What would a new basketball arena cost?

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Originally Posted by CajunAmos

Or for some folks who have been attending for years but can't afford PSL charges associated with 1st & 2nd level seating to stop coming.

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You could remove the PSL costs for Section 2 seats behind the baskets. Almost no one has tickets there now.

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Originally Posted by TCbacker54

Cajun Dome's exterior roof is an eye sore as well. Facing Congress, it looks like King Kong slid off the top of the dome with a dirty booty hole...

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That funny ____ right there.... :D

dude i saw that what the hell happened?

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

You could remove the PSL costs for Section 2 seats behind the baskets. Almost no one has tickets there now.

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Center court level 1 & 2 is the only section with extra charges.

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Originally Posted by The Antiwac

It seats 5000. The Montagne Center at Lamar seats 10,000 and is the best arena for a "mid-major" program that I have ever been in.

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Montagne Center was built in just 18 months (from June 20, 1983 through November, 1984). The facility originally seated 8,000, but capacity was expanded in 1985 to 10K+ It just took one year after completion to realize that they need an extra 2K seats.........

IMO, before building a new basketball arena (unless we're talking about 10+ years from now) I'd use the 50 million on the new baseball improvements, the new basketball practice facility (so the APF can be completed), and the football stadium phase 2 work before even thinking about something to replace the Cajundome. I'd maybe even put a multi-level parking facility at Cajun Field before a new basketball facility.

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Originally Posted by CajunAmos

IMO, before building a new basketball arena (unless we're talking about 10+ years from now) I'd use the 50 million on the new baseball improvements, the new basketball practice facility (so the APF can be completed), and the football stadium phase 2 work before even thinking about something to replace the Cajundome. I'd maybe even put a multi-level parking facility at Cajun Field before a new basketball facility.

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This......

Loathe as I am to admit it, I actually kinda liked ULM's stadium. It's capacity is just over 7K, I believe, but I imagine a modernized Blackham looking a lot like that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fant%E2...Ewing_Coliseum

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Originally Posted by CajunAmos

Or for some folks who have been attending for years but can't afford PSL charges associated with 1st & 2nd level seating to stop coming.

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excellent point! Then maybe the second level endzone seats could be free of PSL charges. Or, we could have a secondary ticket market for all of those season ticket holders that rarely attend and re-sell their tickets without the PSL charges. Just spitballing here! I would just love to see a nice thick fan base surrounding the team.

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Originally Posted by ImperialCajun

I would just love to see a nice thick fan base surrounding the team.

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We need to serve more pastries.