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All excellent points and I appreciate your starting this interesting discussion.

The number of students living on campus has increased dramatically since I was a student 30 years ago. I was in town last week and worked out at the student life gym- which was pretty impressive. I was surprised at just how packed it was on a weekend with cruddy…[Read more]

Exactly, and I think that would work well for us. At 7,500 to 8,500, most games would be at or close to a sellout. And I think the fans have shown they can show up in those numbers consistently no matter how good or bad the team is. Yes, in good years that may seem like it’s not enough capacity, but personally I’d rather have a consistently full…[Read more]

Mine went up 43% last year. Cancelled my 4 seats after 19 years. No regrets. Ended up going to the two games I could actually attend, that I wanted to attend, with who I could bring with me with secondary market tickets. I bought three total tickets. Which means if I renewed, I would’ve been trying to sell or begging people to use 21 tickets. No thanks.

Fond memories of the Hunty over the years beginning when my father took me to my first Utah game against Loyola-CA back in 1969. Place is so great when it is packed but that is rare and it looks barren when well more than half the seats are empty.

Real Salt Lake started in Rice-Eccles for a few seasons and certainly once they moved to Sandy in…[Read more]

Well, I’m of the opinion that only winning fixes everything. You could have an opulent arena sitting only 8K people and it would still be half empty if you had a product resembling what the Utes have been putting on the floor since Smith arrived.

There’s also the law of unintended consequences, otherwise known as cutting off your nose to spite…[Read more]

My wife of 6 months is peruvian and we were married in Cusco Peru last August. But until her marriage visa is approved I will have to travel to Peru to be with her. But I couldn’t for this Valentine’s Day and her birthday is tomorrow. So we are buying wine and talking on Facebook

Sorry I was mistaken on capacity, I couldn’t remember what Baylor’s new stadium was. But I know it’s what Utah is looking to model after. Baylor’s new stadium has a capacity of 7,500. Sucks for sports like Gymnastics where we sell out all the time. But for basketball and the lack of interest from fans 7,500 would be a packed house almost every…[Read more]

Haha…oops. I meant 13th.

February 14th is Valentine’s Day.

I’m glad there seem to be rumors out there about getting a new arena. The Plaza idea sounds good and Baylor really has built a great looking venue.

The only thing I’d take issue with is the capacity. I think 11,000 is probably more than we need and in down years it’s gonna give us the same bad optics of looking half empty. I would say capacity…[Read more]

Yes you are certainly right that private donors play a big role in building facilities on campus, and I’m certain a new arena would be no exception. I just think it wouldn’t all have to be footed privately.

Yeah I just think BYU is in a different situation than we are. Their teams are only occasionally good, but they always have fan support. I…[Read more]

You bring up a very good point that I hadn’t mentioned specifically. A new arena would most definitely attract fans that otherwise would not attend. Yes, that novelty would only have a finite shelf life before the new attendees stop coming, but that wouldn’t be for a few years and over those few years the program will be (hopefully) building…[Read more]

I agree. It won’t reel in top recruits all by itself, but it would help Utah’s overall appeal. I know when they built all the new basketball facilities a few years ago that really began to make an impression on visiting recruits. I think a new arena would do the same.

Better seating, smaller capacity, improved everything (acoustics, wifi, revenue…[Read more]

Interesting. Where did you hear about all that?

I had heard from somewhere that they were looking at possibly building a new arena on campus to the East of RES. Then creating some sort plaza between the two. They would model the new arena after Baylors new arena which actually looks really nice for only a 11,000 or so seats. I would totally love that. New amenities, bathrooms, suites, high end…[Read more]

Great minds? Wife and I are doing the same, Sunday at Matteo’s 😂

My wife and I celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 14th. Food is cheap and the restaurants are empty.

It’s just a random day, so we created our own random day.

Not going anywhere near a restaurant!

AI got us guy

Alternate Reality During Rivalry Week: During rivalry week, BYU fans often transform from ordinary students into self-proclaimed “football analysts.” They’ll analyze every single play from the previous Utah game like they’re preparing for a TED Talk, while also overlooking their own team’s glaring weaknesses. It’s the only time…[Read more]

here is what AI had to say with roasts.also, somebody has to tell BYU that their religion is different from their college. Also, the team that their football has lost to the most? Utah. isn’t really close either. lol.

BYU fans: So obsessed with Utah, they probably have Utes-themed nightmares… which they analyze in detail with their…[Read more]