PAC MAN Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 http://www.buffzone.com/ci_29538720/cu-teams-getting-acquainted-new-practice-digs CU's new IPF is done and even CU HC MacIntyre admitted that some players in CU's recent class wouldn't have signed with CU without the IPF being near completition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage U Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Looks like someone doesn't know how to budget and or lacks accounting skills at CU. Folsom Field project timeline December 2013: Project is approved at $142 million August 2014: Campus gets regent approval for extra $13 million. Project now budgeted at $156 million September 2015: Campus gets regent approval for extra $4.7 million. Project now budgeted at $160 million February 2016: Campus gets regent approval for extra $6.3 million. Project now finalized at $166 million. http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_29537395/cu-boulders-stadium-expansion-now-24m-over-budget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 CU has raised $83 million for this so far on top of $150 million of bonds sold. It's the same idea as the new CSU football stadium in Ft. Collins, if the stadium at least breaks even on the stadium expenses which includes the bonds, CSU doesn't have to touch $50 million of money they already collected. If CU can make the bond payments, that $83M and rising in cash wouldn't have to be touched. And the CU system has $1.5 billion in endowments. Before CU joined the PAC, CU didn't have even $500 million worth of endowments. Money isn't a problem for CU these days. This was a big project and big projects are prone to cost overruns. That FasTracks project which has been originally budgeted at $4.7 billion now is around $6 to $7 billion. Rising costs of materials and salaries (due to skyrocketing rental prices in the Denver area) are some of the factors that causes projects to go over budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servo Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Arizona has build some new fball facilities since 2013 or so..most are on the north end of the stadium. Arizona Stadium has had some work done but it's still behind where it probably needs to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Arizona has build some new fball facilities since 2013 or so..most are on the north end of the stadium. Arizona Stadium has had some work done but it's still behind where it probably needs to be. I don't recall seeing an IPF on UA's athletic website. That certainly has to be the top priority right now IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row Z Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Here is a video of CU's new indoor facility and "Champions Center." Pretty impressive, although the video is overdone IMO. I think they say the word "champion" about 100 times in 5 minutes. https://vimeo.com/156655806 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Is Alabama going to practice there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row Z Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Is Alabama going to practice there? No, but I guess the cross country team is. So, you know, there could be a champion or two to come out of that facility for CU. They are a very good distance running program, rivaling the ducks actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC MAN Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks for the video. My thoughts: 1. The Dal Ward Center is 92,000 square feet and it appears that 35,000 square feet of that was renovated. That means with the 212,000 square feet Champions Center and the 108,000 square feet IDF, that's 412,000 square feet of facility space dedicated to all CU sports except basketball and volleyball which has their own practice facility. I think you cannot say that CU isn't serious about athletics but at the same time, this was a long time in the making especially with Title IX factoring in. 2. The new facilities will be very efficient for CU's student athletes. I posted an article showing that CU's football players are doing way more voluntary practices than in the past. I'm still not joking about expecting a better Buffs football team this fall. It took CU's full football team 15 minutes to make the trek to the old practice fields or the trek back to the DWC. That has been eliminated. That means more time to study but it appears that CU's athletes are using the time to hone their crafts. 3. CU has won four national championships as a member of the Pac-12. Before long, CU will have more national championships than both Washington schools combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 While possibly true, they are in sports that are highly regional. Like if ASU wins in a title in hockey. It's nice but most schools don't care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row Z Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 3. CU has won four national championships as a member of the Pac-12. Before long, CU will have more national championships than both Washington schools combined. UW has paltry national championship numbers ... if only crew championships were recognized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quack 12 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Jane Sanders Stadium is on track to be ready for Oregon softball's home opener, March 24 vs. Stanford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Slightly OT: When I went to USC in the stone age, there was the dumpiest of strip malls across from campus. Here's what it looks like today: https://www.youtube.com/embed/O7SycCUtpNE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 So is the 7-Eleven with the security guards gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 7-11? This is Downtown LA -- bodegas and more bodegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBug708 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I've never heard of usc being considered part of downtown LA. Central LA? Sure. It would be like saying ucla is in Santa Monica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Pardon my non-nativeness for being a few miles off the mark. 7-11? This is Central LA -- bodegas and more bodegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUGRDON Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I used to go to a 7-11 just across the street from SC in a strip mall, but it's been awhile. Still there, four or five blocks north on Figoroa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Just checked google street view https://goo.gl/maps/C8SubDGhBsC2& totally remember that strip mall because it had a 2-for-1 Pizza (that was ingenuously both its name & marketing advantage). The 7-11 was probably there but I don't remember it. My apartment was on the other side of campus Cooincidentally, it's across the street from the massive 1920s Spanish-style AAA office where my grandfather worked in the 30s before my mom was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scscsc89 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Funny enough, that 7-11 is like 2 blocks from technically being in "downtown" http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/neighborhood/downtown/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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