Cincinnati Bengals open new indoor practice facility
IPF loses $3 million donation
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TBS_20
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well they lost 3 mil so i imagine they wont be able to afford the air to blow it up
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Well if the Bengals can practice in a bubble I guess the Redbirds can too.Cincinnati Bengals open new indoor practice facility
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I saw this going up last summer when I was at a Cubs-Reds game. My thought at the time was it was a pretty long hike from their locker room, That downtown area is pretty congested. It was the only place to put it.
A football field is a football field whether it is in a brick building or in a bubble.
A football field is a football field whether it is in a brick building or in a bubble.
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nice is nice ... but just having a bubble vs brick will give us 100% of the functional benefit. If optics of a bubble is difference maker for a recruit, it probably isn't a Spack kind of player anyway. Look what he's done (sans QB) in recruiting area without one at all. It only gets better from here .. especially recruiting southern states.
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From the "how the other half lives" department. The Wisconsin legislature approved $285 Million for new Badger IPF.
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Here's what Wisconsin has planned for a new football indoor practice facility
Specifics on the design won't be determined until a winning bidder is selected but the Badgers shared their top priorities.
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yeah, but with inflation, how much can they really do with a measly 285m these days ?!?From the "how the other half lives" department. The Wisconsin legislature approved $285 Million for new Badger IPF.
Here's what Wisconsin has planned for a new football indoor practice facility
Specifics on the design won't be determined until a winning bidder is selected but the Badgers shared their top priorities.
More seriously, if you take our 15m budget .. that's probably well under what UW has lost in inflation since they started plans in 2019. Now imagine how stupid they feel right now.
I'm .. gulp .. going with that.
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Not too difficult to justifying building of mega practice facility when a significant portion is financed via debt when you look at all of the BIg Ten athletic department' revenue streams. The arms race of facilities is getting more and more out of control and the BIG (SEC too) is winning that race. Finally nice to see even some of the big boys (Clemson, Florida State all PAC schools...etc) feeling like they can not compete in any sport with the BIG and SEC as they lack the revenue to do it. That is what every non-P5 university has been challenged with for a long long time yet it never was news worthy until some blue bloods started falling behind others. ISU athletics needs to focus on revenue growth as much as expense management so that some of the $$'s can be utilized for facilities too.From the "how the other half lives" department. The Wisconsin legislature approved $285 Million for new Badger IPF.
Here's what Wisconsin has planned for a new football indoor practice facility
Specifics on the design won't be determined until a winning bidder is selected but the Badgers shared their top priorities.
As an aside ...a decade ago was exciting times as Redbird football specifically had good momentum and was "growing" in many ways. The future seemed bright and the thought of going FBS (or being a leader in FCS) was not unrealistic. I am not certain how the momentum stopped so suddenly but the program seems stalled/stale since 2016. I did not know any of the 7 that were tragically lost in the plane crash but I am starting to believe that their deaths (along with the change in ISU presidency) were much more impactful on ISU athletics and its future success than we would have imagined.
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The State of Wisconsin approved it and may be kicking in money for demolition, but it looks like B10 Network money and other FB/MBB revenue paying the bills.
“Most of the $285.163 million cost of the project, which also includes the McClain Center being converted to an indoor track and field facility, is planned to be covered by athletics program revenue funds. There's $120 million in program revenue supported borrowing in the proposal.”
It appears we’re still approx. $6 million short unless they’re moving the entire $3 million from RBA naming rights to cover one of the donations that isn’t coming to fruition.
“Most of the $285.163 million cost of the project, which also includes the McClain Center being converted to an indoor track and field facility, is planned to be covered by athletics program revenue funds. There's $120 million in program revenue supported borrowing in the proposal.”
It appears we’re still approx. $6 million short unless they’re moving the entire $3 million from RBA naming rights to cover one of the donations that isn’t coming to fruition.
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The BIG schools get $50 m a year just for being in the conference that has a big time TV contract. Just for existing when streaming TV came around. Like 4x our budget. To even think about comparing Non SEC/Big schools with those member schools is already not a fair comparison.
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Good point ... but I think in our peak, we average close to 10k for 6 or 7 games, so 60-70k. I think our annual revenue is less than 1 average Wisconsin game. We are no longer at our peak ... pandemic and mediocre play has driven it down.
But for 2022, we drew just 43k in 6 games, for avg of 7.2k per game. Wiscy draws 10x that per game, plus usually get an extra home game or 2. They were over 500k last fall.
Exactly, if you go to an Illinois game, let alone Wisconsin or Iowa where the fan base is ravenous, it's a completely different experience. There are 10's of thousands who make a weekend out of it. RV's, hotel stays, dinner's, flags and team gear for as far as the eye can see. It's a completely different level.
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I don't know, man. When we went to NIU a few years back, I took a little tour and saw the brick and mortar practice facility in their south endzone. It was really something. That said, the rest of the stadium was a DUUUUUUMP and, honestly, so was the rest of the campus.
I would rather prefer the bubble instead of a huge solid building if it meant we got to keep Hancock as a top level place to watch a game.
I would rather prefer the bubble instead of a huge solid building if it meant we got to keep Hancock as a top level place to watch a game.
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for 285 million....how about one giant bubble over the entire campus.
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That would have made walking to class in January much more enjoyable!
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That walk from Wright Hall to Stevenson, in January, made men outta boys.That would have made walking to class in January much more enjoyable!