(02-19-2014 11:12 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 10:46 AM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:52 AM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:39 AM)NorthernBear Wrote:  If they can replace Yankee Stadium they can replace the field house. The only basketball being played in there was crappy pickup games and quidditch practice.

Don't forget about indoor soccer and floor hockey!

think what that area would look like in a classic Quad design

Awesome. Who pays for it?

+1

(02-19-2014 11:12 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 10:46 AM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:52 AM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:39 AM)NorthernBear Wrote:  If they can replace Yankee Stadium they can replace the field house. The only basketball being played in there was crappy pickup games and quidditch practice.

Don't forget about indoor soccer and floor hockey!

think what that area would look like in a classic Quad design

Awesome. Who pays for it?

paying for it is the obvious question. That should not preclude idle speculation. If paying for it was the criteria to discuss a campus addition nothing would be discussed

Not to say it can't be done. But Chick Evans is a pretty good fit for the ROTC. It offers perfect PT space plus classrooms, offices, storage, etc. for their other training and administrative functions. And its close to campus so cadets can transition easily from PT to class or from class to Lab. Maybe they could squeeze them into Anderson or something. Just something else to consider.

I was actually surprised that the Chick wasn't/isn't utilized more. Inside, its actually a pretty nice facility.

Just my two lincoln heads.

(02-19-2014 12:53 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 11:12 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 10:46 AM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:52 AM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:39 AM)NorthernBear Wrote:  If they can replace Yankee Stadium they can replace the field house. The only basketball being played in there was crappy pickup games and quidditch practice.

Don't forget about indoor soccer and floor hockey!

think what that area would look like in a classic Quad design

Awesome. Who pays for it?

paying for it is the obvious question. That should not preclude idle speculation. If paying for it was the criteria to discuss a campus addition nothing would be discussed

Quote:they are not going to rebuild, why destroy a perfectly good stadium that only needs some reno. Architects can do anything, GCD70

(02-19-2014 02:00 PM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 12:53 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 11:12 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 10:46 AM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:52 AM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  Don't forget about indoor soccer and floor hockey!

think what that area would look like in a classic Quad design

Awesome. Who pays for it?

paying for it is the obvious question. That should not preclude idle speculation. If paying for it was the criteria to discuss a campus addition nothing would be discussed

Quote:they are not going to rebuild, why destroy a perfectly good stadium that only needs some reno. Architects can do anything, GCD70

but evans is not a perfectly good place, the stadium is. Nice try

(02-19-2014 12:53 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  paying for it is the obvious question. That should not preclude idle speculation. If paying for it was the criteria to discuss a campus addition nothing would be discussed

This is not being debated as an "addition." This is a teardown and replacement. Evans is still a good building and is used. If it is torn down because it is "ugly," those uses have to be replaced somewhere.

Instead of worrying about pretty, why not focus on need first?

(02-19-2014 11:38 AM)HuskieRak Wrote:  NIU is by far the ugliest & worst designed college campus I've ever seen. But at least we're good at football!

Guess you haven't seen many campuses

Evans is surrounded by pavement. Lose all the asphalt, and touch up the outside, and it'll look 1,000 times better.

Very exciting plans. Dream big. I like it.

(02-19-2014 06:58 PM)OldTtimeNIU Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 11:38 AM)HuskieRak Wrote:  NIU is by far the ugliest & worst designed college campus I've ever seen. But at least we're good at football!

Guess you haven't seen many campuses

Oh I have seen many. Plus must of them have been in the south and the girls are a lot hotter so that also sways my opinion.

(02-19-2014 05:06 AM)DoubleHuskie84 Wrote:  Is there a link to the full rendering? This is just a little chunk.

I have not been able to find the full drawing. I would love to see it if anyone does find it.

(02-19-2014 11:12 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 10:46 AM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:52 AM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  

(02-19-2014 09:39 AM)NorthernBear Wrote:  If they can replace Yankee Stadium they can replace the field house. The only basketball being played in there was crappy pickup games and quidditch practice.

Don't forget about indoor soccer and floor hockey!

think what that area would look like in a classic Quad design

Awesome. Who pays for it?

Baker has mentioned that NIU has been spending money on low priority items and if that money would be focused ONLY on high priority items that it would make a larger impact quicker.

However, I have no doubt in my mind that they will build a new rec with money from the students in the form of a tuition or fee increase.

Seems like most every new administration often a decade apart trots out new dreams and master plans.

Dreams and visions are fine starting points .

Remember when one vision called for replacing the Huskie bus system with a campus wide monorail and shuttling students door to door from dorms and classrooms across campus?....

Then there was the feasability study of constructing an underpass beneath Glidden road near Lucinda...

Both visions are likely buried somewhere on campus in moth balls.

Students really need more locations outdoors to gather during polar vortexes? What's a student union and the area across the plaza in front of library for- decoration?