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

[RUJMM78]

I dont really understand the need for more seating or boxes. With $7B TV contracts, it's not about selling tickets any more. Make your program as competitive as you can (which the current RAC does) and the money will follow. The Michigan State/Gonzaga game had over 2M viewers.

I would be totally OK with expanding the building outside of the seating area. Bathrooms, indoor ticket area, even doing building extensions behind the seating to expand the concourse and add concessions, all to be done during off season

Rutgers has loans to pay off and needs financiall backing for the the football facility and RAC renovations..There will be a ongoing need for more revenue to pay for all the men and women sport teams.

 

[mikemarc1]

You need a third choice: Renovate between seasons.

This is most likely

 

[Big boy stan]

Rutgers has loans to pay off and needs financiall backing for the the football facility and RAC renovations..There will be a ongoing need for more revenue to pay for all the men and women sport teams.

I get the need to balance the budget and pay off loans and all. They need money. My point is that there is much more money to be made by making RU a national power house then by selling luxury boxes. The TV revenue from the annual Garden State Hardwood Classic if it ever became as big as NC/Duke game would be huge. Just Win and the money will come!

 

[REDRICH65]

Leave it alone. Just give everyone a mason jar when they come in

 

[hinson32]

The entire conference has nice arenas. When recruits go visit, we lose them. Missing one season at the RAC is worth coming back to play in what will look like a new building. We are not going to lose the loud crowds and we will continue bring in better players.

Indianas arena is twice the size of the RAC but looks like a palace in comparison and its very loud. Mackey is gorgeous. Maryland had a beautiful facility but they haven’t drawn the crowds to fill it. Wisconsin has a great arena, nebraska has a beautiful arena. The list goes on. The RAC is archaic and looks like a dump. The bathrooms remind me of my elementary school. The concourse is beaten up with cracks in the cement. The wooden bleachers for the students are like a highschool and the seats in the 200s are orange. Whats not to love about it?

Do the renovations so we can take the next step. The building is an eyesore

It does not hurt hurt recruiting. Geo Baker already chimes in on this. For recruiting purposes the RAC is a big advantage to us. The coaches know how to promote the game day reputation of the RAC. It means even less in today's NIL era. Players spend 95% of their time in the practice facility, which is top notch.

 

[hinson32]

I get the need to balance the budget and pay off loans and all. They need money. My point is that there is much more money to be made by making RU a national power house then by selling luxury boxes. The TV revenue from the annual Garden State Hardwood Classic if it ever became as big as NC/Duke game would be huge. Just Win and the money will come!

There is no tv revenue from the Rutgers Seton Hall game. Fox owns the rights and it comes with the tv contracts for the BIG and BE. Doesn't matter if it's 1v2 or Hill against Gonzo.

 

[sct1111]

It does not hurt hurt recruiting. Geo Baker already chimes in on this. For recruiting purposes the RAC is a big advantage to us. The coaches know how to promote the game day reputation of the RAC. It means even less in today's NIL era. Players spend 95% of their time in the practice facility, which is top notch.

I love the RAC but it 100% needs to be renovated.