Yes, but in this day and age, you HAVE TO build around football first. That funds everything else. Just a priority call. Only a handfull of big time P5 schools go the other way around.
The RAC is here to stay
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Yes, but in this day and age, you HAVE TO build around football first. That funds everything else. Just a priority call. Only a handfull of big time P5 schools go the other way around.
These are all from 2016.
ESPN
Villanova gets largest athletic gift in school history for arena revamp
$22.6 million from alum hedge funder for a very RAC like Pavilion.
Houtson Business Journal
UH(ouston) basketball arena to be renamed after $20M gift
Idaho State Journal
ISU athletics: One donor confirmed to aid planned basketball arena
"Idaho State’s athletic director said he’s gotten one commitment from a donor to help fund a new basketball arena. The Journal broke the story in May 2015, detailing the planned 4,000-seat venue estimated to cost $20 million. Tingey declined to name the donor or their contribution amount, but said it is a corporation."
KCRA
90-year-old philanthropist gives to Sacramento State
He donated $750,000 for the Sac State arena. The goal is to have the arena, which could cost up to $100 million, built by 2020.
Not from 2016 but notable because it is among the few with this much money paying for a public venue
University of Virginia
John Paul Jones Arena
"Paul Tudor Jones II, a 1976 U. Va. graduate, made an extraordinary $35 million commitment to the University of Virginia's newest arena and was granted his naming request to honor his father, John Paul Jones."
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I don't want to speak for @G- RUnit but what I was talking about was the the general upkeep of one of the University's facilities. Be they for athletics or academics.
That shouldn't done via a handout or donation.
You want bells and whistles or something "extra", you pay for them. But the ones you have already should be taken care of by the regular maintenance budget.
Are we asking if any B1G program can't pay for new light bulbs and a coat of paint out of revenues generated by the program? I think not, and not going to spend the time googling to find out.
Is every B1G venue loaded with named giving opportunities across the facility with donors footing the bill for renovations and upgrades? Of course they are, I've seen them. Not going to waste my time developing a list.
And 5 minutes of searching found a bunch of examples of major renovations and new building driven by donors.
The bulk of this thread is about a major upgrade of the RAC in lieu of a replacement.
So I think those that assert donors don't drive this activity need to come up without something other than their assumptions to show otherwise.
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