(09-05-2017 05:40 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(09-05-2017 04:54 PM)panama Wrote:  

(09-05-2017 04:38 PM)timber Wrote:  

(09-05-2017 04:22 PM)Usajags Wrote:  Watched the whole video, it's impressive, if it all comes to life. Does a university, especially this university, have top he pull to make it happen???

Hmmm, which parts are you talking about? The pure Carter parts are definitely happening, or are already starting to happen, now. If you are talking about the baseball stadium and IPF those could be more flexible in timeframe but again its a joint project so there's little chance we back out. It's not like we are fully driving the ship on this entire project.

More importantly for our piece is Becker is really pushing Athletics as a part of the University experience and we are in a particular point of time as far a s support from the Governor, Lt. Governor and USG Chancellor. Timetable is really protracted because we are not talking renovation in the case of the non football facilities. Convocation Center from BOR approved through deaign to built could take 3 or 3.5 years for example.

As far as the Carter piece you will see something start next year after they break ground on the private down and start leasing restaurant space down Georgia Ave.

The term especially this University is funny. People confuse football for the rest of the University. We own $7B of Downtown. We are pretty adept at building and real estate. Just suck at football.

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My term "especially this university" was meaning, not the "flagship" university. None of us are UGA, UA, AU, LSU, T&M, Michigan, OSU. Any of those schools announce a community build around campus and in the athletic center, stores and residences would sell out before the announcement ended. None of us SBC schools have that type of support.

One thing I'll say for the USG is that they tend to keep away from favoritism for the most part. They've treated Tech, UGA, State, and Augusta University with about the same level of appreciation, without holding anyone back for stupid reasons. I don't know of any childishness similar to LSU's protection from anyone being called Louisiana outright or the things Alabama has done to UAB. It probably helps that the former USG chancellor was a State student and that two of the lieutenant governors kids have been athletes at State too. Not that that has given us any special favours, I think it's just allowed us relative autonomy to where, so long as we are accountable for what we're doing, we can do it.