mets1090
Probably returning some video tapes...
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A brand new stadium would probably go a long way towards drawing more than the few dozen students we currently get to go to games. Draw some more students and the atmosphere gets better. The atmosphere gets better and more students will go. A better atmosphere will grow the general buzz of the program and help to draw more of the general CT population.
Bottom line, with continued success and relative dominance of the Northeast, there's no reason we can't significantly boost our attendance with a new stadium. If it's all through private donations, I don't particularly care if they make it bigger rather than smaller. If a 3000 seat stadium makes it more likely that we host a regional with a fringe top 16 record/ranking compared to having a 2500 seat stadium, then I say go for it. If room for temporary seats to expand it to 6000 instead of 5000 helps, then do that too. If you can find people that want to pay for it and it stands a decent chance to help the program, I don't see any reason not to.
Edit: Although I do get the reasoning that we don't need a 5,000 seat stadium that expands to 10,000. Just a generalization that if we get the funds to make something better than what is necessary, we might as well spend on the luxury of a bigger stadium. It can help draw regionals and recruits, so why not.
Bottom line, with continued success and relative dominance of the Northeast, there's no reason we can't significantly boost our attendance with a new stadium. If it's all through private donations, I don't particularly care if they make it bigger rather than smaller. If a 3000 seat stadium makes it more likely that we host a regional with a fringe top 16 record/ranking compared to having a 2500 seat stadium, then I say go for it. If room for temporary seats to expand it to 6000 instead of 5000 helps, then do that too. If you can find people that want to pay for it and it stands a decent chance to help the program, I don't see any reason not to.
Edit: Although I do get the reasoning that we don't need a 5,000 seat stadium that expands to 10,000. Just a generalization that if we get the funds to make something better than what is necessary, we might as well spend on the luxury of a bigger stadium. It can help draw regionals and recruits, so why not.