(08-13-2013 02:17 PM)RedMountain Wrote:  The urine walls kinda make you feel like your walking in Paris. That's after millions in renovations to that stadium. They finally put some doors on the stalls and got the last of the "colored"/"whites only" signs down a few years back, although I think there's one that's still actually cemented into the stadium.

LOL

Bengals to reimburse UC for playing at PBS
UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue
Aug. 13, 2013 4:39 PM

The University of Cincinnati will pay the same standard rental fee to play its 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium that it paid when the Bearcats played there in the past - with one major difference. This time the Bengals will return their share of the rent to UC.

UC announced Monday that the Bearcats will play their home games at PBS while Nippert Stadium is being renovated on campus.

“When I got the call about UC playing a full season down there we started talking internally about how we might be able to help the University of Cincinnati and their project,” said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals’ director of business development. “We couldn’t say you guys come in and play rent free because Hamilton County needs to make money when other events happen down there. What we came up with is we are going to reimburse to the University of Cincinnati all the money we would have received in rent for the full season. We will reimburse 100 percent.”

Under the terms of their lease with Hamilton County, which owns the stadium, the Bengals are entitled to 50 percent of the rent, with the other 50 percent going to the county.

“We’re not going to make any money off the rent,” Bedinghaus said, “but we cannot stand in the way of the county making money because it’s not our money to give away.”

Bedinghaus said Tuesday he expects the rental agreement will be finalized within a few weeks.

“For a year that we really needed them, the Bengals really stepped up and helped us out,” said UC athletic director Whit Babcock. “We had nowhere to go. They could have not been easier to work with.”

Under the terms of the Bengals’ lease with the county, UC must pay 10 percent of the first $1 million in ticket revenue for each game played there, 12.5 percent of the next $1 million and 15 percent of gross ticket revenue exceeding $2 million. UC must also pay a 25-cent surcharge to Hamilton County for each ticket sold and is responsible for all game expenses.

“That’s the essence of any collegiate deal that we host at Paul Brown Stadium,” Bedinghaus said. “The one thing we were sensitive to with UC was playing their entire season there. We wanted to make sure that we spelled out those rates on a per-game basis, not a gross basis across the whole season. That makes it a little less expensive (for UC). That’s what we were looking for.”

When UC played Big East Conference games against Louisville and West Virginia at PBS in 2011, the school calculated that it would have made more money if those games had been played before a sellout crowd at Nippert Stadium even though attendance at both games exceeded Nippert’s 35,000-seat capacity, with the West Virginia game drawing 48,152 fans and the Louisville game attracting 40,971.

Because of the Bengals’ exclusive corporate sponsorship agreements in Paul Brown Stadium, UC was not allowed to have its corporate sponsors on the video board if they conflicted with the Bengals’ agreements. That won’t change in 2014.

The Bengals and the county will split all money from parking and concessions on a 50-50 basis. The merchandising agreement has not been finalized but Bedinghaus said, “I suspect at the end of day we will allow UC to sell their merchandise without anything coming back to us.”

Babcock said UC tried to find a way to keep its 2014 home games on campus during construction but realized it wasn’t feasible.

“We looked at playing 2014 in Nippert and would have done anything we could to get in there,” Babcock said. “We looked at it every which way we could. We even looked at phasing in construction over a two-year period. We did not want to leave Nippert. But we can get more for our money if we do (the construction) all at one time.”

UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue and looked at playing its home games at various sites around the state to showcase its football program, Babcock said, but decided neither was a workable solution.

“(UC coach) Tommy Tuberville would have run me out of town for that,” Babcock said.

Construction is scheduled to begin on Nippert shortly after the Bearcats complete their regular season there on Thursday Dec. 5 with an American Athletic Conference game against long-time rival Louisville. The project is expected to be completed in time for the opening of UC’s 2015 season.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130...RONTPAGE|p

(08-11-2013 10:44 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(08-11-2013 10:38 PM)Borncoog74 Wrote:  

(08-11-2013 10:03 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(08-11-2013 10:00 PM)IAH Wrote:  I dont understand the hate against rice stadium. I would not mind playing every game there. Great location, easy parking and i can walk to bw3, ginger man, or little woodrows before or after the game.

Free parking and the parking attendants give you free tickets

Where else do you get the opportunity to look into the eyes of your fellow fans while each of you urinate.

