Poll: is it necessary to renovate the RAC and lose a season there OR just add some bathrooms and not lose a season

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

This place is truly magic. I havent talked to many fans who are craving a full renovation. Seems to me most fans just want to leave it the same and add some bathrooms. Curious the opinions and thoughts of this board.

I fall in the camp of dont touch a damn thing and merely just add some bathrooms, hell even just 2 walls full of porta potties.

I wonder why our AD feels its so necessary to renovate. And if its due to jersey mikes requiring it or they pull them sponsorship then fvck em. We’ll re-bid it out and make more money

 

[Zak57]

Leave it as is.

 

[RUTRINI]

We can't avoid progress. Make the renovations. If we learn to win on the road things will even out.

 

[BillyC80]

You need a third choice: Renovate between seasons.

 

[AshCatchEm]

If we renovate I just know that they'll change one thing and it'll never be as loud ever again.

 

[RUBlackout]

Some Indiana fans sitting near me were talking about how it had such a high school feel to it. This was to begin the game and I said just wait until you hear how loud it is and the place will shake.

I NEVER want to lose that feeling, but will say that we need to renovate the inside and at least paint the outside of the building. We can add more seats and renovate inside but think we should do it in between seasons if possible. Maybe play the end of our season in another venue and start our season in another venue but have games here in season over the 2yrs

 

[gregkoko]

This place is truly magic. I havent talked to many fans who are craving a full renovation. Seems to me most fans just want to leave it the same and add some bathrooms. Curious the opinions and thoughts of this board.

I fall in the camp of dont touch a damn thing and merely just add some bathrooms, hell even just 2 walls full of porta potties.

I wonder why our AD feels its so necessary to renovate. And if its due to jersey mikes requiring it or they pull them sponsorship then fvck em. We’ll re-bid it out and make more money

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Don't change a damn thing

 

[JayDogSmooth]

Renovations absolutely needed, but not at the expense of losing the magic / noise, and certainly not at the expense of playing a year away at some other venue

Do it in increments, even if it costs more. Put on our thinking hats and get it done

We’ve got something going gets we haven’t had in 30 years - don’t mess with it

 

[bac2therac]

Add some bathrooms and spiff it up

vehemently against throwing a whole season away playing somewhere else

Why give up one year of what we experienced yesterday

 

[WhoRU?]

You need a third choice: Renovate between seasons.

Seems like this is the logical choice. Even if it takes 3 years. Maybe you lose November and December of the last year. You should be able to stage this.

 

[kcg88]

Leave the RAC alone. Build a cube around it to spruce up the exterior and add bathrooms.

 

[Loyal_2RU]

This place is truly magic. I havent talked to many fans who are craving a full renovation. Seems to me most fans just want to leave it the same and add some bathrooms. Curious the opinions and thoughts of this board.

I fall in the camp of dont touch a damn thing and merely just add some bathrooms, hell even just 2 walls full of porta potties.

I wonder why our AD feels its so necessary to renovate. And if its due to jersey mikes requiring it or they pull them sponsorship then fvck em. We’ll re-bid it out and make more money

A smarter marketer would have not changed the name but made it for example Jersey Mike's RAC.

 

[Loyal_2RU]

A smarter marketer would have not changed the name but made it for example Jersey Mike's RAC.

This place is truly magic. I havent talked to many fans who are craving a full renovation. Seems to me most fans just want to leave it the same and add some bathrooms. Curious the opinions and thoughts of this board.

I fall in the camp of dont touch a damn thing and merely just add some bathrooms, hell even just 2 walls full of porta potties.

I wonder why our AD feels its so necessary to renovate. And if its due to jersey mikes requiring it or they pull them sponsorship then fvck em. We’ll re-bid it out and make more money

The outdoors needs renovation.
In the old days it was like a missile silo standing out in a grassy field. Put a shell around it to create concourses...

 

[BigEastPhil]

Hobbs is doing the bourgeois thing at the expense of what is good for the team and program. Just add bathrooms and call it a day. !
Add a restaurant or lounge for the money people above section 118. An Audi club per se.

 

[ScarletDave]

It needs a concourse outside the gates so that fans aren’t standing in the rain - snow - cold waiting to get their tickets punched.
A real lobby with trophy cases etc. and it makes sense to do it in the grassy area facing the parking lot and make that the new front - the current entrance of walking up a pavement path is terrible.

But other than expanding the inside by wrapping the bowl around old 118, not much more needs to be done to the seating arrangement. The renderings of what they want to do look awesome

I would give up a season if we played at Jadwin for OOC and MSG for the 10 B1G games, maybe 1 or 2 at PRU

 

[bac2therac]

Just exactly who is this expensive and time consuming rennovatuon being done for

Thats the questions that should be asked. Certainly not for the long tine supportersxand season ticket holders

 

[ScarletDave]

indiana has this: BEFORE you are actually ticketed inside the arena. We went in here when we played them in football. It was cool.
Trophies, and warmth for fans waiting to punch ticket.

 

[Knight Ed]

I think a lot of the people who are upset now about losing the season will be very happy with the finished product in the long run.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

I think a lot of the people who are upset now about losing the season will be very happy with the finished product in the long run.

Who cares about shiny new things. Atmosphere>>>>. I could care less if i was breathing in asbestos if it meant that type of atmosphere. You think shu fans wouldnt die to have a RAC on campus over the rock?

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Some Indiana fans sitting near me were talking about how it had such a high school feel to it. This was to begin the game and I said just wait until you hear how loud it is and the place will shake.

