MDZip Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Beacon posted an article on the impact of UA sports in general and Infocision in particular on downtown (and area) businesses. Still shows UA to be a positive force in the local economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 Beacon posted an article on the impact of UA sports in general and Infocision in particular on downtown (and area) businesses. Still shows UA to be a positive force in the local economy.I can really see the potential for Akron to have a first class game day experience. Tailgating for the first three games was great and the bars were fun before the Can't game. There has also been a noticeable uptrend in the amount of Zips gear being worn on non game days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 The real benefits of an economic engine like this won't become apparent for a few more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms133@uakron.edu Posted November 13, 2009 Report Share Posted November 13, 2009 This makes ChristianZIP happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Are there any rumors of development along Exchange St.? Though the economy is admittedly in the tank, I was still hoping for more by now. Exchange Street is not only a blighted embarrassment, it's dangerous. Gotta... keep... beating... the... ghetto... back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxZIP Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Are there any rumors of development along Exchange St.? Though the economy is admittedly in the tank, I was still hoping for more by now. Exchange Street is not only a blighted embarrassment, it's dangerous. Gotta... keep... beating... the... ghetto... back! I think they are moving in the right direction. The stadium and new residence halls will bring more students and fans to the area . Bringing in more normal people will hopefully change the types of businesses there. Out with tattoos, carwashes, plasma centers, and head shops. The last 7 years have seen remarkable change on Exchange. A new Stadium, 2-3 new residence halls, National City Bank, McDonalds, The new Taco Bell?, DQ, The Bike shop, Those new Condos, Expanded Parking deck are a great start. Give it 5 more years and Exchange will be looking fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmd9 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Are there any rumors of development along Exchange St.? Though the economy is admittedly in the tank, I was still hoping for more by now. Exchange Street is not only a blighted embarrassment, it's dangerous. Gotta... keep... beating... the... ghetto... back! I think they are moving in the right direction. The stadium and new residence halls will bring more students and fans to the area . Bringing in more normal people will hopefully change the types of businesses there. Out with tattoos, carwashes, plasma centers, and head shops. The last 7 years have seen remarkable change on Exchange. A new Stadium, 2-3 new residence halls, National City Bank, McDonalds, The new Taco Bell?, DQ, The Bike shop, Those new Condos, Expanded Parking deck are a great start. Give it 5 more years and Exchange will be looking fine. I really want a pedestrian bridge that goes across exchange. All the students that live at the Exchange Res Hall, Gallucci, and townhouses have to walk all the way up to McDonalds and cross there. Same with those coming from Folk Hall. It is a pain, and it's just a matter of time until someone gets injured by some of these crazy akron drivers. It also adds about 5-10 minutes of standing waiting for the light, which is normally short walk to the union or class. I mean there's a bridge between robs and simmons hall...and that street is no where near as busy as exchange is. Also this would get rid of the need for crossing guards on gameday. With about half of the tailgaters coming from that area, it would make the walk up the street to InfoCision much safer and enjoyable. The only problem I would see would be the bums that wonder the street, might use that bridge as a house. Maybe UA can make it only accessible via zipcard or something, at night or on non-gamedays...just an idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmd9 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. I've been complaining about the lack of concerts at InfoCision Stadium, but I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootforRoo44 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. I've been complaining about the lack of concerts at InfoCision Stadium, but I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... Do yourself a favor then and take a chance on the BlueCoats or some of the other 's that will be there. You'll be pleasantly surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Z Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... How did we go from having Monsters of Rock festival to wishing for Jay-Z or Dave Mathews!?!? I've seen Nirvana at the JAR, Tool at the Daily Double. What happen to the Akron music scene??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... How did we go from having Monsters of Rock festival to wishing for Jay-Z or Dave Mathews!?!? I've seen Nirvana at the JAR, Tool at the Daily Double. What happen to the Akron music scene??? LOL LA GEAR...stupid 80's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. Nice stretch but this is not a concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Are there any rumors of development along Exchange St.? Though the economy is admittedly in the tank, I was still hoping for more by now. Exchange Street is not only a blighted embarrassment, it's dangerous. Gotta... keep... beating... the... ghetto... back! I think they are moving in the right direction. The stadium and new residence halls will bring more students and fans to the area . Bringing in more normal people will hopefully change the types of businesses there. Out with tattoos, carwashes, plasma centers, and head shops. The last 7 years have seen remarkable change on Exchange. A new Stadium, 2-3 new residence halls, National City Bank, McDonalds, The new Taco Bell?, DQ, The Bike shop, Those new Condos, Expanded Parking deck are a great start. Give it 5 more years and Exchange will be looking fine. I really want a pedestrian bridge that goes across exchange. All the students that live at the Exchange Res Hall, Gallucci, and townhouses have to walk all the way up to McDonalds and cross there. Same with those coming from Folk Hall. It is a pain, and it's just a matter of time until someone gets injured by some of these crazy akron drivers. It also adds about 5-10 minutes of standing waiting for the light, which is normally short walk to the union