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WSU Regents approve Martin Stadium project
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Screamin_Eagle174
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hno:According to Wikipedia:
WSU attendance- 27008
EWU attendance- 10750
Eastern attendance = 39.8% of WSU so... if our trustees placed equal value on athletics that WSU's board does we would be able to build a $31,840,000. facility.
Aren't Eastern students as entitled/worthy as WSU students? Why aren't any of the points Moos makes to justify the facility in Pullman applicable to Cheney?
WSU attendance- 27008
EWU attendance- 10750
Eastern attendance = 39.8% of WSU so... if our trustees placed equal value on athletics that WSU's board does we would be able to build a $31,840,000. facility.
Aren't Eastern students as entitled/worthy as WSU students? Why aren't any of the points Moos makes to justify the facility in Pullman applicable to Cheney?
BLACKFALKIN1
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EWU's renovation is gonna come from private donors
FrontFive4Life
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Also, WSU's facility is helped by the Pac-12 revenue sharing deal as well as more than a few big boosters with deep pockets, two things that EWU isn't able to utilize. I still like the idea of selling naming rights to the stadium. Keep it Roos Field, but <some corp who wants to pay> stadium has a nice sound to it, especially if it comes with a new video board and/or seating options.
To clarify, it is WSU paying for their own stadium... not using state dollars. Eastern has the same option; EWU regents could just as easily approve a $10m expansion in Cheney.
I still insist Eastern has the money, it's just spent differently. No intercollegiate hockey, but we have a $22m hockey arena? That makes about as much sense as paying for ice in Siberia.
I still insist Eastern has the money, it's just spent differently. No intercollegiate hockey, but we have a $22m hockey arena? That makes about as much sense as paying for ice in Siberia.
FrontFive4Life
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The students actually voted for the hockey arena as part of the rec center, if you can believe that. I couldn't when it passed. The Rec is a great addition to the university, but I think the ice arena was pretty short sighted.
BLACKFALKIN1
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FrontFive4Life said:
EWU has the indoor track over by the practice fields, no need for a fxckin ice rink. put that money in the fb stadum.
