WSU Regents approve Martin Stadium project

[clawman1]

How does this work? We can't even get enough to buy a damn scoreboard and the WSU losers get 80 mil.?
Ain't right, just ain't RIGHT!!
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[Screamin_Eagle174]

hno:

 

[clawman1]

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?

 

[BLACKFALKIN1]

EWU's renovation is gonna come from private donors

 

[kalm]

BF siting! :mrgreen:

 

[FrontFive4Life]

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.

 

[LDopaPDX]

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.

 

[FrontFive4Life]

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]

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.

EWU has the indoor track over by the practice fields, no need for a fxckin ice rink. put that money in the fb stadum.