I NEVER want to lose that feeling, but will say that we need to renovate the inside and at least paint the outside of the building. We can add more seats and renovate inside but think we should do it in between seasons if possible. Maybe play the end of our season in another venue and start our season in another venue but have games here in season over the 2yrs

When people turn to say insulting things, it means you've gotten under their skin. What you see is an inferiority complex on full display.

 

[bac2therac]

I think a lot of the people who are upset now about losing the season will be very happy with the finished product in the long run.

Not really

 

[KnightLife1994]

Here’s what I would do: Eliminate the offices above 118 and where the current “box” seating is on that flat pavilion area, build a full section that goes all the way up where offices are.

I would also restructure the student seating to be closer to the court to fit more seats. Other than that, dont change a damn thing about the place

 

[RUScrew85]

You need a third choice: Renovate between seasons.

With NJ Union labor? LOL, it's gonna take two years and $2B to renovate the RAC.

 

[RUScrew85]

Leave the RAC alone. Build a cube around it to spruce up the exterior and add bathrooms.

No. It MUST stay a Trapezoid.

Cube of Terror just doesn't have the same ring. ; )

 

[High Quality H2O]

No. It MUST stay a Trapezoid.

Cube of Terror just doesn't have the same ring. ; )

I’m confident wed all be happier if they scrapped the plans for the extra bathrooms and focused on making it a dodecahedron instead.

 

[GORU2014]

Some Indiana fans sitting near me were talking about how it had such a high school feel to it.

They meant their team

 

[Eagleton96]

Not enough info to answer. The answer is: it depends.

 

[Rutgers25]

Add bathrooms, build a structure on exterior that connects to RAC with amenities

Here’s what I would do: Eliminate the offices above 118 and where the current “box” seating is on that flat pavilion area, build a full section that goes all the way up where offices are.

I would also restructure the student seating to be closer to the court to fit more seats. Other than that, dont change a damn thing about the place

Agree with this. In addition, you’ll need to build a new concourse building/Structure adjacent to RAC that connects to it. I’d also add seatbacks to 300s. None of this requires missing a season

 

[Queztastic]

Some Indiana fans sitting near me were talking about how it had such a high school feel to it. This was to begin the game and I said just wait until you hear how loud it is and the place will shake.

I NEVER want to lose that feeling, but will say that we need to renovate the inside and at least paint the outside of the building. We can add more seats and renovate inside but think we should do it in between seasons if possible. Maybe play the end of our season in another venue and start our season in another venue but have games here in season over the 2yrs

There were some younger female Indiana fans in the line next to me to get the tickets scanned. I don't remember the exact words, but I think they called it pathetic. My guess is they felt differently after the game.

 

[RUScrew85]

I’m confident wed all be happier if they scrapped the plans for the extra bathrooms and focused on making it a dodecahedron instead.

So the Dodecahedron of Doom? I like it, good job. That has my vote.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

If we renovate I just know that they'll change one thing and it'll never be as loud ever again.

Not possible. They won’t touch the ceiling, first of all, and filling in the student end will only make it louder.

 

[OldManRiver]

Not possible. They won’t touch the ceiling, first of all, and filling in the student end will only make it louder.

Yes, I’m for filling student section up and also the lobby section to be filled in and up…and pray it doesn’t f up the acoustics

 

[elvis7]

Here’s what I would do: Eliminate the offices above 118 and where the current “box” seating is on that flat pavilion area, build a full section that goes all the way up where offices are.

I would also restructure the student seating to be closer to the court to fit more seats. Other than that, dont change a damn thing about the place

I would add bathrooms at the opposite end of our current bathrooms and a player's family lounge at the middle doors on the APC side. We are recruiting families as much as athletes, and giving them a premium game experience with bathrooms would be a good selling feature. IMO

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Yes, I’m for filling student section up and also the lobby section to be filled in and up…and pray it doesn’t f up the acoustics

The acoustics are about 2 things: the slope of the stands and the ceiling. Those 2 things aren’t changing - ever - so we’ll be fine.

 

[KnightLife1994]

I would add bathrooms at the opposite end of our current bathrooms and a player's family lounge at the middle doors on the APC side. We are recruiting families as much as athletes, and giving them a premium game experience with bathrooms would be a good selling feature. IMO

definitely need more bathrooms without a doubt.

 

[KnightLife1994]

I have no idea how to post pics on here but here is a link below to my very amateur rendering of what I think it could look like… click on the link then click on the pic

Amateur rac rendering

 

[ScarletKid2008]

I don’t understand how so many people think that doing anything other than bathrooms means you’re risking the atmosphere.

Imagine this. Above section 118 , which is currently dead space . You create luxury boxes above 118. You pull forward the upstairs and enclose up the current concourse of that area. Now you have a 2 story luxury feature which pulls the wall and fans even closer and more in top of the court. That would amplify the sound even more. And accomplish the much needed upscale seating option.

 

[OldManRiver]

The acoustics are about 2 things: the slope of the stands and the ceiling. Those 2 things aren’t changing - ever - so we’ll be fine.

I agree…slope must not change with any additions….which, if they did change slope could also, affect duration for RAC would be out of commission

 

[rubjk]

This place is truly magic. I havent talked to many fans who are craving a full renovation. Seems to me most fans just want to leave it the same and add some bathrooms. Curious the opinions and thoughts of this board.

I fall in the camp of dont touch a damn thing and merely just add some bathrooms, hell even just 2 walls full of porta potties.

I wonder why our AD feels its so necessary to renovate. And if its due to jersey mikes requiring it or they pull them sponsorship then fvck em. We’ll re-bid it out and make more money

Let’s all contact Jersey Mike’s. Imagine the good press they could get for not going through the renovations to risk the arena’s magic.

 

[rudad02]

Leave the RAC alone. Build a cube around it to spruce up the exterior and add bathrooms.

OK.