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(06-26-2017 02:44 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  

(06-26-2017 02:23 PM)ODUPKT07 Wrote:  Had lunch with ODAF last week and thought I'd share a few things that came up that were interesting.

First, ODAF is pushing hard against a stadium full of seat backs as this takes away a revenue generating perk. The way it sounds is everyone in admin agrees at this point and we'll most likely see something like now where the middle sections of the stadium on both sides are seat backs, but the rest of the stadium isn't. They're also looking to include more suites in Phase 1 and this will help offset some of those costs. There are no plans to attempt to tackle the student section in Phase 1 (closing in stadium).

Second, a capital campaign isn't likely to start until sometime next year. It will then be a 5 prong approach: (1) Stadium (2) Coaches Salaries (3) Title IX (4) ODAF Endowment and (5) I cannot remember (sorry, I'll update if I do).

Lastly, we'll be adding women's indoor volleyball and sand volleyball at the same time.

If I think of any other little tid bits I'll come back and add them. My little guy turned 1 on Friday so I never got around to posting anything quickly and I know I'm forgetting a few things (like #5 above).

Who the hell is going to donate more money so they can have a seat back for 21 hours a year? 6 games x 3 1/2 hours.

The same people who currently donate more money to give them the option to pay more per ticket for "premium sideline seating".