(02-12-2020 05:27 PM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(02-12-2020 05:19 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  There is an appeal for many alums to see games back on campus because of that emotional attachment to their college years. You can replace that once in awhile with a brandname venue like Soldier Field in Chicago. You can't replace that with a no-name SeatGeek soccer stadium in Bridgeview.

That is my #1 reason. Nostalgia. I’m not sure I feel as much of it once inside the stadium but more so on the drive(same drive I took when a student) and just arriving on campus. As for SeatGeek stadium, I really like these smaller but proportional new stadiums. It creates great in-game atmosphere. Really hope Huskie fans fill it.

Having games at your stadium, besides being the number 1 driver to build a fanbase, just also gives a sense of relevance to the program. Frazier has destroyed NIU athletics, I am not sure that is even close to over-exaggeration. He has taken an already weak athletics culture on campus, and put the final crushing blow to it over the past several years