Pro tip- don't wear sandals

Yup

I like rice stadium

(08-13-2013 08:05 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  I like rice stadium

You also like guys peeing on you

(08-13-2013 04:22 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 02:17 PM)RedMountain Wrote:  The urine walls kinda make you feel like your walking in Paris. That's after millions in renovations to that stadium. They finally put some doors on the stalls and got the last of the "colored"/"whites only" signs down a few years back, although I think there's one that's still actually cemented into the stadium.

LOL

Bengals to reimburse UC for playing at PBS
UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue
Aug. 13, 2013 4:39 PM

The University of Cincinnati will pay the same standard rental fee to play its 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium that it paid when the Bearcats played there in the past - with one major difference. This time the Bengals will return their share of the rent to UC.

UC announced Monday that the Bearcats will play their home games at PBS while Nippert Stadium is being renovated on campus.

“When I got the call about UC playing a full season down there we started talking internally about how we might be able to help the University of Cincinnati and their project,” said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals’ director of business development. “We couldn’t say you guys come in and play rent free because Hamilton County needs to make money when other events happen down there. What we came up with is we are going to reimburse to the University of Cincinnati all the money we would have received in rent for the full season. We will reimburse 100 percent.”

Under the terms of their lease with Hamilton County, which owns the stadium, the Bengals are entitled to 50 percent of the rent, with the other 50 percent going to the county.

“We’re not going to make any money off the rent,” Bedinghaus said, “but we cannot stand in the way of the county making money because it’s not our money to give away.”

Bedinghaus said Tuesday he expects the rental agreement will be finalized within a few weeks.

“For a year that we really needed them, the Bengals really stepped up and helped us out,” said UC athletic director Whit Babcock. “We had nowhere to go. They could have not been easier to work with.”

Under the terms of the Bengals’ lease with the county, UC must pay 10 percent of the first $1 million in ticket revenue for each game played there, 12.5 percent of the next $1 million and 15 percent of gross ticket revenue exceeding $2 million. UC must also pay a 25-cent surcharge to Hamilton County for each ticket sold and is responsible for all game expenses.

“That’s the essence of any collegiate deal that we host at Paul Brown Stadium,” Bedinghaus said. “The one thing we were sensitive to with UC was playing their entire season there. We wanted to make sure that we spelled out those rates on a per-game basis, not a gross basis across the whole season. That makes it a little less expensive (for UC). That’s what we were looking for.”

When UC played Big East Conference games against Louisville and West Virginia at PBS in 2011, the school calculated that it would have made more money if those games had been played before a sellout crowd at Nippert Stadium even though attendance at both games exceeded Nippert’s 35,000-seat capacity, with the West Virginia game drawing 48,152 fans and the Louisville game attracting 40,971.

Because of the Bengals’ exclusive corporate sponsorship agreements in Paul Brown Stadium, UC was not allowed to have its corporate sponsors on the video board if they conflicted with the Bengals’ agreements. That won’t change in 2014.

The Bengals and the county will split all money from parking and concessions on a 50-50 basis. The merchandising agreement has not been finalized but Bedinghaus said, “I suspect at the end of day we will allow UC to sell their merchandise without anything coming back to us.”

Babcock said UC tried to find a way to keep its 2014 home games on campus during construction but realized it wasn’t feasible.

“We looked at playing 2014 in Nippert and would have done anything we could to get in there,” Babcock said. “We looked at it every which way we could. We even looked at phasing in construction over a two-year period. We did not want to leave Nippert. But we can get more for our money if we do (the construction) all at one time.”

UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue and looked at playing its home games at various sites around the state to showcase its football program, Babcock said, but decided neither was a workable solution.

“(UC coach) Tommy Tuberville would have run me out of town for that,” Babcock said.

Construction is scheduled to begin on Nippert shortly after the Bearcats complete their regular season there on Thursday Dec. 5 with an American Athletic Conference game against long-time rival Louisville. The project is expected to be completed in time for the opening of UC’s 2015 season.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130...RONTPAGE|p

Hats a real good look, and a classy move. Reliant did not show UH love like that

I don't want anything do at Rice, jmo.

(08-13-2013 04:22 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 02:17 PM)RedMountain Wrote:  The urine walls kinda make you feel like your walking in Paris. That's after millions in renovations to that stadium. They finally put some doors on the stalls and got the last of the "colored"/"whites only" signs down a few years back, although I think there's one that's still actually cemented into the stadium.

