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Posted: 3/24/2017 1:47 PM
Just a random Friday thought. I know it's not happening any time soon, but most of us now only know the Convo. Will it be replaced and if it was replaced, would we ever get a bigger arena for the area?
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Posted: 3/24/2017 2:11 PM
It's not happening in the forseeable furture...no money.

I'm guessing any new arena would actually be smaller than the Convo.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 3:17 PM
If Duke, Cal, Vandy, Butler, Minnesota, Washington, etc. can stand playing in really old buildings... it can be done. (all much older than the Convo)

Auburn and Ole Miss built newer and smaller arenas in the last few years but look how much $$$$ they have from their big-time football programs.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 3:34 PM
Never. Infinitely sustainable.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 5:57 PM
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Posted: 3/24/2017 9:10 PM
Jeff McKinney wrote:expand_more
It's not happening in the forseeable furture...no money.

I'm guessing any new arena would actually be smaller than the Convo.
Why do you say that? University is growing and this is a Convocation Center, not an arena.
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Posted: 3/24/2017 10:11 PM
WHERE would the Convo replacement be built?
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Posted: 3/24/2017 11:42 PM
Donuts wrote:expand_more
Just a random Friday thought. I know it's not happening any time soon, but most of us now only know the Convo. Will it be replaced and if it was replaced, would we ever get a bigger arena for the area?
WHY would the Convo be replaced? New dorms needed? Remodeling not an option? Arena needs some upgrades but she is a grand old gal. Build it and they will come
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Posted: 3/25/2017 12:27 AM
It may be almost 50 yrs old, but damn it's still the class of the MAC and impresses the hell out of people. I heard that when Eastmoor was at the Convo for its regional last week, they got to use the home locker room the first night. The players and coaches were incredibly impressed. And when Grace Christian was there for its regional, a Dispatch headline spoke of how in awe they were of the Roundhouse. I know, GC is small school (170 in the upper four) that plays in a cracker box, but other schools have had a similar reaction. Yes, it could use some upgrades, but I don't know of another college arena in Ohio that makes people stop and look on the outside and the inside.
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Posted: 3/25/2017 12:29 AM
Bigger arena???
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Posted: 3/25/2017 11:16 AM
I haven't been in the Convo since Larry Hunter was coach but I think it had a renovation not too many years before that visit. The makeover reminded me of what Georgia did to spruce up Stegman Coliseum. And the Convo is bigger. If that's good enough for an athletic department with the $$$$$$$$$$ of Georgia, it should be good enough for almost any school even in towns not named Athens.
Last Edited: 3/25/2017 3:54:41 PM by greencat
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Posted: 3/25/2017 12:35 PM
When are we going to put vinyl siding on Cutler Hall?
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Posted: 3/26/2017 7:47 PM
Two answers:

Why?

Never in my lifetime!
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Posted: 3/26/2017 10:33 PM
13,000 seats is a good capacity for a national program. Watching on National TV it does look odd with no seats behind the basket until the upper sections. It definitely could use ribbon boards behind the baskets for some sprucing up. Has the bones to look amazing with an assessed valuation that is about triple Peden Stadium.
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Posted: 3/27/2017 12:26 AM
SBH wrote:expand_more
When are we going to put vinyl siding on Cutler Hall?
Maybe after they figure out who I am and try to nail me with that 35 year old overdue library book fee.......

BTW - Chubb is looking pretty decrepit these days....and i am sending in BA-THOUSANDS more for my son than ever was ever sent there for/or by me!
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Last Edited: 3/27/2017 12:31:53 AM by RSBobcat
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