www.kbtx.com www.kbtx.com

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(Just in case anyone needs any further proof that B1G/SEC programs simply don't know what to do with their money)
 
Jens1893 said:
www.kbtx.com

$25 million Aggie Park redevelopment to begin Feb. 29

Texas A&M University and the Association of Former Students announced the Aggie Park Project, a 20-acre green space redevelopment.
www.kbtx.com www.kbtx.com

Aggie+Park+2.jpg


(Just in case anyone needs any further proof that B1G/SEC programs simply don't know what to do with their money)
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In all fairness, Texas A&M, and more specifically College Station, has grown a ton in the last ten years or so. More culture, places to eat, things college kids expect in a college town. VS the cow town it used to be. That being said, it’s campus and its buildings are pretty damn ugly. Most of the architecture is built like bunkers or with concrete. There used to be forums where people would post pictures of Texas A&M department buildings and dorms next to a picture from Cold War era USSR or Eastern Europe government buildings and you had to guess which was which. It wasn’t easy.
 
I believe Texas A&M boosters were able to fully fund the $450M renovation of Kyle Field so $25M is a drop in the bucket for them. I don't think that money is coming out of the AD coffers either.
 
A&M’s campus is... not a fun one. I have to walk to class everyday and in August and September it’s worse than death. Ugly buildings too, like others have mentioned. Makes me miss CU and Colorado.

But Kyle Field is AMAZING. It’s maybe my favorite place to watch a football game other than Folsom. The Aggie Park will be a nice addition. I can’t wait for the game next season. If you’re going, though, don’t wear black. You will absolutely regret it. 😆
 
Darth Snow said:
CU is in no position to snicker at another school spending money to beautify its campus. All that tile and stone has cost a ton of cash over the years.

We can, however, mock them for doing such a ****ty job in the first place.
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www.9news.com

Colorado State faculty ask university leaders to cut athletic spending in historic vote

Unease surrounding athletic spending at Colorado State University is still roiling in the $220 million stadium's shadow.
www.9news.com www.9news.com

It's done wonders for them!
 
Pbuffdiddy said:
www.9news.com

Colorado State faculty ask university leaders to cut athletic spending in historic vote

Unease surrounding athletic spending at Colorado State University is still roiling in the $220 million stadium's shadow.
www.9news.com www.9news.com

It's done wonders for them!
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If only several people had warned them that this would happen. I feel bad for CSU. Really. They built that stadium thinking it would be their ticket to the P-5. No matter how many times they were told that was a pipe dream, they held on to that dream. Now it’s costing them dearly. And how are they supposed to cut the subsidy anyway? They have contracts to pay. Most of their expenses are fixed costs. Before somebody (correctly) points out that CU and CSU are two very different institutions, most people in Colorado don’t really view them as such. As far as Joe Sixpack is concerned, if CSU is hemorrhaging cash, CU must be too. That’s how morons like Jack Kroll get elected to the CU board of Regents.
 
Wow!!!! Crying about a private donor funding 25m for the beautification of their schools campus when the Flatirons loom over Boulder and CU with their majestic beauty..... sorry I'm like WTF is wrong with you...... if schools have donors that use their wealth to better the colleges they attend so what, whether its education, sports, or even beautification projects. Who are we to sit here and criticize, which is what the original comment is in this thread does, what others schools and donors do? I'd much rather go out and hang "half a hundred" on Saturday anyway against the school. See how that beautifies their campus.......
 
unbiasedtruth said:
Wow!!!! Crying about a private donor funding 25m for the beautification of their schools campus when the Flatirons loom over Boulder and CU with their majestic beauty..... sorry I'm like WTF is wrong with you...... if schools have donors that use their wealth to better the colleges they attend so what, whether its education, sports, or even beautification projects. Who are we to sit here and criticize, which is what the original comment is in this thread does, what others schools and donors do? I'd much rather go out and hang "half a hundred" on Saturday anyway against the school. See how that beautifies their campus.......
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Jens1893 said:
www.kbtx.com

$25 million Aggie Park redevelopment to begin Feb. 29

Texas A&M University and the Association of Former Students announced the Aggie Park Project, a 20-acre green space redevelopment.
www.kbtx.com www.kbtx.com

Aggie+Park+2.jpg


(Just in case anyone needs any further proof that B1G/SEC programs simply don't know what to do with their money)
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Wazzat have to do with FB???

Everyone knows that aTm is funded by the Texas Railroad Commission (which collects tax revenues from oil and gas---I hear there's a little bit of that in Tx, especially from fracking. Meanwhile, you proggy clowns voted in a CO guv and legislature who hate fracking!)
 
Not Sure said:
If only several people had warned them that this would happen. I feel bad for CSU. Really. They built that stadium thinking it would be their ticket to the P-5. No matter how many times they were told that was a pipe dream, they held on to that dream. Now it’s costing them dearly. And how are they supposed to cut the subsidy anyway? They have contracts to pay. Most of their expenses are fixed costs. Before somebody (correctly) points out that CU and CSU are two very different institutions, most people in Colorado don’t really view them as such. As far as Joe Sixpack is concerned, if CSU is hemorrhaging cash, CU must be too. That’s how morons like Jack Kroll get elected to the CU board of Regents and Polis as guv and a heavily DEM majority to the General Assembly!.
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FIFY!
 
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