Local Company wants to Paint Blackham

[cajun4life]

Very generous, but (and I don't know anything about contracting) to my eye, it looks like it needs a good pressure washing rather than paint.

Anyone else?

It needs to be demolished and a new arena built owned and operated by the university. Similar to The McCarthy Center at Gonzaga.

[Boomer]

When fans painted parts of Cajun Field in 2002, I don't remember bidding.

------Oh what a great time!!!

[no1cajunfan]

It needs to be demolished and a new arena built owned and operated by the university. Similar to The McCarthy Center at Gonzaga.

Or demolish it and the barns in the back and build the new Performing arts center.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Yes, will be a bid if anything moves forward. Guy is just getting his name out there with this stunt. Notice he didn’t say free but said “half” what anyone else would charge. Any legit company knows you can’t do this for a public building.

Why feel the need to assume the guys just some selfish guy doing it only for his own benefit? Do you know if your accusation is correct?

[RaginDave]

Pressure washing or painting won't make Blackham any prettier. It's just an ugly building. Original Blackham's aesthetic may have been worth salvaging (prior to its expansion renovation):

It can't make it any F'n worse........

[60swerethebest]

Interesting that it was designed by A Hays Towne.

[cjr3888]

When fans painted parts of Cajun Field in 2002, I don't remember bidding.

Volunteering isn’t the same as doing something for “half the price of other companies”.

[cjr3888]

Why feel the need to assume the guys just some selfish guy doing it only for his own benefit? Do you know if your accusation is correct?

If someone’s doing it because they really want to help, they’ll make a phone call. What they won’t do it promote their “idea” like crazy on social media while asking people to follow his page at the same time. Would also help if “The Paint Guys” were registered with the state. Maybe then he could bid on this type of job like legit companies. I’m sure he’s doing business under his other company but he may want to also check with the Secretary of State because he forgot to do something important. Of course that doesn’t matter either since neither “company” is shown as licensed with the state. Even if he volunteered to do it for free, he can’t.

[HelmutVII]

Interesting that it was designed by A Hays Towne.

He also designed the OLD Baker and Huger halls that were demolished several years ago. Those buildings and Blackham must have been during his Auschwitz period of design.

[BabbForHeisman]

Pressure washing or painting won't make Blackham any prettier. It's just an ugly building. Original Blackham's aesthetic may have been worth salvaging (prior to its expansion renovation):

Interesting, I had no idea that the current Blackham layout is the "expanded" layout.

[ZoomZoom]

Volunteering isn’t the same as doing something for “half the price of other companies”.

But Chris Reed gets his social media article in for the day.

[ZoomZoom]

If someone’s doing it because they really want to help, they’ll make a phone call. What they won’t do it promote their “idea” like crazy on social media while asking people to follow his page at the same time. Would also help if “The Paint Guys” were registered with the state. Maybe then he could bid on this type of job like legit companies. I’m sure he’s doing business under his other company but he may want to also check with the Secretary of State because he forgot to do something important. Of course that doesn’t matter either since neither “company” is shown as licensed with the state. Even if he volunteered to do it for free, he can’t.

Really like it when someone does their homework. It’s a DOA idea.