Waste of money: Georgia State Stadium

floridajacket said:
So is the Board of Regents alright with this? Either the taxpayers or students will have to pay for this. There is no way this will be paid by athletic revenues.
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Yes they approved purchase of property. Appears their administration wants to work and help all aspects of the school's undertakings.
 
Some of the attitudes displayed here are very similar to previous, somewhat arrogant and elitist, positions taken by GT fans before.

I am old enough to remember when GT had the largest on campus stadium in the South. Bigger than ANYONE else in the SEC, and of course ACC.

When Ugag, many years ago, announced plans to try and add enough seats to get to, hopefully, 50,000 the guffaws and snide remarks from our quarters were deafening. "What a waste." "They will never sell those seats."

You get the picture. And where do we stand now?

NEVER EVER take any competition for granted. And they are competition for the college football $. Maybe not now, but we have seen this before. Same applies to KSU (they would never beat us in one of the 2 major sports, right?)

At this moment, I do not see what we have to be so arrogant about.
 
floridajacket said:
So is the Board of Regents alright with this? Either the taxpayers or students will have to pay for this. There is no way this will be paid by athletic revenues.
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Geez. Research is not hard. This process has been 2 years long and some are just now hearing of it? The BOR final approval was yesterday. There is no tuition increase and no taxpayer hit. Institutional funds and private money. The stadium name ia generic because we are selling naming rights.

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baruman said:
Geez. Research is not hard. This process has been 2 years long and some are just now hearing of it? The BOR final approval was yesterday. There is no tuition increase and no taxpayer hit. Institutional funds and private money. The stadium name ia generic because we are selling naming rights.

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State alum stepping up to build facilities. If GSU ever surpasses Tech athletics, this will be why - a more impassioned alumni.
 
When Life Chiropractic College was teetering on bankruptcy, they tried to sell the campus, which is a very nice campus, to SPSU since the two are next door to each other and SPSU needed the space and would have liked to grown a bit. The BOR turned down the proposal. I guess buying a football stadium for Georgia State makes much more sense. Now, SPSU is no more and is a part of KSU (after one time being part of GT, but breaking away in 1982). Our BOR is pretty well a useless group of bureaucrats.
 
JacketFan77 said:
State alum stepping up to build facilities. If GSU ever surpasses Tech athletics, this will be why - a more impassioned alumni.
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Don't forget sidewalk fans.

Good programs have sidewalk fans who aren't 'all talk, no action.'
 
The picture is misleading. Stadium is being retrofitted to cover entire upper deck. 23K capacity.

This development is going to have a huge impact on the surrounding area in a way the Braves never could due to negligent city politics.
 
GT flunkout said:
The picture is misleading. Stadium is being retrofitted to cover entire upper deck. 23K capacity.

This development is going to have a huge impact on the surrounding area in a way the Braves never could due to negligent city politics.
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We heard that before.

Which college stadium and dorms have improved the surrounding area?

IMO college students either keep in dorms or go to bars/places in more desirable neighborhoods. The North Avenue dorms have been there 20 years and not a single restaurant or bar has opened in the close vicinity.
 
cyptomcat said:
We heard that before.

Which college stadium and dorms have improved the surrounding area?

IMO college students either keep in dorms or go to bars/places in more desirable neighborhoods. The North Avenue dorms have been there 20 years and not a single restaurant or bar has opened in the close vicinity.
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The developments are being proposed with private partnerships. Think Tech Square expansion and not dorms on an island. Lots of classroom and academic buildings and non-student housing on the board.

North Avenue dorms are a lame comparison anyways. There is no available real estate anywhere close and Peachtree and midtown are blocks away.
 
JJacket said:
When Life Chiropractic College was teetering on bankruptcy, they tried to sell the campus, which is a very nice campus, to SPSU since the two are next door to each other and SPSU needed the space and would have liked to grown a bit. The BOR turned down the proposal. I guess buying a football stadium for Georgia State makes much more sense. Now, SPSU is no more and is a part of KSU (after one time being part of GT, but breaking away in 1982). Our BOR is pretty well a useless group of bureaucrats.
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They are not buying us a stadium. We are buying the stadium. They just had to approve the purchase plan and funding.
 
cyptomcat said:
We heard that before.

Which college stadium and dorms have improved the surrounding area?

IMO college students either keep in dorms or go to bars/places in more desirable neighborhoods. The North Avenue dorms have been there 20 years and not a single restaurant or bar has opened in the close vicinity.
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Its not dorms. Its a 300 million dollar development partnered with Carter USA and includes retail, apartments, condos, private dorms etc. Think Atlantic Station with a athletic component.
 
baruman said:
Its not dorms. Its a 300 million dollar development partnered with Carter USA and includes retail, apartments, condos, private dorms etc. Think Atlantic Station with a athletic component.
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Atlantic Station got pretty shitty
 
baruman said:
They are not buying us a stadium. We are buying the stadium. They just had to approve the purchase plan and funding.
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Well "we" SPSU was going to spend a shit ton less money and actually get a nice campus out of it already connected to the current Marietta campus.

If Georgia State pays for this and doesn't have to take in additional state funding somewhere, it will be a miracle. it is a lot of money for a few folks to see 7 ballgames a season. it will be a boondoggle.
 
JacketFan77 said:
State alum stepping up to build facilities. If GSU ever surpasses Tech athletics, this will be why - a more impassioned alumni.
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More organized, as well. I've offered to be a bag man at least a dozen times and I still haven't been contacted.
 
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