On-Campus Arena Tidbit

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GlowChick School of Bizness has a ring to it

Sandstorm playing all the time.

[Herman Cain]

How due y'all like da ring of "4everwarriors Innovation Alley," hey?

I would definitely show up for the ground breaking ceremony. 

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How due y'all like da ring of "4everwarriors Innovation Alley," hey?

Only if the dental school connects to the engineering building.

[Cheeks]

Cheeks, did you create a new account just to post this?

I've heard it now from two other sources that the info I got was on target.  Sounds like something is up, but university give in to the request made for donor to provide gift?

[Cheeks]

Texas just approved a new arena for Shaka and company.  10,000 seats for hoops, 15K for concerts.  $338M.  UT to control concessions and all revenue streams.

That's an expensive building.

[MU82]

Texas just approved a new arena for Shaka and company.  10,000 seats for hoops, 15K for concerts.  $338M.  UT to control concessions and all revenue streams.

That's an expensive building.

Wait, so Texas, a school with about a zillion students, thinks it only needs a 10K-seat basketball arena?

I happen to concur. That will be plenty big enough for most of their games, and there are other places they can play for games that might draw bigger crowds.

We obviously could do the same, if needed.

[Cheeks]

Wait, so Texas, a school with about a zillion students, thinks it only needs a 10K-seat basketball arena?

I happen to concur. That will be plenty big enough for most of their games, and there are other places they can play for games that might draw bigger crowds.

We obviously could do the same, if needed.

Their current arena seats about 16.5K for a basketball game.  For roughly 4 or 5 years in the 2000's they averaged between 12K and 14.5K, but not since.  Sounds like they plan on creating some demand by shrinking.

[BrewCity83]

Austin probably doesn't already have five arena-sized venues for concerts like Milwaukee does.  It makes more sense for them to build a big honkin' arena if they can draw concerts.  MU can't do that with all the other arenas in the area.

[Benny B]

Texas just approved a new arena for Shaka and company.  10,000 seats for hoops, 15K for concerts.  $338M.  UT to control concessions and all revenue streams.

That's an expensive building.

Not even the markup on unleaded near MCO can hold a candle to the markup on stadiums and arenas in Texas.

(Building would cost $150M anywhere else.)

[warriorgnp]

Thought I'd bring that this thread now that we know the Business School will be at Wisconsin and 16th, the land by east hall has been (or is going to be) rezoned, and a scaled down Athletic research center has been built.  Any new perspectives on this conversation?  We already nearly halfway through our lease. Wondering if the Shaka hire will awaken some quiet donors.  Didn't the casino want to build something on their land at one point?  Or is Fiserv still the best option for MU?  In a vacuum, I still dream of a more intimate college hoops experience.  Is UWM really gonna stay at the Mecca?  Guess they have to...Anyone know anything new or interesting on this front?

That model still on Lovell's desk?  Ha

[warriorchick]

Not going to happen.

[Galway Eagle]

Would love to see us just play at the Al for 1 yr because I have to imagine that'd get the Fiserve to knock down rent realizing it's a symbiotic relationship.

Am I crazy or do they not need us as badly as I think?

[The Sultan]

Shaka sees the Fiserv as an advantage.  Never happening.

[The Lens]

Not going to happen.

What's not going to happen? 

MU looking into it's own arena?
The B-school going on the McCormick land?
MU firing Wojo?

[Goose]

The Lens

Fair questions.

[wadesworld]

Could just rotate each home game at the numerous iconic gyms throughout the Milwaukee area, ai'na?  Start with Marquette High, check out Mount Mary College, go to the Cousins Center, etc.

[Galway Eagle]

Could just rotate each home game at the numerous iconic gyms throughout the Milwaukee area, ai'na?  Start with Marquette High, check out Mount Mary College, go to the Cousins Center, etc.

Play all the games on a floor we put in the soccer/lacrosse bubble. Make it standing room only!

[brewcity77]

What's not going to happen? 

MU looking into it's own arena?
The B-school going on the McCormick land?
MU firing Wojo?

I'm still skeptical they will have the guts to fire Wojo. And when/if they do and the first words out of Jeff Goodman's mouth are/were "Shaka Smart" I remain even more skeptical he's an option.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Waste of money.

[The Lens]

I'm still skeptical they will have the guts to fire Wojo. And when/if they do and the first words out of Jeff Goodman's mouth are/were "Shaka Smart" I remain even more skeptical he's an option.

Fire a coach in a pandemic?  Never
Hire a HC from a Power 5 school?  Also Never

If you believe either of those things can happen I have a Business School on NE corner of 16th & Wisconsin to sell you.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Risky Business School
The Risky School Of Business
The School Of Risky Business

[Shooter McGavin]

What's not going to happen? 

MU looking into it's own arena?
The B-school going on the McCormick land?
MU firing Wojo?

Ha.  Agree with the sentiment Lens.  But Chick is right unless half of that 750 million dollar campaign or more is ear marked for the new arena. 

I don't want the team to play in a shite hole. 

[MU82]

Shaka sees the Fiserv as an advantage.  Never happening.

Shaka says that. He can sell anything.

If we built a new, intimate, 10,000-seat arena just for Marquette, with all of the state-of-the-art whistles and bells for coaches, players and recruits, Shaka almost surely would say, "We have the XXXXX Center, and it's a huge advantage!"

Obviously, I'm not saying any of this will happen. Indeed, like you I doubt it ever will. But Shaka's just a coach. This decision (if there ever was gonna be a decision on this topic) is way above his position at our alma mater.

[GooooMarquette]

Could just rotate each home game at the numerous iconic gyms throughout the Milwaukee area, ai'na?  Start with Marquette High, check out Mount Mary College, go to the Cousins Center, etc.

You had me at Mount Mary

[Uncle Rico]

Shaka says that. He can sell anything.

If we built a new, intimate, 10,000-seat arena just for Marquette, with all of the state-of-the-art whistles and bells for coaches, players and recruits, Shaka almost surely would say, "We have the XXXXX Center, and it's a huge advantage!"

Obviously, I'm not saying any of this will happen. Indeed, like you I doubt it ever will. But Shaka's just a coach. This decision (if there ever was gonna be a decision on this topic) is way above his position at our alma mater.

Al McGuire never won a game at Fiserv Forum, so we should leave ASAP IMO