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UAB's Bartow Arena
I made my first trip to Bartow Arena last night to watch my Golden Eagles. What an awesome facility. All you UAB fans should really be proud to have such a beautiful place to play. I only wish that Southern Miss had something similar. To the Top
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02-03-2013 06:27 PM
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The only thing we need is to be able to turn the lights off and do cool player introductions.
02-03-2013 07:41 PM
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Thanks (bias acknowledged), I think it's a fantastic basketball venue. Nary a bad seat in the place.
02-03-2013 08:07 PM
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(02-03-2013 08:07 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Thanks (bias acknowledged), I think it's a fantastic basketball venue. Nary a bad seat in the place.

I went to Bartow Arena for the first time a few weeks ago and was very impressed. I sat two rows from the top and the view was great. Like you say, not a bad seat anywhere. I know Memphis fans love to brag about FedExForum, but I would take an on-campus arena of about 14 to 15 thousand with a few less bells and whistles any day of the week. UAB has a great home for hoops. Now they need to somehow convince UAT to let them have one for football.
02-03-2013 08:37 PM
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RE: UAB's Bartow Arena
I'm not old enough to remember, but stories say we only got Bartow because we told them we were building a convocation center 03-razz
02-03-2013 08:46 PM
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(02-03-2013 08:46 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I'm not old enough to remember, but stories say we only got Bartow because we told them we were building a convocation center 03-razz

Calling your BBall arena a convocation center is a pretty common practice...
02-03-2013 08:59 PM
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(02-03-2013 08:46 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  I'm not old enough to remember, but stories say we only got Bartow because we told them we were building a convocation center 03-razz

See if you can get away with calling your proposed on-campus football stadium an "outdoor convocation center."
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We've talked about calling it a 30K seat amphitheater, but we think they might be on to us.
02-03-2013 09:33 PM
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UA-T's bball arena is nothing to write home about. I found it quite dated when I visited.

I took a tour of the men's bball facility (locker/video/training/weight/practice facility) tucked away in the corner tho and that was really freaking nice.

I didn't get to go in Bartow, but it looked like a nice building.
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The best part are the Memphis fans we have locked in the tombs under Bartow
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(02-03-2013 08:59 PM)mufanatehc Wrote:  Calling your BBall arena a convocation center is a pretty common practice...

From what I understand you can usually get state and federal funding if you build a convocation center and not an Arena.
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(02-03-2013 11:09 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  The best part are the Memphis fans we have locked in the tombs under Bartow

I've always wondered about that. 1,000 Tiger fans arrive to the game and only 500 leave. I'm glad I didn't get nabbed during my one and only visit.
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(02-03-2013 11:35 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  
(02-03-2013 11:09 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  The best part are the Memphis fans we have locked in the tombs under Bartow

I've always wondered about that. 1,000 Tiger fans arrive to the game and only 500 leave. I'm glad I didn't get nabbed during my one and only visit.

We have them hooked up to treadmills with generators and use them to power the arena
02-04-2013 08:44 AM
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(02-04-2013 08:44 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  
(02-03-2013 11:35 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  
(02-03-2013 11:09 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  The best part are the Memphis fans we have locked in the tombs under Bartow

I've always wondered about that. 1,000 Tiger fans arrive to the game and only 500 leave. I'm glad I didn't get nabbed during my one and only visit.

We have them hooked up to treadmills with generators and use them to power the arena

We should have rented them out to the Superdome last night.
02-04-2013 09:00 AM
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(02-03-2013 11:35 PM)JMSTiger Wrote:  
(02-03-2013 11:09 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  The best part are the Memphis fans we have locked in the tombs under Bartow

I've always wondered about that. 1,000 Tiger fans arrive to the game and only 500 leave. I'm glad I didn't get nabbed during my one and only visit.

Typical memphis exaggeration. There are 18 of them.
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Where are we going to get replacements for them when they die?
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(02-04-2013 10:38 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  Where are we going to get replacements for them when they die?

The 49ers look like good targets. Perhaps you guys could work on their sense of humor.
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(02-04-2013 10:38 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  Where are we going to get replacements for them when they die?

It is kind of cute how they keep screaming, "You're lying! Cal will never leave memphis!"
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We feed them Legion Field hot dogs. I wonder why they keep screaming it's cruel and unusual punishment?
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Cal wins a national championship --- but it's with Kentucky.

memphis gets into the Big East --- but it's with Tulane, East Carolina, SMU, UCF, Houston, Dillard, Savannah State and Troy.

At this point, maybe it would be more cruel to let them out.
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