This will certainly be such a tremendous, positive catalyst for change on that campus.

 

Thanks for the pics!!!

I'm wondering how attendance will be this year now it the stadium is not new. The only great show outs last season was the opener and the Kent game. I believe total for the season it drew around 106,000. I'll be going toa game or two perhaps.. havnt been there yet.

I think attendance could possibly be higher this year. With the Syracuse game, I'm sure there will be a lot of people in attendance for that game in addition to it being the home opener. I am president of an organization at the University and the other day in a meeting the Athletic Department was talking to us about a new incentive program for students to try and get them to attend more games. The program is called "ROO-wards", and the way it works is every sport (even rifle, CC, tennis, golf) is given a point value. If you get up to a certain amount of points at the end of the year you receive prizes. I know the first place prize is two airline tickets, 2nd is a $500 gift card to Bestbuy. Though this program only applies to anyone with a valid zipcard, I do think it may help with sports attendance this year. Hopefully it will help pack the JAR and we can get that new arena!

I think attendance will be higher than if we were in the Rubber Bowl, but I don't think it will be huge.  I hope we will have a good season, but with a new coach and new schemes on both sides of the ball, we'll likely get off to a slow start. Even if we turn it around at the end of the year, the final two games are on weeknights so that will hurt attendance.  Regardless of how we play, it is a top notch college stadium anyway you look at it. 

First off the Plain Dealer reporter doesn't even know the correct name of our school. Second, the headline is pretty dishonest. UA is growing at the city's benefit and not expense. Quaker Square closed down because its owner Jay Nausbaum got rid of it. UA refused to take his offer to buy it from him twice, but the third time seemed the charm. I don't recall seeing or hearing any other entity fighting with UA over buying Quaker Square from Mr. Nausbaum. The truth is that no one wanted the facility so UA as usual saves it from the wrecking ball at the university's expense.

 

The headline should have read: "Downtown Akron once again shutters itself at The University of Akron's expense".

First off the Plain Dealer reporter doesn't even know the correct name of our school. Second, the headline is pretty dishonest. UA is growing at the city's benefit and not expense. Quaker Square closed down because its owner Jay Nausbaum got rid of it. UA refused to take his offer to buy it from him twice, but the third time seemed the charm. I don't recall seeing or hearing any other entity fighting with UA over buying Quaker Square from Mr. Nausbaum. The truth is that no one wanted the facility so UA as usual saves it from the wrecking ball at the university's expense.

 

The headline should have read: "Downtown Akron once again shutters itself at The University of Akron's expense".

 

 

 

What in the world are you talking about?  You didn't link to an article or quote someone elses post, so there is no context for your statement.  Besides, this is a thread on the stadium, not downtown or other UA projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would be so kind as to page up on this thread you will see what in the world I am talking about. Try being a little more observant. Here is the post that is indeed on this thread:

 

Akron U. growing at city's expense?

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Laura Johnston

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Akron- The towering silos of Crowne Plaza Quaker Square once stored tons of oats. Today, guests sleep within those concrete walls in what's dubbed the "Most Unique Hotel in the World."

 

But in months, no more.

 

The 196 round rooms carved from those Quaker Oats grain silos will become the University of Akron's newest residence hall. Linked to plans for a new $55 million stadium, the swank dorm is the latest in the school's New Landscape for Learning, which has already transformed the once-commuter college into an enviable campus.

 

Some laud the growth. Others wonder whether the school teeters on taking over the Rubber City.

 

 

^ Hey, can the attitude a bit, would you?  You referred to an article on a previous page of this thread that was posted THREE YEARS AGO.  If you're gonna grave-dig like that, at least quote the post you're responding to.

 

Tom: Stop being a jerk, or you will find your tenure on UrbanOhio to be very short-lived.