Comments on: The Con View: We Don’t Need a New Husky Stadium http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/ Curious Georges in a conversation with Seattle Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Adam http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2565 Adam Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:07:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2565 Agreed. If nothing else, it'll be a valuable test for the long-term viability of the concept of mixed-use/multi-tenant stadiums (and a source of nightmares in the scheduling departments of MLS, the NFL, and the NCAA). The outcome may well impact future mixed-use venue decisions around the country, or perhaps even around the world. Agreed. If nothing else, it’ll be a valuable test for the long-term viability of the concept of mixed-use/multi-tenant stadiums (and a source of nightmares in the scheduling departments of MLS, the NFL, and the NCAA). The outcome may well impact future mixed-use venue decisions around the country, or perhaps even around the world.

]]> By: Michael van Baker http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2564 Michael van Baker Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:53:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2564 You make a good point. However, they're going to have to make it work somehow, because that's where the Huskies are to play when Husky Stadium is being renovated. So it can't be impossible. And again, all of this speculation might be improbable--it's just that I haven't seen anyone demonstrate that. You make a good point. However, they’re going to have to make it work somehow, because that’s where the Huskies are to play when Husky Stadium is being renovated. So it can’t be impossible. And again, all of this speculation might be improbable–it’s just that I haven’t seen anyone demonstrate that.

]]> By: Adam http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2563 Adam Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:42:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2563 You forget the new(ish) team in town already makes Qwest a mixed use stadium: the Sounders. MLS games are played almost exclusively on Saturdays through the summer, but well into college football season as well. The Sounders already create a logistical challenge for the grounds crew at Qwest (who have met it with aplomb thus far), who during the Fall have to convert the stadium overnight from Sounders to Seahawks. The Sounders are primary tenants, and part of their requirement to play there is that there are no football lines on the field. (oh, and just to drive home the point, Saturdays in the fall might cause problems.) I realize the need for a place for the Huskies to play, but they can't just muscle the Sounders out from their own home. You forget the new(ish) team in town already makes Qwest a mixed use stadium: the Sounders. MLS games are played almost exclusively on Saturdays through the summer, but well into college football season as well. The Sounders already create a logistical challenge for the grounds crew at Qwest (who have met it with aplomb thus far), who during the Fall have to convert the stadium overnight from Sounders to Seahawks. The Sounders are primary tenants, and part of their requirement to play there is that there are no football lines on the field. (oh, and just to drive home the point, Saturdays in the fall might cause problems.) I realize the need for a place for the Huskies to play, but they can’t just muscle the Sounders out from their own home.

]]> By: Michael van Baker http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2562 Michael van Baker Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:57:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2562 "Overlooking"--or did I actually spell that out in the post? I'm pretty sure that's exactly what this line says in the English language: "I appreciate the fact that the UW department of Intercollegiate Athletics is responsible for the funding, and that they'll do this by issuing 30-year bonds backed by revenues from donations ($50 million) and increased income (naming rights, premium seating, soaking the Tyee Club)."<br/><br/>I can't say that it does or doesn't impact academic funding--that argument was made by the UW's athletic director, who might better know. My point is simply that $250 million from private pockets is $250 million less in the overall UW donor pool. Are the majority of UW donors inclined to give only to support football? That may well be. But then let's not pretend that a football program adds much to the university's academic donor base. “Overlooking”–or did I actually spell that out in the post? I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what this line says in the English language: “I appreciate the fact that the UW department of Intercollegiate Athletics is responsible for the funding, and that they’ll do this by issuing 30-year bonds backed by revenues from donations ($50 million) and increased income (naming rights, premium seating, soaking the Tyee Club).”

I can’t say that it does or doesn’t impact academic funding–that argument was made by the UW’s athletic director, who might better know. My point is simply that $250 million from private pockets is $250 million less in the overall UW donor pool. Are the majority of UW donors inclined to give only to support football? That may well be. But then let’s not pretend that a football program adds much to the university’s academic donor base.

]]> By: Matt http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2561 Matt Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:09:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2561 Funding for the renovation is coming from private sources and ticket sales -- not public tax dollars.<br/><br/>The argument that the stadium renovation is taking money away from academics is completely false. Funding for the renovation is coming from private sources and ticket sales — not public tax dollars.

The argument that the stadium renovation is taking money away from academics is completely false.

]]> By: Audrey Hendrickson http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2560 Audrey Hendrickson Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:01:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2560 Oh bilco. We missed you when you were away! Oh bilco. We missed you when you were away!

]]> By: bilco http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2559 bilco Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:19:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2559 Didn't we just build some fancy-ass new wing to this thing?<br/><br/>Does any education go on at this institution, or is it just the free training facility for the NFL? Didn’t we just build some fancy-ass new wing to this thing?

Does any education go on at this institution, or is it just the free training facility for the NFL?

]]> By: Mark http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2558 Mark Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:10:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2558 They should go to such lengths to try offsetting tuition costs. Or is it trickle-down from the football team? They should go to such lengths to try offsetting tuition costs. Or is it trickle-down from the football team?

]]> By: TroyJMorris http://thesunbreak.com/2010/12/07/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium/#comment-2557 TroyJMorris Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:54:00 +0000 /2010/12/06/the-con-view-we-dont-need-a-new-husky-stadium#comment-2557 They should use the new stadium for wicked awesome physics experiments. Perhaps include a photon accelerator. They should use the new stadium for wicked awesome physics experiments. Perhaps include a photon accelerator.

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