Kolek planning to go pro
I recall 25 years ago when Miller Park was being built, the engineers emphasizing that with the roof closed, they could heat the interior to 30 degrees higher than the outside temperature. The low Friday night is supposed to be 29. Do the math.Keep in mind, all the heating ducts in the place are in the seating area at concourse level. Don't know how much heat can be generated out near second base where the basketball court will be located, in a building with a 200 +foot ceiling.We shall see.
But it's been in the 70s through today. How quickly is the building going to cool off?
If they wanted to host NCAA games, they would do it at the Kohl, like they did in 2002.
Or they would do it at Am Fam, like they're trying to do now.
I really think you are exaggerating how much the UW wants to do this.
I have a very reliable source which I’m sure you don’t. You just think it’s a bad idea (which I do too). Organizations try bad ideas all the time.
Sultan explains it all.
The Kohl Hole doesn't seat 40,000+
That looks like a horrible way to watch a basketball game.
Attendance of 17,927.
And yet it hosted a regional in 2002. None of the regional sites last year were more than about 20,000. Next year, Louisville is the largest at about 22,000. Regionals generally don't seat 40,000+ so there's no reason Madison couldn't host one. If they wanted to, they would. But they don't because it would be extra work and they couldn't play in it.