or class. I mean there's a bridge between robs and simmons hall...and that street is no where near as busy as exchange is. Also this would get rid of the need for crossing guards on gameday. With about half of the tailgaters coming from that area, it would make the walk up the street to InfoCision much safer and enjoyable. The only problem I would see would be the bums that wonder the street, might use that bridge as a house. Maybe UA can make it only accessible via zipcard or something, at night or on non-gamedays...just an idea The idea of a bridge has been discussed and discarded. Planners state that human nature dictates that people will only use the bridge if it is in close proximity to them. Those further east or west of the bridge will not walk to it. They will simply take their chances and cross Exchange wherever they stand. And, while this isn't a rumor or a done deal, there is discussion of one day rerouting East Exchange in that area and making a commons that will integrate the planned new south campus (the land currently south of East Exchange Street) with the current north campus. I was surprised to hear this as I was always skeptical about such a move. Nonetheless, UA is giving serious consideration to this idea and I support it 200% Also, the ABJ story makes it very clear that UA doesn't have to build its facilities on Main Street or right up inside the mayor's butt hole in order to benefit downtown. Again, real university campuses already know this fact. The slow learners in Akron and on this site can't seem to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandzip Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. I've been complaining about the lack of concerts at InfoCision Stadium, but I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... Do yourself a favor then and take a chance on the BlueCoats or some of the other 's that will be there. You'll be pleasantly surprised. Five of the corps coming finished in the top ten last year, and several UA students march with the Bluecoats. Should be a good turnout and a nice showcase for the stadium. They never have the best corps at the show in Canton so I've done roadtrips the last couple of years to get to some of the bigger shows. It's going to be nice to have a good one right down the street. Looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyforPresident Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I was hoping for something along the lines of Jay-Z, Dave Matthews, not really interested in a marching band... How did we go from having Monsters of Rock festival to wishing for Jay-Z or Dave Mathews!?!? I've seen Nirvana at the JAR, Tool at the Daily Double. What happen to the Akron music scene??? Nirvana played at the JAR?!! That. is. AWESOME! As for the music scene in Akron, there are still some pretty good venues to see quality local bands. I'm not much into the pop or hip hop scene, but if you're interested in more of the guitar oriented variety of music loosely defined as "rock" places like the Mocha Maiden and Annabell's have a lot of quality live music. Thursday's and The Matinee also have shows on certain days. It's too bad the Lime Spider closed. I've been in bands that have played all of these places and have had a lot of fun both playing and watching bands play at all of these venues. Mocha Maiden is probably the nicest and cleanest venue I have ever played or seen a band at. And as far as your Nirvana experience at the JAR goes, the closest I can come to that is having seen the Pixies there a few years back. That was a really good show. Oh, and to stay vaguely on topic... I think UA sports have a very positive impact on the city, especially with the Info taking up the corner of Spicer and Exchange. A lot of revenue can be generated from that addition to the campus. The Exchange strip is twice the place it was 9-10 years ago and is slowly but surely moving in the right direction. Eradicate the ZLB plasma services, get some more investors for the blocks behind exchange and drive out some of those slum lords and "University Park" can be a pretty nice place I believe. Also kudos to the Don Drumm studios for having a positive impact on that area and doing something creative with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosAngelesZipFan Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 It would be fantastic if they re-routed Exchange. That's the missing piece. Unify the campus, gain a bunch of space to build new academic buildings on. It'd be amazing. They said Buchtel could never be closed. It happened. This can happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 It would be fantastic if they re-routed Exchange. That's the missing piece. Unify the campus, gain a bunch of space to build new academic buildings on. It'd be amazing. They said Buchtel could never be closed. It happened. This can happen. Believe it or not, UA is more optimistic about doing this than I was. And I agree with you 100%. They also once claimed that there was no room for an on-campus stadium and then, tada! We need more can-do people in Akron and less can't do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmd9 Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 It would be fantastic if they re-routed Exchange. That's the missing piece. Unify the campus, gain a bunch of space to build new academic buildings on. It'd be amazing. They said Buchtel could never be closed. It happened. This can happen. Isn't Buchtel still open? or did they just re-route it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 It would be fantastic if they re-routed Exchange. That's the missing piece. Unify the campus, gain a bunch of space to build new academic buildings on. It'd be amazing. They said Buchtel could never be closed. It happened. This can happen. Isn't Buchtel still open? or did they just re-route it? The old Buchtel was closed and replaced by opening the new Buchtel just north of it. They did a good job but may have to move the new Buchtel further north before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 http://www.dci.org/schedule/detail.cfm?eve...a5-5a0c7d747523 This should draw a good crowd this summer. Not sure what the geopolitics are but the Bluecoats are from Canton and used to hold this event at Fawcett Stadium, last I knew. It probably can make more revenue at the Info with the loges & party rooms, etc. A lot of youths from all over get to visit UA just spent the last couple hours youtube'ing the bluecoats. Im sold. Ill be there. Bluecoats will be ready: http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=c...2e-09bbf8a17738 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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