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Beeghly Center
ytownchief22:
--- Quote from: ysuhoops24 on January 22, 2019, 10:09:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: IAA Fan on January 20, 2019, 10:39:37 PM ---You guys have to be fair. The Convocation Center was built for the Cleveland Crunch (Force), CSU took control when the original owner wanted to build the Gund Arena. It's capacity for basketball is almost half of it's max. This is why we should not have under-built the Chevy Center when we did. In short, YSU is paying for things themselves & CSU did not. Sure they (CSU) pay for updating it, but they do not have a football stadium (like Stambaugh) to maintain either.
BTW, real YSU basketball fans might complain, but will still go to games and sit in bleachers. They are not doing it now and have not since before Tressel became AD. Attendance has been an issue long before Strollo.
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WRONG.
This arena was a direct result of the run Cleveland State had in the tournament with Mouse McFadden in 1986, once that run happened the wheels got put into motion for this university-owned arena. A stupid indoor soccer team never owned this arena but was just a simple tenant of the facility. Next you are going to tell me the Phantoms own Covelli.
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He's wrong about a lot of things, don't worry. Plain and simple. Half of the YSU athletic department are still stuck in the 1990's and are trying to play catch up. Beeghly is a dump.
go guins:
WRONG.
This arena was a direct result of the run Cleveland State had in the tournament with Mouse McFadden in 1986, once that run happened the wheels got put into motion for this university-owned arena. A stupid indoor soccer team never owned this arena but was just a simple tenant of the facility. Next you are going to tell me the Phantoms own Covelli.
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He's wrong about a lot of things, don't worry. Plain and simple. Half of the YSU athletic department are still stuck in the 1990's and are trying to play catch up. Beeghly is a dump.
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1AA, your implied blaming casual fans for not coming and sitting on the bleachers like "real" fans is insulting and self defeating. The only source of "real" fans is from casual fans, we need to make the entire experience as pleasant as possible. Question is: remodel or replace. Save 10's of millions with a full blown remodel, and should get 95% of what a new building will get, sans the hype of a new place (which is important too)
YSU1:
I have heard previously that the Cleveland State's arena is a huge money pit because they do not have enough events to help pay for it. Basketball alone certainly will not even pay the light bill
YSUFANSINCE1990:
Ask any recruit, facilities are important. Beeghly is awful. Bob Huggins refused to have West Virginia play there, that is why next year's game is at the Covelli Centre.
go guins:
--- Quote from: YSUFANSINCE1990 on January 23, 2019, 10:21:10 AM --- Ask any recruit, facilities are important. Beeghly is awful. Bob Huggins refused to have West Virginia play there, that is why next year's game is at the Covelli Centre.
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OK, OK, I hear all the criticism. I doubt Huggins would have agreed to play on campus no mater what we have. He wants the "big stage". Remember, with the $55 million dollar palace at CSU, they traded management of the facility for the right to play some CSU games at The Q. And I quote: "In 2015, it was announced that CSU had an agreement with the management of Quicken Loans Arena (popularly known as "The Q"), where The Q would essentially take over operations of the Wolstein Center, promoting and booking events at the venue, while in return select Vikings men's basketball games would be played at The Q". This is actually similar to what Warren Oh did with the Packard Music Hall and the managment team at the Covelli Centre
My question was and is this: Do you try to raise 40-50 MILLION to replace on 10-20 to update?
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