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Canedude08 said:
This isn't even close to being "on campus". You are almost three miles away from campus, and unlike your typical college town, where you have college friendly businesses and residences for miles around, this isn't that.
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It's as close as you can get for UM. To your second point, while not exactly walking distance there is a lot in that area already and a stadium could be a catalyst for more of the atmosphere you're referring to.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
I’ve been following this discussion and have politely declined to participate, except for this part.

The idea of students walking tropical park is absurd, it’s not going to happen no matter how you measure out the distance, even if it’s “only“ 2.5 miles, which actually is closer to four miles, and it’s walking on shltty narrow sidewalks (where there are even sidewalks).

Let’s keep it real, that’s not going to happen.

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It's Miami so foot traffic is absolutely not something to be counted on but that's by choice not necessarily "feasibility" in this instance.

It's 2.9 miles from fraternity row to the Miller Drive entrance to Tropical Park. There are kids at large state schools in plenty of places that walk at least that in a normal academic day in warm (or extreme cold) temps.

But again- let's not count on that at all as a reliable main method even though I guarantee you'd see plenty of people on foot on Miller after games- it still doesn't negate it as a beyond easy pick-up/drop off distance from campus.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Very relevant global climate change issue. Maybe they will hire the city planners from Miami Beach.
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Why does every one assume that underneath parking means underground parking? The stadium might be elevated and the additional parking could be underneath the stadium. That might be more practical than a underground parking structure given the landscape.

Just a thought.
 
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JgDaCane said:
Parking lol You guys sound like you’re 400 years old. Idc if theres 0 parking spots. Get us own our stadium.
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Yeah except it doesn’t work that way. Do you go to games? Look around. At least 50% of the people I would say are over 40 or even 50. They are usually the ones that contribute the most to the program, buy the season tickets and so forth.

So if you don’t think comfort or convenience are an issue, then you’re not looking at it clearly.
 
canecrazy23 said:
Let's say we move to the SEC.

Here is the capacity of each stadium.

UFag: 88,548
UGA: 92,746
LSU: 102,321
Alabama: 101,821
Tennessee: 102,455
Texas A&M: 102,733
S. Carolina: 80,250
Auburn: 87,451
Kentucky 61,000
Arkansas: 72,000
Ole Miss: 64,000


Vanderbilt: 40,000

UM 48,000(new stadium) So we would be going from one of the Primere Stadiums in the country to a UCF size stadium.
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The stadium proposed by Ruiz IS NOT 48,000. And forget the ACC look at the stadiums in the ACC, PAC 12, BIG 12. New UM stadium is supposed to be in excess of 60,000
 
Is anyone of a certain age to remember house parties at a house on Miller called "The Palace"? I remember that place being in the vicinity of South Miami High- which is a couple blocks from the entrance to Tropical Park and a TON of people walked to those things.

So again, I absolutely wouldn't count on foot traffic at all when calculating the need for shuttles, etc. But that's also largely by choice and not actual logistics and theoretically a parent isn't going to have to worry if their 17 yr old freshman daughter has a meltdown at a game and decides to walk back to campus.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Yeah except it doesn’t work that way. Do you go to games? Look around. At least 50% of the people I would say are over 40 or even 50. They are usually the ones that contribute the most to the program, buy the season tickets and so forth.

So if you don’t think comfort or convenience are an issue, then you’re not looking at it clearly.
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You’re right man. My mistake.
 
Dumpster Kitty said:
I don't really think we have to worry about parking when we'll still have 30,000 showing up to most games. Yes, with a new coach. Yes, with a new stadium. But once the novelty wears off, it will be same old, even if we're winning. The admin won't care because season tickets are sold out and Golden Canes are happy But our rivals will point out that we got a brand new stadium still not on campus and still can't fill it.
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BS ... Rechts' 2017 season the average was 57,000 (tickets sold yes) but butts in the seat was close. The only time you have CONFERENCE GAMES with low attendance is when UM sucks. UM with 10 win or better regular seasons TODAY = 60,000 or more. This is not 1990 either and simply the population of Miami Dade having grown by 800,000 certainly helps.
 
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Hurracanes said:
This has a retractable roof, too. So you can host a major event and not worry about rain or sun.

I bought the wife Lady Gaga tickets right on the floor in front of the stage. It’s at HRS, and it could very well rain on us. This is a nice advantage OB 2 could have.
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Hurracanes said:
It all depends on club level seating and designs. We will know more in August.

Ruiz family isn’t too impressed with certain variables at HRS. It is an old stadium with a face lift. I think they want to build something more advanced in many ways.
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A couple of points.

A retractable roof would raise the price of the stadium in my estimation, to over $1.5 billion.

Secondly, could you specifically tell me what variables at HRS the Ruiz family is not impressed with?
 
CANEMC said:
Cargo ship parking. Uber helicopters to and from stadium.
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Zip lines in the interim? From the top of the Biltmore should provide a large enough incline until permanent platforms/lightning rods can be constructed.
 
canecrazy23 said:
Let's say we move to the SEC.

Here is the capacity of each stadium.

UFag: 88,548
UGA: 92,746
LSU: 102,321
Alabama: 101,821
Tennessee: 102,455
Texas A&M: 102,733
S. Carolina: 80,250
Auburn: 87,451
Kentucky 61,000
Arkansas: 72,000
Ole Miss: 64,000


Vanderbilt: 40,000

UM 48,000(new stadium) So we would be going from one of the Primere Stadiums in the country to a UCF size stadium.
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No reason that UM would have to have a SEC capacity stadium. A stadium with somewhere around 60,000 would be perfect for UM.

Stadiums by Size in the ACC

FSU 82,300
Clemson 81,500
Va Tech 66,233
Pitt 65,500
UM 65,236 (Hard Rock)
UNC 62,980
NC State 57,583
Louisville 55,000
Ga Tech 55,000
Syracuse 49,250
BC 44,500
Duke 40,000 (but it's a long walk from the locker rooms)
Wake 31,500

Baylor's new stadium is 45,140, Kentucky is 61,000, Oregon is 54,000. We DON'T NEED an SEC capacity venue.
 
Outside stadium, there will be a bar for pre and post game. Similar to Cowboys stadium which has a dope place. Such a great idea.
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If they could put more than just a bar but a handful of bars and restaurants along the lake there that would be incredible. THAT'S a gameday experience. I said from the beginning, if they can design this in the same vein as City Walk at Universal in Orlando it's an absolute homerun. Build an amphitheater for community use as well as gameday. In addition to the park, let the community use the space year round as entertainment instead of just 7 Saturdays a year.

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