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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbufan Date: May 19, 2015, 9:48 am
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Here's a rendering of the proposed stadium expansion they
proposed last night at the seawolves united road show
HTML https://twitter.com/SeawolvesUnited/status/600437331313762305
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 19, 2015, 10:05 am
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thanks! cant get in. can anyone post a link or photos!?!?!?
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbufan Date: May 19, 2015, 2:45 pm
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HTML http://brook.lan
d/2015/05/athletics-unveils-new-100-million-five-year-plan/
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 20, 2015, 8:31 am
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my thoughts:
-all this assumes we can get the resources, but the plan looks
great.
-everyone is thinking the same thing, can we fill it.
-one of the things I love about LaValle is that you can sit in
the lower bowl and see the trees and hills and other parts of
campus. gives it a nice college feel. obviously this is more
important to have the bigger stadium, but I will miss that
aspect.
-with new dorms going up just east of the stadium (and just west
of the stadium in the next few years) there will hopefully be
more students in proximity that will attend.
-a specified area for tailgating is a great idea. and so easy
to implement. to me this sounds like the administration finally
got on board with the fact that tailgating brings students and
fans, and while there are certainly safety issues, find a way to
get it done.
-fieldhouse looks great; note that it looks like its planned to
go directly north of LaValle, meaning the path to the train
station has to be moved (?).
HTML https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kenneth+P.Lavalle+Stadium/@40.9188164,-73.1241937,544m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e83f24c6bc84e3:0x160bb4dcebd399ec
-with greater capacity, they obviously need to plan for traffic;
sitting on nicholls road waiting to make a left is a quick way
to turn fans off. parking too.
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbufan Date: May 20, 2015, 9:26 am
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Agree with everything Chairman. $100 million in 5 years seems
VERY ambitious. I have to think the only way that's possible is
if Heilbron gets James Simons on board, and Simons doens't
strike me as the college athletics kind of guy. Either way I
like that they put their intentions out there. I think its nice
to show recruits where we want the program to go.
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbugold Date: May 20, 2015, 10:04 am
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While I whole-heartedly agree that this is all wonderful for
recruiting efforts and the long-term athletic profile and
branding for SBU, I wish there had been at least some attention
to some of the lesser profile sports which deserve recognition
and support as well.
For example, the swimming pool was unceremoniously seized from
the swimming team some years ago, and from time to time there is
mention (including in some of Dr. Stanley's speeches) that it
will soon be returned. Where is it? Is there a specific plan?
The baseball team has certainly provided some exciting moments
over the years, but the University doesn't seem to invest much
hype or funding to raise its profile. Don't you think it would
be worth investing some energy and a few bucks to attract fans
to Joe Nathan Field and try to brand the team as a Northeast
baseball dynasty for the future. How about some real grandstand
seating for starters.
Hockey might be another candidate for some real thought about
creating true NCAA rivalries, since the Northeast is a hotbed of
hockey interest.
Just sayin'....
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: Hammertime Date: May 20, 2015, 2:09 pm
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I agree gold.. Football Is Heilbron main attraction right now.
I would love to the SB play in the NCAA Div1 hockey. OMG. That
place would pack out at every game... forget it though, I
already asked!!!!!
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbufan Date: May 20, 2015, 2:45 pm
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Hammer, did you go to the event last night? Anything not
mentioned in the article that stood out?
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: sbufan Date: May 20, 2015, 2:56 pm
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[quote author=sbugold link=topic=109.msg13395#msg13395
date=1432134289]
While I whole-heartedly agree that this is all wonderful for
recruiting efforts and the long-term athletic profile and
branding for SBU, I wish there had been at least some attention
to some of the lesser profile sports which deserve recognition
and support as well.
For example, the swimming pool was unceremoniously seized from
the swimming team some years ago, and from time to time there is
mention (including in some of Dr. Stanley's speeches) that it
will soon be returned. Where is it? Is there a specific plan?
The baseball team has certainly provided some exciting moments
over the years, but the University doesn't seem to invest much
hype or funding to raise its profile. Don't you think it would
be worth investing some energy and a few bucks to attract fans
to Joe Nathan Field and try to brand the team as a Northeast
baseball dynasty for the future. How about some real grandstand
seating for starters.
Hockey might be another candidate for some real thought about
creating true NCAA rivalries, since the Northeast is a hotbed of
hockey interest.
Just sayin'....
[/quote]
What's going on with the swimming and diving team is mystery. I
believe the plan was to renovate the swimming pool, but from
what I can tell, that still hasn't started.
The article looks at the field house through the lens of
football, but I actually think the spring sports that start in
January are going to benefit the most from it. I don't know what
the baseball team currently does when there's snow on Joe Nathan
field, but I'm sure it'll be nice to have the field house to run
drills in instead. I don't think its a coincidence that our CWS
run took place after a historically mild winter..
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Re: Athletic Facility Masterplan
By: Hammertime Date: May 20, 2015, 3:52 pm
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[quote author=sbufan link=topic=109.msg13397#msg13397
date=1432151144]
Hammer, did you go to the event last night? Anything not
mentioned in the article that stood out?
[/quote]
Yes, I went to the Road Show last night. Nothing earth
shattering and nothing we don't already know..I really don't see
how SB plan on getting 100 million through fundraising in 5
years. That goal will not be met unless the state steps in and
we know now that's not going to happen. I did ask the board a
question about volunteering my time for free with helping SB
Athletes any way I can. Several people also were on board with
this as well. Not a bad thing considering I am not a SB Alumni.
I did go to John J in the City though! !!
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