My opinion about the parking problem with a new arena would be a parking garage. It could be placed between the basketball arena and football stadium. It could hold parking for both those sports and during the day, parking for students. A win/win situation I think. Now if ETSU could get the leadership to accomplish these things...

ETSU doesnt have leadership. It has leadershit.

That would describe our leadership in a nutshell. It is also why our dreams of new basketball and football facilities are just a pipe dream.

What would students/staff have against parking garages?

PittsburghBucs Wrote:What would students/staff have against parking garages?

Paying for them. As I understand, no state monies can go toward parking. Asking them to pay for a garage was a recommendation of the parking consultant's report this past Spring. Remember the increase in parking fees recommended...

On game nights more students find downtown than do the dome. I am sure the Buc shot shuttle would take any student that did not drive.

And just think of how downtown would grow (food, shops, leisure recreation, condo's) if there was an active arena there! (events, concerts, hockey, arena football, ETSU basketball)

I agree. But unfortunately I have mentioned things like this to our leaders who would like to grow downtown, and instead what I hear is that we should have meters and a nice sculpture in the middle of the fountain.

doc,
I'm not talking about etsu's bills, I'm just referring strictly to the fee allocations from students that keep the doors open for athletics at etsu. Institutional aid (restricted student fee and student maintenacence fee allocation) amounts to about 85% (if not higher) of athletics budget revenue. I can't get an actual straight answer on the exact amount becasue evidently no one can read the screens, but if the amount is less, I'll buy Pitt a beer.

I'm just trying to be "student-friendly" here and say that students should have access to the teams they are paying for, it's sure not the private donations, state/city funding, or commercialism keeping the place open over on the second floor of the doom-dome!

still think there are more cons to sharing a facility than what it's worth, in fact, sharing the dome has cost the department thousands of dollars in potential revenue because the place is "managed" by the university and NOBODY wants to work with that reservation witch!!! shew... I'm on a roll today!

bowdowntoUT Wrote:doc,
I'm not talking about etsu's bills, I'm just referring strictly to the fee allocations from students that keep the doors open for athletics at etsu. Institutional aid (restricted student fee and student maintenacence fee allocation) amounts to about 85% (if not higher) of athletics budget revenue. I can't get an actual straight answer on the exact amount becasue evidently no one can read the screens, but if the amount is less, I'll buy Pitt a beer.

I'm just trying to be "student-friendly" here and say that students should have access to the teams they are paying for, it's sure not the private donations, state/city funding, or commercialism keeping the place open over on the second floor of the doom-dome!

still think there are more cons to sharing a facility than what it's worth, in fact, sharing the dome has cost the department thousands of dollars in potential revenue because the place is "managed" by the university and NOBODY wants to work with that reservation witch!!! shew... I'm on a roll today!

Thanks for the clarification!