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Ruiz addresses Shalala

The answer to every question is Tropical Park. It makes a ton of sense logistically and isn't far from campus or the Gables. You're talking about 5-7 minutes tops from TP to 57th avenue where Coral Gables starts.

You build a ramp that feeds directly from the 826 to the new stadium site. I know for a fact they've already done a ton of due diligence on the site. They are trying first to get this thing done in the Gables....but I have little doubt TP will be the talk of the project in the near future.
 
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To be fair to Shalala if she doesn’t buy Cedars Medical Center the program doesn’t have an insane war chest it used to make the Cristobal hire.

With that said there’s not going to be a new Canes stadium anytime soon, if ever. its just not geographically or financially viable. Unless we can relocate the Marlins and retrofit that stadium again.
 
Tropical park?
Some say not enough space but it’s 264 acres and those 2 buildings in the north side might be a problem I guess.

Gables high? It’s the gables

Hard rock? Too far from campus and so was the orange bowl.

I spoke about that new mall that their gonna build off of I-75 is gonna be the largest mall in America. I say piggy back on the sight and have a whole day experience.

But you want the ultimate nostalgia?!
You want to know what it was like to fight through traffic in an immigrant community and park at abuelas house?!! You want to wonder if your car will be there when you get back?
You want to buy fruit at the traffic light and see roosters and chickens crossing the road?
You want to see dead Santeria goat heads and chicken carcasses thrown out.
You want opposing teams and fans wondering what the Fck is this place??!!!!!

Hialeah Race track and casino!!!!
It already has a deal with the tribe.
Gonna have to deal with brunnetti jr.
It’s like the OB part 2
 
rsa coral gables said:
why not? because neither the city of coral gables nor the residents will ever allow a stadium to be built in the middle of densely populated residential neighborhood. if you don't live here, you'll never understand.
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Actually, I grew up in Coral Gables, hence my alias on here.

Times change and money talks. I'm not saying this is ever likely to happen, but I was just saying IF we were to try and build a stadium in Coral Gables, why not use the NE corner of campus instead of Gables high?
 
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Gables Canes said:
Actually, I grew up in Coral Gables, hence my alias on here.

Times change and money talks. I'm not saying this is ever likely to happen, but I was just saying IF we were to try and build a stadium in Coral Gables, why not use the NE corner of campus instead of Gables high?
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because any such attempt would be futile.

in addition, hard rock has about 215 acres. the area that you describe has about 15 acres and most of it is owned by the school board. you want to stick a 50,000 seat stadium plus parking in 15 acres in the middle of a densely populated residential area in coral gables.

how old are you?
 
pacusmc said:
Tropical park?
Some say not enough space but it’s 264 acres and those 2 buildings in the north side might be a problem I guess.

Gables high? It’s the gables

Hard rock? Too far from campus and so was the orange bowl.

I spoke about that new mall that their gonna build off of I-75 is gonna be the largest mall in America. I say piggy back on the sight and have a whole day experience.

But you want the ultimate nostalgia?!
You want to know what it was like to fight through traffic in an immigrant community and park at abuelas house?!! You want to wonder if your car will be there when you get back?
You want to buy fruit at the traffic light and see roosters and chickens crossing the road?
You want to see dead Santeria goat heads and chicken carcasses thrown out.
You want opposing teams and fans wondering what the Fck is this place??!!!!!

Hialeah Race track and casino!!!!
It already has a deal with the tribe.
Gonna have to deal with brunnetti jr.
It’s like the OB part 2
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tropical park? you mean use the entire park for a stadium? come on man. i'm in favor of a new stadium, but the alternatives have to be reasonable.
 
Jedi Master Cane said:
This is such a garbage take.

Such a problem that he's ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS we were able to even land Mario. His financial backing unified guys like Lemonis and Mas to join the battle as well. It was just a year ago that Lemonis was tweeting out stupid **** like "It's all about the E, not the W's". Now the guy does an about-face and is all on-board with change and trying to build a winning football program.

Not to mention, BOTH Jimmy Johnson and Alonzo Highsmith each thought enough of Ruiz the person to join the stadium committee, and attach their names to the cause as well.

You're obviously a Donna apologist. Fact of the matter is this fanbase owes Ruiz a debt of gratitude. He's done more for this program in the last 5 months than our inept and incompetent administration did in TWENTY YEARS.
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Don't even waste your breath or time with that dude. Easily the most condescending blowhard on the board and has been for years. How dare any one have a different opinion. The guy acts like he was a Rhodes Scholar who just finished his time at Oxford. Buddy, you're a UM grad, like many others on this board, many of whom know people, innerworkings, and whatever else. And even if they don't, their opinion is still valid. Only Miami fans can have multiple billionaires ready to spend big and would tell them to think and dream smaller.
 
