I used to go many years ago to Nebraska games in their old Armory Fieldhouse. If you sat in the front row you would have to move your legs when a player had to inbound the ball from the sidelines since the fans were right on top of the action. The noise would get so loud at times I wanted to cover my ears which I attributed to the half domed roof structure with attendance IIRC in the 7500 range, not that much more than what we are building.
I think a retro fieldhouse look with modern amenities ( comfortable seats, suites, etc.) could be the exact opposite of what we have with Millet. Sounds good to me.
I donât think Miami fans hate the new arena. I think an old open fieldhouse looks awesome. The people who hate building on the green space (field turf) are annoying students and faculty who arenât happy unless they have a cause to rally against.
I completely concur. First design absolutely had flaws. Donât think one will ever arrive at something thatâs universally accepted. And those who donât and an arena (or want infill or whatever), will dislike any design.
I simply donât care where the arena is located, as long as itâs decently on campus, and I donât really care what it looks like, as long as it has modern amenities and set up for a good environment. Just get it done!
So the main reason Miami is in business, is to educate students. Now we have those on a message board referring to those very students, as âannoyingâ. Interesting.
This is not a comment by me on the arena, I am strongly in favor of a new arena. My position on that has been well stated.
I certainly wasnât referring to all students or faculty as annoying. I was referring to the âannoyingâ minority who have to have a cause to worked up about.
For what it is worth, my daughter has been subjected to those âannoying students who have to have a cause to be worked up aboutâ, and I am not talking about the arena. I also donât use the word âannoyingâ to describe those individuals.
Everyone is allowed to have opinionsâŚeven students. If it annoys you, even if theyâre in the minority too efinâ bad. If itâs students, faculty and bless their hearts townies that are annoying remember that this is is their place now and not ours. Iâm in the minority here in that I say keep the green space. Even if itâs half Astro turf. To me, between the arena, restaurants and a hotel itâs way, way too crowded for the space. Out of character for the rest of of the campus. To me it looks like theyâre trying to put 20 pounds of shit in a 10 pound bag.
Letâs keep in mind that the vast majority of Miamiâs students on campus today will, in all likelihood, have graduated/ moved on by the time the new BB arena will open for play.
Furthermore, most of Miamiâs younger graduates, in relatively newly employed, will not have the time to be going to too many Miami sporting eventsâŚas if they even go them now.
Further furthermore, just about any Miami graduate is an unlikely âsubstantial contributorâ to the school until they cross the 50-age slotâŚ
So why should the powers that conduct these types of surveys care what the generally currently disinterested, unknowledgeable, otherwise occupied, impoverished, etc., etc. masses of students, and recent graduates think about what a building looks like or where itâs located if they likely have no skin in the game?
Same could be applied to the townies who seem to bitch about paying $20 for a ticket to anything on campus involving sportsâŚunless thereâs a group discount or some other form of free shit accompanying their ticket.
Miami athletics is a business, not a charity or social service agency. Yes, you can be nice to people along lifeâs pathway but bending over backward just doesnât get the bus moving.
Talk about being oblivious to reality. How can you claim students have no skin in the game when student fees are funding the âbusiness of Miami athleticsâ? And if Miami athletics is a âbusinessâ they need to declare bankruptcy.
Iâm probably wrong (and it wouldnât be the first time) but I would guess that the majority of enrolled Miami students do not know how the fees their parents pay on their behalf are disbursed. Now their parents may bitch about this but most kids are likely obliviousâŚan exception allowed for any students who actually cut their own check to pay Miami.
