westsidebomber

So, so wrong. UC fans LOVE to use Huggins as an excuse for everything. They have made the tournament 6 times post Huggins. The Bengals made the playoffs 7 times in the 30 years they played in Riverfront Stadium. They have done the same 6 times in just 14 years at PBS. Not exactly "jack squat". The Reds were not the best NL team in 1994. In fact, they weren't even a top 5 team in MLB in winning percentage. To say they "would have won" the NL World Series is ridiculous. They made the playoffs twice in the last 24 seasons they played in Riverfront. They have made it now 3 times in the first 12 seasons at GABP. I'm sorry you don't seem to enjoy sporting events anymore. Just wanted to provide some facts.

Interesting point. I know Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals baseball team for you non-sports people) was recently modernized but I don't know about Arrowhead. Was the Kauffman work privately funded? From about 10 posts up the thread... "Side note on the KC references you made. They may not have built new stadiums, but Arrowhead and Kauffman underwent major renovations recently. The city poured $850 million into the complex in 2007-2010 after paying the vast majority of $276 million for the Sprint Center, which was completed in 2007. KC spent over a billion dollars on sports venues in about a five year span."

I think UC should go the the Villanova/St. Johns route where they play half their games on campus, and half at a larger off campus arena. UC's non-conference schedule has been very poorly attended the past several years. They could play those early games at a renovated 5th/3rd and then play their conference slate downtown at the (what will be) much larger US Bank.

Side note on the KC references you made. They may not have built new stadiums, but Arrowhead and Kauffman underwent major renovations recently. The city poured $850 million into the complex in 2007-2010 after paying the vast majority of $276 million for the Sprint Center, which was completed in 2007. KC spent over a billion dollars on sports venues in about a five year span.