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Coral Gables High looks like the best location to me if you want the “on campus” stadium feel. More redevelopment would be needed to connect it to the University. Pay off any nearby homeowners. Get engineers and architects to develop parking garages, state of the art tailgating space, and entertainment shopping and food area that bridges the gap between the University and stadium. Make sure the stadium is built the right way…. Problem solved.
 
pacusmc said:
What about the new mall off of i75?
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yeah, plenty of land there, but same drive as hard rock. what's the advantage?

look, inter miami spent a long time and money trying to find a good place to build a stadium (a third of the size of hard rock) in the middle of the city. and the best they came up with was melreese park. there are no good options, only poor or bad options and all of the poor or bad options are not reasonable or feasible regardless of the amount of money.
 
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KrazyCane said:
Coral Gables High looks like the best location to me if you want the “on campus” stadium feel. More redevelopment would be needed to connect it to the University. Pay off any nearby homeowners. Get engineers and architects to develop parking garages, state of the art tailgating space, and entertainment shopping and food area that bridges the gap between the University and stadium. Make sure the stadium is built the right way…. Problem solved.
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the chances of me winning the heisman are greater than the chances of his idea coming to fruition.
 
Did I hear Shalala say there is still room for a stadium at Marlins park? First I don't believe anything she says after what happened with her at the old OB.

BUT if this were true YES ***** YES build it there. And as it has been mentioned before build it like the old OB. I want to be peeing on the opposing fans.
 
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rsa coral gables said:
yeah, plenty of land there, but same drive as hard rock. what's the advantage?

look, inter miami spent a long time and money trying to find a good place to build a stadium (a third of the size of hard rock) in the middle of the city. and the best they came up with was melreese park. there are very few good options, only bad options and all of the bad options are not reasonable or feasible regardless of the amount of money.
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The advantages to the mall would be that it would at least be our stadium and we could get more money from it.
If you make the roof retractable then it would be the premiere location for concerts and events in all south Florida.

Having a mall like that next to your stadium would mean you would have a booked schedule the first year you open it.

BBT has sawgrass and it’s kind of boring. And small

AAA has bayside and the surrounding areas but it’s small.

The rock is great but if it rains good luck getting a crowd for a concert.

A recruit can come visit for a game and spent the whole day there with his family.
No team in America will have anything close to it.
But making a college stadium with a retractable roof for events is gonna be costly. So why not just keep the rock.


This stadium talk goes in every year.
The question should start and end with hard rock.
I think people have been jaded about it cause of the performance on the field and the desire to recreate the OB.
But for the few weeks we were ranked that place was electric and the stadium is bad ***.
Unless you can make something close to that and make it without the ridiculous red tape that would come and the politics that are gonna happen then just keep the rock.
I think after this season starts that talk of a stadium will die down a lot.
 
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pacusmc said:
The advantages to the mall would be that it would at least be our stadium and we could get more money from it.
If you make the roof retractable then it would be the premiere location for concerts and events in all south Florida.

Having a mall like that next to your stadium would mean you would have a booked schedule the first year you open it.

BBT has sawgrass and it’s kind of boring. And small

AAA has bayside and the surrounding areas but it’s small.

The rock is great but if it rains good luck getting a crowd for a concert.

A recruit can come visit for a game and spent the whole day there with his family.
No team in America will have anything close to it.
But making a college stadium with a retractable roof for events is gonna be costly. So why not just keep the rock.


This stadium talk goes in every year.
The question should start and end with hard rock.
I think people have been jaded about it cause of the performance on the field and the desire to recreate the OB.
But for the few weeks we were ranked that place was electric and the stadium is bad ***.
Unless you can make something close to that and make it without the ridiculous red tape that would come and the politics that are gonna happen then just keep the rock.
I think after this season starts that talk of a stadium will die down a lot.
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fair points, but regardless of the amenities at the mall, it is still an hour drive.

i think the stadium issue is something that doesnt have to get fixed.

fix the program, fix the team, win and we'll have an atmosphere similar to 2017 norte dame and people in the seats.

in addition, make the game day experience worthwhile. stephen ross has made it more difficult every year to tailgate. the tailgate area decreases every year and there is construction every year making it a PITA to enjoy. that needs to get fixed.
 
If Ruiz would have posted that here, his thread would have been locked and all the Shalala apologists would attack him. 💯

Shalala was and is a Clinton hack. She cared about one thing - money.

Thank goodness her hires are getting purged.
 
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