LOL

Bengals to reimburse UC for playing at PBS
UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue
Aug. 13, 2013 4:39 PM

The University of Cincinnati will pay the same standard rental fee to play its 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium that it paid when the Bearcats played there in the past - with one major difference. This time the Bengals will return their share of the rent to UC.

UC announced Monday that the Bearcats will play their home games at PBS while Nippert Stadium is being renovated on campus.

“When I got the call about UC playing a full season down there we started talking internally about how we might be able to help the University of Cincinnati and their project,” said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals’ director of business development. “We couldn’t say you guys come in and play rent free because Hamilton County needs to make money when other events happen down there. What we came up with is we are going to reimburse to the University of Cincinnati all the money we would have received in rent for the full season. We will reimburse 100 percent.”

Under the terms of their lease with Hamilton County, which owns the stadium, the Bengals are entitled to 50 percent of the rent, with the other 50 percent going to the county.

“We’re not going to make any money off the rent,” Bedinghaus said, “but we cannot stand in the way of the county making money because it’s not our money to give away.”

Bedinghaus said Tuesday he expects the rental agreement will be finalized within a few weeks.

“For a year that we really needed them, the Bengals really stepped up and helped us out,” said UC athletic director Whit Babcock. “We had nowhere to go. They could have not been easier to work with.”

Under the terms of the Bengals’ lease with the county, UC must pay 10 percent of the first $1 million in ticket revenue for each game played there, 12.5 percent of the next $1 million and 15 percent of gross ticket revenue exceeding $2 million. UC must also pay a 25-cent surcharge to Hamilton County for each ticket sold and is responsible for all game expenses.

“That’s the essence of any collegiate deal that we host at Paul Brown Stadium,” Bedinghaus said. “The one thing we were sensitive to with UC was playing their entire season there. We wanted to make sure that we spelled out those rates on a per-game basis, not a gross basis across the whole season. That makes it a little less expensive (for UC). That’s what we were looking for.”

When UC played Big East Conference games against Louisville and West Virginia at PBS in 2011, the school calculated that it would have made more money if those games had been played before a sellout crowd at Nippert Stadium even though attendance at both games exceeded Nippert’s 35,000-seat capacity, with the West Virginia game drawing 48,152 fans and the Louisville game attracting 40,971.

Because of the Bengals’ exclusive corporate sponsorship agreements in Paul Brown Stadium, UC was not allowed to have its corporate sponsors on the video board if they conflicted with the Bengals’ agreements. That won’t change in 2014.

The Bengals and the county will split all money from parking and concessions on a 50-50 basis. The merchandising agreement has not been finalized but Bedinghaus said, “I suspect at the end of day we will allow UC to sell their merchandise without anything coming back to us.”

Babcock said UC tried to find a way to keep its 2014 home games on campus during construction but realized it wasn’t feasible.

“We looked at playing 2014 in Nippert and would have done anything we could to get in there,” Babcock said. “We looked at it every which way we could. We even looked at phasing in construction over a two-year period. We did not want to leave Nippert. But we can get more for our money if we do (the construction) all at one time.”

UC also briefly considered Great American Ball Park as a possible home venue and looked at playing its home games at various sites around the state to showcase its football program, Babcock said, but decided neither was a workable solution.

“(UC coach) Tommy Tuberville would have run me out of town for that,” Babcock said.

Construction is scheduled to begin on Nippert shortly after the Bearcats complete their regular season there on Thursday Dec. 5 with an American Athletic Conference game against long-time rival Louisville. The project is expected to be completed in time for the opening of UC’s 2015 season.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130...RONTPAGE|p

Given the sweetheart deal the Bungles have with Hamilton County and the financial loss we took playing at PBS last time, I am SHOCKED that Paul Brown is doing this...

I just figured he'd bend UC over the barrel and take us for every last nickel and penny he could get. Matter of fact, I still am somewhat suspicious.

(08-13-2013 08:05 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  I like rice stadium

Well compared to Tulsa's stadium....

Quote:

(08-10-2013 04:24 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Aw heck no... If UH couldn't accommodate, they should've moved the game up to Cincy...

Sorry, we demand at least 7 home games a year.

UH should have thought of that before they ripped down their stadium without any plan in place of where they were going to play.

