How much $ does it take to buy a quality home game?

[BirdofParadise]

Jay, if we played NIU's OOC schedule, going 8-5, we could get an at large from the Sun Belt; just not a 5.

Recent history says otherwise.

[CajunT]

Renovating Blackham would be a lot cheaper, probably. But even a renovation wouldn't do for what we need today.

$70-75 million to do it right.

Unless you cut a deal with the city of Lafayette, that isn't going to happen anyway. People need to forget about Blackham because it's the future home of the Heymann performing arts building.

[GeauxCajuns]

i wouldnt cap our seating at anything under 8,000. we were under .500 4 years ago and have a crowd of larger than 8,000. so a 4-5000 seat facility is short sighted. i think it needs to be around 8000

[CrazyCajun]

i wouldnt cap our seating at anything under 8,000. we were under .500 4 years ago and have a crowd of larger than 8,000. so a 4-5000 seat facility is short sighted. i think it needs to be around 8000

5000 puts a value on the ticket, it would increase season ticket sales. If we ever get really good and exciting you could possibly sell out with season ticket holders and have a secondary ticket market increasing the value of every ticket. Why build something for crowds we have had a few times? Build something that would be packed almost every night for a true home court advantage.

[Boomer]

5000 puts a value on the ticket, it would increase season ticket sales. If we ever get really good and exciting you could possibly sell out with season ticket holders and have a secondary ticket market increasing the value of every ticket. Why build something for crowds we have had a few times? Build something that would be packed almost every night for a true home court advantage.

---I say we wait for the C-Dome remodel and see what is up---the Designer/architect that I talked to says it is gonna be very nice for basketball---although the club area will not be included, it will be dynamite!!!

[GeauxCajuns]

5000 puts a value on the ticket, it would increase season ticket sales. If we ever get really good and exciting you could possibly sell out with season ticket holders and have a secondary ticket market increasing the value of every ticket. Why build something for crowds we have had a few times? Build something that would be packed almost every night for a true home court advantage.

but unlike football or baseball, how do you expand a basketball facility if the need arises?

[Clutch0364]

5000 puts a value on the ticket, it would increase season ticket sales. If we ever get really good and exciting you could possibly sell out with season ticket holders and have a secondary ticket market increasing the value of every ticket. Why build something for crowds we have had a few times? Build something that would be packed almost every night for a true home court advantage.

A++++

[CrazyCajun]

but unlike football or baseball, how do you expand a basketball facility if the need arises?

You don't, you pack the house every damn night. You remove seats and put bleachers in certain areas of you have to. Duke could afford to build a bigger arena and sell it out every night, but they don't.

[GeauxCajuns]

You don't, you pack the house every damn night. You remove seats and put bleachers in certain areas of you have to. Duke could afford to build a bigger arena and sell it out every night, but they don't.

they also hold 9300+, not 4-5000. i think an intimate (compact) basketball facility with 8,000 seats slammed on top of the court will be intimidating and loud even if we were to have 4000-5000 people in attendance. JMO.

[CrazyCajun]

they also hold 9300+, not 4-5000. i think an intimate (compact) basketball facility with 8,000 seats slammed on top of the court will be intimidating and loud even if we were to have 4000-5000 people in attendance. JMO.

We aren't duke...8,000 seat stadium...at least 2,000 empty seats nightly during the best of years. People were certainly going that year because we were winning but people forget the doors were basically open. If you brought a beard you got in free, kids under 12 free, if you could whistle you got in free. We really need something 1300 less than duke???

[ManAboutTown]

---I say we wait for the C-Dome remodel and see what is up---the Designer/architect that I talked to says it is gonna be very nice for basketball---although the club area will not be included, it will be dynamite!!!

Irrelevant. If the CajunDome is hindering our scheduling of quality home games, we need another option.

[BirdofParadise]

We aren't duke...8,000 seat stadium...at least 2,000 empty seats nightly during the best of years. People were certainly going that year because we were winning but people forget the doors were basically open. If you brought a beard you got in free, kids under 12 free, if you could whistle you got in free. We really need something 1300 less than duke???

5000 is too small. 7000-7500 will do fine. If you are winning (and no one can say we can't), you'll create a demand for tickets even at that capacity.

Once it's built, it's built. We'd really regret a 5,000 seat facility down the road.