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So what you want is UCF without the upper deck. Lower bowl holds 7k with double level of suites on one side. The other three sides have an upper deck with 3k seats. Remove the opper deck seats, keep the suites...there you go.

You do realize that the upper level of Halton has a jogging track around it and three of the four upper deck seating areas fold in to be used for rec hoops and volleyball? No suites. It's an oversized JAR. That being said, when it is full it is loud as all get out with the relatively low ceiling and seats on top of the court.

I dont disagree with you. i was just saying for funding purposes you have to be creative and adding the elements "behind the wall" is what opened up the funding. Here is an image of the closed end. Here is the new arena at Saint Louis. They copied aspects of our arena after design crews visited but did a complete bowl and moved the suites to the upper deck. Makes for closer seats for regular seats but may have cost them on premiums for the suites... It seats 10,600

I'm a little biased as a Xavier grad, but as an Akron native, I think something like Xavier's Cintas center would work well. Cintas Center 10,250 seats seems right for attendance. The open end of the building has the student section...1,000 seats. 25 suites. There is a club lounge for the big donors you can't see in the picture. Behind the wall on the open end are athletics offices, a conference center, a dinning facility, and practice gym. In order to get the funding it could be positioned as a "convocation center" like Cintas without the staleness of the "multi-purpose JAR. This format of the arena is good for mid tier concerts with floor seating and the stage at the open end...again another way to get funding...multiple events. Oh...and you are welcome for us beating Memphis.

That is AWESOME. I wish I had the balls to say something like that. It has nothing to do with ball. Just say it. I'll never see that guy again in my life.......unless he takes the managers job at Five Guys at Rivergate.I'm more of a BT's Burger Joint guy myself....when I'm not high lifing it at City Tavern.

It looks like your sources are correct. On ticketmaster right now you can buy seats in 210 (priority reserve chairbacks) and right next door in 208. Looks like there will be about 20k there.

Scalping for a Zips game? I must be dreaming.Looks like it was a good choice not to open with a "name" opponent. Game 1 sold out because its new and Game 2 sold out because of the B11 team. Nice!

Probably looking to maximize revenue. If 5500 tix aren't picked up, they can sell them since UA is expecting a sellout for game 1 and a sell out for a big11 team.

JohnnyZip, I stand guilty as charged about beating on the distinction between PENN and Penn STATE. Please understand: It is more out of respect for Penn than it is for my own alma mater. Penn has been around since 1740 -- founded by Ben Franklin -- and is obviously an Ivy League school. Penn State is a "Moo U" -- land grant institution, and has only been around since 1855. I chose Penn State over Penn b/c (a) after getting married to a North Carolina girl while in the Army, I wanted to be close to my home area (near Williamsport) so my folks could get to know my bride and ( I wanted to enjoy football season cheering for Lions, not Quakers.However, note that date: The Pennsylvania STATE University was founded in 1855; the pretenders in Columbus are Johnny-come-lately's (sorry, couldn't resist) with a founding year of 1870. I know you couched your observation in the realm of college football, but history is history.To the point of we Lions fans using "Linebacker U": Many of us take it for granted that Penn State is synonymous with Linebacker U. I know the Times-Dispatch tried to show how that other state school deserved that title -- sorry, no sale.Mad props for the Orwell reference. I work in a department at Duke University that lives by the mantra that "Some animals are more equal than others." so live an Orwellian existence.And major props to you also, ZipTrumpet, for noting that Pennsylvania is in fact a commonwealth. Can you name the three others without an Internet search? I am betting you can . . . you Akron folks are an erudite bunch! And technically technically, we should be "The Pennsylvania Commonwealth University" since my diploma says "The Pennsylvania State University." I have no desire to see Penn State referred to as tPSU -- esp. since TP plays for the Buckeyes.Kentucky, Virginia, and Mass

Agree. Let it get established for a year.Maybe they could paint A K R O N on the grass in big white block letters, kind of in homage to the Rubber Bowl/Fulton Airport.http://www.flickr.com/photos/98131992@N00/3524581902/You know that is a great idea! I doubt they would fit but it would be cool to take the actual concrete from the RB.That would look cool....like Folsom Field in Boulder.....Paint would kill the grass. Lets put it in block letters with concrete. That would give the students something extra easy to slip on. Future phone call....."Hi Mom, I just paid for the rest of my education and living expenses for the rest of my life.........split my head open on the concrete K on the hill behind the south endzone."Party pooper...I was think cement...And who's to say we will need the grass seating anyway...unfortunately. If they don't need it for students on openning day...they may not need it at all.

Agree. Let it get established for a year.Maybe they could paint A K R O N on the grass in big white block letters, kind of in homage to the Rubber Bowl/Fulton Airport.http://www.flickr.com/photos/98131992@N00/3524581902/You know that is a great idea! I doubt they would fit but it would be cool to take the actual concrete from the RB.That would look cool....like Folsom Field in Boulder.....

#$%^% you Sean Miller...messing up X while strengthening your boy Matta.

Sorry. Maybe just wishful thinking on my part.

I know I'm looking at this from my Xavier glasses but I think that statement is incorrect. And this is coming from someone that is from Akron, whose family all went to Akron,and who roots for the Zips as their number 2 team. Akron went to the tourney for the first time in 20+ years and has zero NBA players over that time period. XU pays coaches more...has been to 2 elite 8s and one sweet 16 over the past 6 years, plays to a sold out 10k arena, and develops NBA talent - both in the NBA (West, Posey, etc.) and on the roster (potentially Brown, Crawford).Saying its just another non-major team defies the logic as to why he came to UA from RMU...Now if you said that since he's Associate Head coach and will prbably stay at UA until he gets a head coaching gig rather than another assictant gig, I'd buy that.

Now that XU assistant Chris Mack has been promoted to HC, there are rumors that Mack may try and bring in Boals (sp?) as his number two. They have been crossing paths at summer camps, recruiting, and the past two years of XU/UofA scrimages. Mack wants to keep Weatherspoon and convince Payne to come to X. Any thoughts?