Besides, it's not a home-game for UH. It's a home game for Rice.

(08-13-2013 11:05 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

Quote:

(08-10-2013 04:24 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Aw heck no... If UH couldn't accommodate, they should've moved the game up to Cincy...

Sorry, we demand at least 7 home games a year.

UH should have thought of that before they ripped down their stadium without any plan in place of where they were going to play.

Besides, it's not a home-game for UH. It's a home game for Rice.

We had an agreement in principal with Reliant. Starting construction was more important than waiting for the NFL and AAC schedules to come out first. We knew we could play every game at Reliant as long as the Texans didn't have a game the next day. So we had to wait until the NFL schedule was released so we would know which games we had to find another home for. Rice was bent about us leaving CUSA and them behind so they were going to make UH jump through hoops and make it as uncomfortable as possible. Personally, I would have rather played it at BBVA just like Memphis.

Oh, and just so you know.
Even when we play Rice at Rice it is a UH home game.
We outnumber them 5:1

These games use to be classics! Can't wait to see it this year!

(08-13-2013 11:03 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 08:05 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  I like rice stadium

Well compared to Tulsa's stadium....

Our place is awesome.

(08-14-2013 06:08 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 11:03 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(08-13-2013 08:05 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  I like rice stadium

Well compared to Tulsa's stadium....

Our place is awesome.

I agree!

I especially like how you can kick 51 yard field goals through the windows of the endzone facility suites to win games!

While that sucked major balls it was easily one of the best cougar Tulsa games in recent memory.

glad you made it for that one.

(08-14-2013 06:56 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  While that sucked major balls it was easily one of the best cougar Tulsa games in recent memory.

glad you made it for that one.

I have made it to the last 3-4 there. I was at the one when Briles mailed it in, and we lost like 50-7 or something like that. It definitely sucked balls when the game was over and a Paul Bunyon Tulsa fan in Tie Die t-shirt and blue jean overalls got in our fans grill throwing the coog sign down and telling us we sucked. He had a little too much to drink I think.

For the record, that is not typical Tulsa fan at all.

(08-14-2013 09:06 PM)Borncoog74 Wrote:  

(08-14-2013 06:56 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  While that sucked major balls it was easily one of the best cougar Tulsa games in recent memory.

glad you made it for that one.

I have made it to the last 3-4 there. I was at the one when Briles mailed it in, and we lost like 50-7 or something like that. It definitely sucked balls when the game was over and a Paul Bunyon Tulsa fan in Tie Die t-shirt and blue jean overalls got in our fans grill throwing the coog sign down and telling us we sucked. He had a little too much to drink I think.

For the record, that is not typical Tulsa fan at all.

I know that guy pretty well.

He always at the rowdy tailgate on Glenn Dobbs. Hes actually a really nice guy he was just probably drunk off his ass and acting the fool.

Too funny.

Sorry you had a bad experience but at least you can laugh at it. I like that there is healthy degree of animosity at Tulsa/UH games. Ive walked out of Robertson getting yelled out and done my fair share of yelling back.

(08-14-2013 09:35 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  

(08-14-2013 09:06 PM)Borncoog74 Wrote:  

(08-14-2013 06:56 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  While that sucked major balls it was easily one of the best cougar Tulsa games in recent memory.

glad you made it for that one.

I have made it to the last 3-4 there. I was at the one when Briles mailed it in, and we lost like 50-7 or something like that. It definitely sucked balls when the game was over and a Paul Bunyon Tulsa fan in Tie Die t-shirt and blue jean overalls got in our fans grill throwing the coog sign down and telling us we sucked. He had a little too much to drink I think.

For the record, that is not typical Tulsa fan at all.

I know that guy pretty well.

He always at the rowdy tailgate on Glenn Dobbs. Hes actually a really nice guy he was just probably drunk off his ass and acting the fool.

Too funny.

Sorry you had a bad experience but at least you can laugh at it. I like that there is healthy degree of animosity at Tulsa/UH games. Ive walked out of Robertson getting yelled out and done my fair share of yelling back.

You are the mascara Wearing Tulsa fan that got booted at the SMU game

<<<<Made Dements wife cry after a SMU/Hawaii hoops game.

(08-14-2013 09:48 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  <<<<Made Dements wife cry after a SMU/Hawaii hoops game.

Try that with Brown