Build it the right way. Don’t be afraid to let athletics be what people recognize when they think of UL. We aren’t, as a whole, a highly rated academic university. We have very strong programs in certain disciplines, but we aren’t even close to being an AAU university.
Why not let athletics drive the bus and get more students through brand recognition much like Alabama has done just on a smaller scale.
Hell no! That's not a football stadium. I don't mind considering cutting edge designs, but I have no interest in playing in a football stadium that looks like it belongs in South Africa or England. There are many designs that are available that we can use to build something unique here in Lafayette.
How about we just move all our home games to the Superdome?
Yep.
The development of an entertainment district needs to be green-lighted yesterday. Green light the development and immediately announce the Stadium renovation, complete with plan & renderings. Let the fan base get behind this thing. The complete plan needs to be sold to the public, with the stadium renovation being the spearhead. If Billy and staff can come through in a big way this season, announce it all at the Bowl game.
Why couldn't it be both? It would be a state of the art football stadium and the other designs we have had for cajun field look terrible and outdated. And if that meant bringing an mls team to lafayette it would be worth it. No nfl, nba, mlb team would ever come here so getting an mls team here while mls is on the rise would be the best thing to ever happen to lafayette. Its not like we need a bigger stadium for football. Not anything more than 30 or 40k. I don't see the problem here
In Lafayette, we spend an exorbitant amount of time trying to enhance downtown as the entertainment district. Unfortunately we would need developers from out of town to come in to Lafayette that are willing to think out of the box. And then we would need a President that is willing to embrace it.
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