Cajundome Renovations 2016

[Frenchie35]

The ceiling should be painted grey and black curtains should be lowered over the 300 level.

And leave an opening for the suites.......are some of the big money bags might be upset.

[Frenchie35]

So, can anyone go in and walk around and take pics or do you have to have connections with the AD?

Z

I tried Z......the word was tried.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Are we talking about the roof or ceiling here.......They have the money for the roof. I assume that with all those trucks jumping around the dome floor and the exhaust the ceiling would get a little yellow. But it still looks good.

The ceiling looks like it's almost thirty years old. Very dingy.

[CajunEXPRESS]

If you have the best house in the ghetto does it really matter? If we don't do something in conference realignment. When the time comes then we easily could have spent all that money for operations.

But, the Cajun Dome will be nice. Just about 30% to big for our program. We never needed a 11,500 seat arena. I'd rather be in a modernized Blackham.

The problem isn't the facility. It's the product. There should be 7-8 k at most games and a couple of 10k plus nights even in the current SBC.

[CajunRebel]

The problem isn't the facility. It's the product. There should be 7-8 k at most games and a couple of 10k plus nights even in the current SBC.

I do agree it is the product. Unfortunately the product is Sun Belt Basketball. Last year we led the Sun Belt in attendance. We had almost double the attendance of the school in second place.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We seated 10k in a championship game vs USA, a current member of the SBC.

We had a very good product then. Didn't approach 5k in the UNO arena vs very good GSU, and WKU teams. Granted the games were about 130 miles away.

[CajunRebel]

We seated 10k in a championship game vs USA, a current member of the SBC.

We had a very good product then. Didn't approach 5k in the UNO arena vs very good GSU, and WKU teams. Granted the games were about 130 miles away.

Yeah, but Sun Belt Basketball as a whole was a much better product back then. Weren't we consistently sending 2-3 teams to the NCAA tournament every year?

[cajun4life]

Why do we always talk about the Dome being to big. I guess it would be better that we play in a smaller arena and have people standing outside and can't get in. Better to have to much than to little. TMO.....

I absolutely disagree. I'm not saying play in a 5000 seat arena, but 8000 is plenty big enough for the Cajuns. Hell, under Marlin 5000 would be enough. Having a 50% filled Cajun Dome isn't impressive no matter how you spin it. We will never average 60% capacity of the Cajun Dome with Marlin as HC or in the Sun Belt.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Yeah, but Sun Belt Basketball as a whole was a much better product back then. Weren't we consistently sending 2-3 teams to the NCAA tournament every year?

Two twice I think

[CajunNation]

SBC basketball is not good because the university presidents, athletic directors, and head basketball coaches do not want to do what it takes(funding, scheduling) to improve the conference RPI.

They would rather get 20 wins over SBC schools and a steaming pile of _____ non-conference schools.