UA to Renovate the JAR

[dre22era]

8 minutes ago, K92 said:

Ask LeBron for the money.  After all, he loves the Zips.

For University thats been in existence since 1870  = No and Goodnight 

[zippy5]

I mean, it is a school

[Hilltopper]

I would imagine a sizeable portion of that $5 million is in the value of the 800 Indian artifacts they are donating to establish the museum.

Edited April 20, 2017 by Hilltopper

[skip-zip]

13 minutes ago, Hilltopper said:

I would imagine a sizeable portion of that $5 million is in the value of the 800 Indian artifacts they are donating to establish the museum.

 

No.  The gift is 5 Million.  The artifacts are on loan.  

[tpsjugglerdude]

4 hours ago, dre22era said:

So why are we building museums instead of an arena?

 

I know the Oelschlagers already provide the top academic scholarship at Akron which is a full ride. It's great to see people complain that a generous family isn't donating their money where they want to see it. 

[clarkwgriswold]

11 hours ago, zippy5 said:

I mean, it is a school

Are you suggesting that academics should be the priority of a university rather than sports?  Blaspheme!

[UAZippers]

The JAR is undergoing a $1.8 million renovation to its AV systems. 

 

http://uakron.edu/purchasing/docs/JAR Renovation AV Upgrade (SF 330) Rev1.pdf

[LZIp]

1.8 million dollars?! I hope that includes some serious changes to the SD jumbo tron.

[zipsrule]

58 minutes ago, LZIp said:

1.8 million dollars?! I hope that includes some serious changes to the SD jumbo tron.

You mean the Ultra Low Def Jumbo Tron?

[akzipper]

Hopefully a new center scoreboard and ribbon boards to replace the old black and orangish-yellow boards behind each basket. Have to think the money earned from new advertising  space would be worth it. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

Maybe LeBron put the University in touch with the guy that designed The Q's megatron. 

[skip-zip]

Problem Solved.  We can just go down to Canton and use what they are going to build.  And they don't even have a D-1 basketball program anywhere in sight.  

 

He is the description of one of the buildings that will go into the new expansion of the  Hall of Fame complex.

 

The Performance Center will also house an indoor 100-yard football field with seating for 9,000 and a configuration for a basketball arena that will hold 6,000. It will also have 80,000 square feet of flat convention space.

 

It does make you wonder why a little bit more forward thinking couldn't have resulted in having something like this being incorporated into the Fieldhouse.  

 

And don't even get me started on why we built that nice, large convention center as a separate, single-purpose complex, and without an attached hotel.  Good grief.  

Edited April 23, 2017 by skip-zip

[akzipper]

 

...very jealous

Edited May 11, 2017 by akzipper

[kreed5120]

41 minutes ago, akzipper said:

 

...very jealous

 

Their fans deserve it. They sell out nearly every game and average over 13,000 fans per game. 

 

http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/03/ohio_college_basketball_attend.html

[dre22era]

We are admiring from the sidelines as usual 

[Valpo Zip]

$72M in updates?

Can't we build a brand new arena for half that amount in Akron?

Edited May 11, 2017 by Valpo Zip

[Let'sGoZips94]

Very cool video. 

[ZippyRulz]

On 5/11/2017 at 0:58 PM, Valpo Zip said:

$72M in updates?

Can't we build a brand new arena for half that amount in Akron?

 

Dang, they could have had a brand new on-campus FBS football stadium..

 

 

[skip-zip]

On 5/11/2017 at 0:02 PM, dre22era said:

We are admiring from the sidelines as usual 

 

I'm actually jealous of just the damn video itself.  Great job bringing out all the old footage of some of their most exciting moments to highlight their basketball history.  

[Balsy]

21 hours ago, skip-zip said:

 

I'm actually jealous of just the damn video itself.  Great job bringing out all the old footage of some of their most exciting moments to highlight their basketball history.  

 

Well If Akron only had people who gave-a-damn in charge...

[skip-zip]

Ladies and Gentlemen.  You're witnessing the difference between 10,000+ support per game, and 3,000+ support per game.  It's that simple.  

[zippy_ua_00]

On 5/14/2017 at 0:21 AM, skip-zip said:

Ladies and Gentlemen.  You're witnessing the difference between 10,000+ support per game, and 3,000+ support per game.  It's that simple.  

Not to mention $53k a year as opposed to $12k a year per student

[akzipper]

On 5/14/2017 at 0:21 AM, skip-zip said:

Ladies and Gentlemen.  You're witnessing the difference between 10,000+ support per game, and 3,000+ support per game.  It's that simple.  

 

I'm sure the fact that Dayton hosts NCAA tournament helps too. 

[skip-zip]

6 hours ago, zippy_ua_00 said:

Not to mention $53k a year as opposed to $12k a year per student

 

Heck, I don't know the numbers on how much a private school vs. a public school actually makes in the end, that can be funneled into building projects.  Would it be wrong to assume that the fact that Akron gets state funding, and Dayton does not, makes everything come out pretty even at the end of the day?  I'd need those more knowledgeable to clear up that issue.  The fact that you're making it sound like Dayton has a lot more money to spend because their tuition is so much higher would be misleading without subtracting everything they don't get in terms of public funds, wouldn't it?

 

Question:  Is our tuition really 12k per year now?  You guys don't want to know what I paid for tuition at Akron.  

 

24 minutes ago, akzipper said:

I'm sure the fact that Dayton hosts NCAA tournament helps too. 

 

Are you guessing that they might be getting some additional money from the NCAA for this project, because they are an annual tournament game host?  I don't even know what they get as a cut of the ticket sales from those 4 games every March.  But I've been there, and I can tell you that the Dayton fans really support those games well, and are the reason those seats are full for those games.  

Edited May 15, 2017 by skip-zip

[kreed5120]

2 hours ago, skip-zip said:

 

Heck, I don't know the numbers on how much a private school vs. a public school actually makes in the end, that can be funneled into building projects.  Would it be wrong to assume that the fact that Akron gets state funding, and Dayton does not, makes everything come out pretty even at the end of the day?  I'd need those more knowledgeable to clear up that issue.  The fact that you're making it sound like Dayton has a lot more money to spend because their tuition is so much higher would be misleading without subtracting everything they don't get in terms of public funds, wouldn't it?

 

Question:  Is our tuition really 12k per year now?  You guys don't want to know what I paid for tuition at Akron.  

 

 

Are you guessing that they might be getting some additional money from the NCAA for this project, because they are an annual tournament game host?  I don't even know what they get as a cut of the ticket sales from those 4 games every March.  But I've been there, and I can tell you that the Dayton fans really support those games well, and are the reason those seats are full for those games.  

 

I agree tuition costs has little to nothing to do with this. The difference is college basketball is a big deal in the Dayton, Cincy, Kentucky, Indiana area and it takes a backseat to the NBA in the NEO area. Not only does Dayton attract 13k+, but right down the road from them Wright State attracts 4,000+ despite playing in an inferior conference and being far less successful than Akron has been.

 

Edit: Even the t-shirt OSU fans don't care about college basketball until March Madness and that's even when OSU was good at basketball.

Edited May 15, 2017 by kreed5120