(03-13-2014 08:45 AM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  A new one in Statesboro would be great for the surrounding counties and midway between the to cities. Using it for basketball, concerts, and other events/expos would be great for the local community and businesses during the off-season. A new arena is the biggest item on the athletics's to-do list.

There's been whispers about it including a restaurant/hotel as well which could be utilized by the school for hotel/restaurant management education. It would be a really cool use of the facility to allow state funds as well as local/private funds to make it a very nice addition to the city and school.

(03-13-2014 08:45 AM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  That is overkill for what isn't that large of a population center (maybe it's bigger than I think).

City is around 120,000. Three county MSA is around 405,000 (about a 30 mile radius). Surrounding area is around 600,000, but there's competition with the Houston area next door to the west and Lake Charles next door to the east.

Back to luxury seats...

Quote:As for box seats. I agree that it will likely happen soon (fundraising would likely start within 3 years). Just too much money to be made to keep the current setup in place. It'll be another round of growing pains and people will complain about being priced out, but if done right would only be a minor inconvenience.
Does any know if their luxury boxes have different pricing tiers? like an entry level, gold, and platinum type system. I suggested this for when GS does rebuild theirs, but was curious if anyone else had something to compare too.

Any idea of how many additional are planned for Paulson? It looks like there are currently 26 suites in the stadium now. They are money makers if they are fully utilized.

(03-13-2014 11:33 AM)LUSportsFan Wrote:  

(03-13-2014 08:45 AM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  That is overkill for what isn't that large of a population center (maybe it's bigger than I think).

City is around 120,000. Three county MSA is around 405,000 (about a 30 mile radius). Surrounding area is around 600,000, but there's competition with the Houston area next door to the west and Lake Charles next door to the east.

Back to luxury seats...

Quote:As for box seats. I agree that it will likely happen soon (fundraising would likely start within 3 years). Just too much money to be made to keep the current setup in place. It'll be another round of growing pains and people will complain about being priced out, but if done right would only be a minor inconvenience.
Does any know if their luxury boxes have different pricing tiers? like an entry level, gold, and platinum type system. I suggested this for when GS does rebuild theirs, but was curious if anyone else had something to compare too.

Any idea of how many additional are planned for Paulson? It looks like there are currently 26 suites in the stadium now. They are money makers if they are fully utilized.

They are fully utilized with ~10+ groups on a waiting list. They make money, but could make sooooo much more. Another post put the $$$ amounts but its ~$10-12K/year with a 10 year contract. The long contract is what hurts. Also, the whole structure was supposed to be "temporary". It all needs to be updated and remodeled. The hope is when attendance and funding is sufficient they will tear it down and build a new deck on top with a new press/luxury boxes on top of that. The problem is, will the current tenants and those waiting want to pay the new prices. I would think that they will go up to around $20K+/year, maybe with 3-5 year contracts.
Then build a true upper deck on the student side if there is demand.
Eventually I think they will close in the Bishop building end-zone (opposite new building) with seats. Making it a horseshoe. The stadium was designed to max out around 50-60K. I'm sure new plans could be made to expand further if needed, but now I'm just happy to see new seats period. New capacity is 23-25K and I hope with 10 years it'll be 35K.

(03-13-2014 12:38 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(03-13-2014 11:33 AM)LUSportsFan Wrote:  

(03-13-2014 08:45 AM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  That is overkill for what isn't that large of a population center (maybe it's bigger than I think).

City is around 120,000. Three county MSA is around 405,000 (about a 30 mile radius). Surrounding area is around 600,000, but there's competition with the Houston area next door to the west and Lake Charles next door to the east.

Back to luxury seats...

Quote:As for box seats. I agree that it will likely happen soon (fundraising would likely start within 3 years). Just too much money to be made to keep the current setup in place. It'll be another round of growing pains and people will complain about being priced out, but if done right would only be a minor inconvenience.
Does any know if their luxury boxes have different pricing tiers? like an entry level, gold, and platinum type system. I suggested this for when GS does rebuild theirs, but was curious if anyone else had something to compare too.

Any idea of how many additional are planned for Paulson? It looks like there are currently 26 suites in the stadium now. They are money makers if they are fully utilized.

They are fully utilized with ~10+ groups on a waiting list. They make money, but could make sooooo much more. Another post put the $$$ amounts but its ~$10-12K/year with a 10 year contract. The long contract is what hurts. Also, the whole structure was supposed to be "temporary". It all needs to be updated and remodeled. The hope is when attendance and funding is sufficient they will tear it down and build a new deck on top with a new press/luxury boxes on top of that. The problem is, will the current tenants and those waiting want to pay the new prices. I would think that they will go up to around $20K+/year, maybe with 3-5 year contracts.
Then build a true upper deck on the student side if there is demand.
Eventually I think they will close in the Bishop building end-zone (opposite new building) with seats. Making it a horseshoe. The stadium was designed to max out around 50-60K. I'm sure new plans could be made to expand further if needed, but now I'm just happy to see new seats period. New capacity is 23-25K and I hope with 10 years it'll be 35K.

With the current plan being modified by the FOC, I think it changes the max to ~45k.

Honestly that's plenty big enough for us. If we put 45k in the stands at every home game I'll be able to die a happy man.