Is this in the long term plans? If so, where would they put it? FSU's is a 2 minute walk to their stadium, maybe in the Green or Yellow Lots ?
Indoor practice facility
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I think it is in the plans eventually but the funny thing is the bubble is bigger and more practical than a lot of these permanent structures.
Have heard this, and if true, would rather we spend money elsewhere, but it seems to be the "in" and sexy thing to have to show recruits. Reminds me of the arms race in the 1980s and stockpiling of warheads we were never going to use.
Maryland took old basketball arena Cole fieldhouse,making it into indoor football practice facility.
This is correct. The bubble has a full 100 yard field. Most practice facilities have 80 yard fields. The University of Texas also has a bubble for an indoor facility and it's also an 80 yard field.
There really isn't that much wrong with the bubble. Maybe they can redo the surface but it has to be lower down on the list.
Maryland took old basketball arena Cole fieldhouse,making it into indoor football practice facility.
Maryland's new practice facility will be awesome, but it's stadium is by far the worst in the conference IMHO.
I have only been to about 18 different permanent indoor facilities around the country but I have only heard of 1 that is less than 120 yds. and haven't seen any that are. I have only been to P5 schools(except 1 DII that has 120 yd one) to look so I'm not sure where your 80 yd comes from.
This subject comes up on here every year at least once. There will be no winner in the debate. Again.
this subject usually comes up after a storm when the bubble gets damaged or has to be deflated.
Long term there probably needs to be a strategic decision made. The indoor practice facility needs to be used by football, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey. Baseball and softball may need it in the winter for long toss and certain drills. The big issue with a lot of the facilities is they are not high enough for punting practice.
Here is a link to Michigan's facility:
http://www.athleticbusiness.com/project-395.html
Long term there probably needs to be a strategic decision made. The indoor practice facility needs to be used by football, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey. Baseball and softball may need it in the winter for long toss and certain drills. The big issue with a lot of the facilities is they are not high enough for punting practice.
Here is a link to Michigan's facility:
http://www.athleticbusiness.com/project-395.html
I agree with you on the bubble being practical, but the issue people have with the bubble is that it doesn't look like everyone indoor facility. The bubble is so dated in the eyes of a lot of people. I'm not sure how many of the Rutgers fans have been inside the bubble, but you have a multi-lane track around the field. That should give you an idea of the sheer size of a bubble. Most schools have their field right up to the wall because space is at a premium.
Yes but it is not big enough for outfield practice and true long throws. I think it will be an infield and half of an outfield.
The bubble has never bothered me. We have more pressing issues, like redoing the Hale Center after we complete the new $100 million complex for BB, wrestling and gymnastics. Then I see the RAC renovated and expanded from 8,000 to 12,000+ seats, which has already been drawn up. Of course the latter renovation might not occur until five to seven years down the road and after we show we have a consistent winning program and can fill 8,000 seats.
Bubble is so far down the list. ASU also only has a bubble and they use it way more than we do for practice. Could
Probably make some sweet cosmetic changes for a few million bucks.
Probably make some sweet cosmetic changes for a few million bucks.
Y'know, those Italian sportscars are notoriously unreliable in less than ideal conditions and are without a shred of practicality.
No doubt. But it's a true sports car - a toy; not a vehicle.
So back to topic. These fancy indoor facilities look cool, but they're expensive toys, not practical facilities?
Money needs to be spent improving access to the stadium. Getting out after games is nightmare and needs to be addressed.
Browse through the sky views of some of the other stadiums and see what little parking facilities are nearby to their stadiums.
Try Tennessee out to start. Then try Alabama.
http://www.collegegridirons.com/sec/NeylandStadium.htm
Spray Paint the BUBBLE . RED. It will be good for another 20 yrs at least.
Was reading up on Bo Pelini this morning and saw Youngstown State's facility. How does this happen at an FCS program?
Tressel gave $1 million.
http://www.penguinsfootballcamps.com/facilities.cfm
This $14-million project was seen as a public/private partnership in that the construction costs would be sought through private philanthropy.
Could RU get this done for $14 million?
http://newsroom.ysu.edu/ysu-watts-project-donors/
“On behalf of everyone at YSU, I want to thank the nearly 350 individuals, families, organizations and others who pledged more than $4 million to help build and equip this wonderful facility,” YSU President Cynthia E. Anderson said. “
The WATTS, which opened last fall, was named after Frank and Norma Watson and Jim and Ellen Tressel, who donated a combined $1 million to help fund the new indoor practice facility.
