(02-05-2020 01:24 PM)Deez Nuts Wrote: The convo is not a good place for a pool. A Natatorium is a complicated build; best done new not as a refurb. The old convo refurb is a pipe dream at the moment; if it stays an athletics facility it'll take 25M of private fundraising to make it happen. Funding will not come from Richmond, and I don't think our student fees are going to go up in order to make it happen.
The old baseball stadium (Mauck Field) is destined to become student housing someday when the Village dormitory rebuild moves forward.
Godwin isn't going anywhere, nor does it need to (when it comes to stadium expansion). It has not outlived its useful life; it isn't even 50 years old, and was financed by Virginia tax payers. Its demolition would not be received well by Richmond.
Just fill the seating bowl with water, it'll be fine! :) Maybe take the seats out first!
So if they don't refurb the Convo, what is it going to be? That would take a lot to demo all of that cement bunker cleared out for a new building.
Move the dorms further north on the interstate to the practice football fields...other than fall camp, how often does football use those fields? The village was in the 10 year plan more than 10 years ago...so it might be another 10 years before that actually happens...it does need to happen though.
Godwin is a dump...20 years ago when I was a Sport Mgmt major (before it was the "Hart School") it was old - my high school had nicer classrooms. Now that Showker is getting a face lift, it's really the only building on campus that is an eyesore. Do you have an office in Godwin? What is your affinity for it?
It would take a lot of $ which I pointed out and prob wouldn't be seen in positive light in Richmond meaning Charlie would have to be creative like he has been with other projects.
Can we just go with the flow here and say how sweet it would be if we had a finished Bridgeforth with a brand new indoor practice facility in the middle of campus. And how much more efficient it would be on the football staff and players to be centrally located to the main locker room and APC?
It's a pipe dream...I know! So don't be a debbie downer on my pie in the sky. Everything you said is very accurate. I am very familiar with JMU, it's long term plans and understand how unrealistic my scenario may be...but if you never have excitement and hopes and dreams then you'll struggle at making anything special ever happen. Rudy. Ruudy. Ruuudy.