Pure suburban blight!
Agree! I stayed at the Graduate on campus for our game at Minnesota. Its lobby had library-like kiosks where students were plugged-in, studying and having coffee. They do a terrific job integrating the university and local community’s legacy and traditions.
Here’s a pic of the Graduate in Chapel Hill. Looks like it would fit right into Oxford.
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They would not be used for intramurals as Cook is.
Sure. Why not. I’m sure if someone with money came forward, Miami would entertain it immediately. w\Why would we be opposed to it? Central location? Check. Takes up green space? Check. Fills an arena need? Check. Matter of fact, with the right planning Miami could fit an arena, a hotel, and a brand spanking new Starbucks all in that location. And think of all the savings not having to water that area.
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Might be the first and only time Millett has been described as “iconic” 
My understanding is Cook Field is being reserved for a hotel. Not an arena.
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Fuck it. One huge super-structure on Cook Field: Dig way down for a 10 level subterranean parking garage, 5000 seat basketball arena at ground level, and top it off with a 10 story hotel with the rooftop bar, “JohnnyMac’s Irish RedHawk Nest.”
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Isn’t Cook Field where Miami played their first football game vs UC in 1888?
They are great! We have stayed at the OSU version twice. Great location.
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I stayed in the one in Charlottesville and in Columbia SC. Both fun
The one in Athens GA crashed and burned.
They do a really nice job of school related branding, including famous alumni student ids as the room card
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I think that was near where Harrison Hall / King Library are located today
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Love them. I got Archie Griffin the last time we stayed there.
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I was in a basketball class with then A D Shrider when Millett was in the planning stage. The stated goal that was often brought up was to be better than St John’s at OSU. That meant wider hallways, better restrooms and concessions. No one at that time was talking about game atmosphere. No one talked about how far the students had to walk. It seemed like an assumption was made that students would always pack the place and give us a home court advantage like Withrow. Hell, I believed it just like everyone else at the time. Withrow was iconic, Millett suffered from good intentions gone wrong.
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No, but when I played intramural football that is where we practiced. And at dark it was the prime spot for blankie dates.
Wow, I can’t read.
I haven’t seen anything that would lead me to believe that Cook is reserved for a hotel. In fact, much of the discussion indicates that the arena location has priority and the hotel is on a wish list at that site. Or it could be that they will build the arena on campus, as seems to be a prevailing opinion. and put the hotel on Cook.
Hopefully, we will hear something definitive in the next month or so.
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I am not sure how Cook was utilized when I was at Miami in the mid to late 70’s, but I never played intermural football there that I recall. All I seem to remember is archery set up there.
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Indeed. And walking across it to get from one destination to another.
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Full stop: I am an eternal optimist until either my horse dies on the track, or my Jai Lai player tells me they are going to tank in advance of my bet, so I say this with some degree of dumbassery/badassery: why cap the arena size at 5k? That’s a loser mentality. Maybe we don’t do 10 k plus, but with a better product (men’s and women’s hoops will be way better, volleyball will in 2-3 years,) then we lack seats for concert revenue and packed houses for UC, X, Dayton and Oral/Wilbur U. Plus other biggies who are gonna show up while we re-enter another golden age. This is a tough equation to solve…
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If you are in NYC, check out The Graduate at Cornell Tech. Awesome view and bar top floor. Miami needs to do this as almost all the original “Public Ivy’s” have this. This will help get people to games.
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/nycgngu-graduate-new-york/gallery/
This plus JOBY AIR. 
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