Also donating $1 million was the Cafaro Family. The track and lobby area of WATTS is named in honor of the family. In addition, Candy and Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. donated $750,000 for the playing surface, Ray and Jan Travaglini gave $253,000 and the YSU Penguin Club pledged $250,000. Making $100,000 donations were the Schmutz Family, The Lariccia Family, Tony, Mary, Natalie and Dana, and Robert and Marilyn O’Leary.
In freaking Youngstown, that downtrodden place Springsteen sang about. . . . .
Tressel gave $1 million.
http://www.penguinsfootballcamps.com/facilities.cfm
This $14-million project was seen as a public/private partnership in that the construction costs would be sought through private philanthropy.
Could RU get this done for $14 million?
http://newsroom.ysu.edu/ysu-watts-project-donors/
“On behalf of everyone at YSU, I want to thank the nearly 350 individuals, families, organizations and others who pledged more than $4 million to help build and equip this wonderful facility,” YSU President Cynthia E. Anderson said. “
The WATTS, which opened last fall, was named after Frank and Norma Watson and Jim and Ellen Tressel, who donated a combined $1 million to help fund the new indoor practice facility.
Also donating $1 million was the Cafaro Family. The track and lobby area of WATTS is named in honor of the family. In addition, Candy and Edward J. DeBartolo Jr. donated $750,000 for the playing surface, Ray and Jan Travaglini gave $253,000 and the YSU Penguin Club pledged $250,000. Making $100,000 donations were the Schmutz Family, The Lariccia Family, Tony, Mary, Natalie and Dana, and Robert and Marilyn O’Leary.
In freaking Youngstown, that downtrodden place Springsteen sang about. . . . .
The bubble is actually bigger than most of those warehouse structures. What we need to do is put a nice permanent entrance facade on the front where the black wall and red R are now facing the scarlet lot. Make it a tall concrete and glass wall or something, that leads into a lobby of sorts with the entrance to the bubble inside there.
Here's Washington's indoor facility. It's less than a minute walk from the stadium. It was built in the early 80's.
Yes, as someone that has been to a bunch of other venues the parking situation at RU is far from the worst.
That would be stupid, way too much money has been put into the Hale Center. It is just as nice as any other Big Ten style building, just smaller. But once the other sports move out that will allow expansion.
Your comments are ill informed. Ohio States facility is worth well over 100 million dollars. Not even 25 million has been sunk into hale center, and the number is probably closer to 20 million. Greg Schiano wanted a hale center replacement in 2007, but it was removed as part of the Rutgers stadium expansion due to budgetary reasons.
Hale center is not as nice as what OSU, PSU, and Michigan have, which is part of the reason why they clean our clock in recruiting.
We will never have stuff as nice as those three or Nebraska That is Fool's gold to try to keep up with them. Even when we are fully vested, they will still make way more than us due to their stadiums being nearly twice as big plus they have a lot more rich donors than us which allow them to raise ten's of millions every year on top of that.
Try the rest of the Big Ten.
Maryland is building a $150 million dollar facility, comparable to what Ohio State Nebraska, and Michigan have. They have already raised half the money for the facility.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-field-house-project/?utm_term=.d0eae9c10412
We either compete or resign ourselves to being Big Ten Bottom Feeders. I prefer to compete and there are a few other alumni who want to compete as well. There needs to be more of us.
Home Depot sponsors ESPN College Football Gameday
Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus is RU alum
Bernie Marcus built an aquarium in Atlanta, gave 10's of millions of dollars to Georgia Tech for a Nanotechnology Center. Sigh.
This is not apples and oranges. These are our direct competitors. MSU, UM, PSU, and Maryland either have or soon will have significantly better facilities than we do. No one forced us into the big ten, a conference where EVERYONE has money.
We should have money too, but we don't, and some of us are working to change that. There's no reason why a program like Rutgers can't be competitive. Our biggest challenge is alumni apathy and lack of support.
We need more Towers like support. That much I agree with, but we will never be OSU, UM, PSU, NEB, etc. That doesn't mean we can't be better than most of the Big Ten or beat those OSU, UM, PSU, MEB teams in sports, but we may never have that type of money or super fancy stuff. That is just reality.
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