Temple President wants New Stadium. That's all it takes!

[Z #2]

When the School President wants is, it will happen. perv state wants to refurbish beaver field.

And PITT GETS THE NEW PITT STADIUM ON CAMPUS! A THREE WAY ATTACK.

Ain't politics just grand! LOL

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160202_Temple_s_president__Let_s_proceed_with_the_stadium.html

AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLAN FOR NEW PITT STADIUM, HERE'S THE LINK!
LOLOLOLOL www.newpittstadium.com

 

[UPitt '89]

Lol.

Ok, Linus. The Great Pumpkin really IS coming this year! Keep sitting in that pumpkin patch....

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Well, that + $400M

 

[lilspainishflea]

It's not that simple. I've lived in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the situations just are not analogous at all. Whereas North Philadelphia has a ton of cheap, flat, easily developable land that Temple already owns, Oakland has none of those things. To put an on-campus stadium on Pitt's campus, you'd have to bulldoze a bunch of buildings that are already being used and you could probably never find enough parking. To do the same thing in Philadelphia, Temple merely has to raze two blocks of what is literal urban wasteland.

 

[tps48]

When the School President wants is, it will happen. perv state wants to refurbish beaver field.

And PITT GETS THE NEW PITT STADIUM ON CAMPUS! A THREE WAY ATTACK.

Ain't politics just grand! LOL

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160202_Temple_s_president__Let_s_proceed_with_the_stadium.html

AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLAN FOR NEW PITT STADIUM, HERE'S THE LINK!
LOLOLOLOL www.newpittstadium.com

What's the emogi for the one finger salute?

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

What Pitt and PSU did not pick up in Pennsylvania, Matt Rhule had Temple doing better way better in PA, than any other Programs. WVU, Rutgers, Maryland and others did not do as well.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

It's pretty much leverage to request a better deal from the eagles, who doubled their rent.

Bet dat

 

[Dr. von Yinzer]

I don't think so.

If that is their strategy, they're getting some really bad PR advice. You don't create such strident opposition groups and proponent groups if your end goal is to negotiate a more favorable lease. That's a pretty stupid strategy.

Rather, I think they are playing this the other way. They are pointing to this ridiculously unfair lease they have with the Philadelphia Eagles as an example of why they have no choice but to build an on-campus stadium that will cost the university a lot of money and will only be used 10-12 times per year max.

I don't think you play this hand and upset this many people on both sides of the divide if it's all about negotiating with the Eagles. It would be really hard for them to go back now that the president is on record supporting a new on-campus stadium.

I think Temple's going to build a new on-campus stadium. I suspect it'll be really similar to what schools like UConn, UCF, Tulane, Houston and Akron have built in recent years - small prefab deals that don't cost a lot but are also not full of modern amenities. In other words, I would not expect them to build something like Minnesota or Baylor just built.

I also think this is a good move by Temple and really could help to transform the program into a consistent contender in the AAC. I don't think it's going to change much with regard to Owls football as it pertains to Power 5 membership, but I think they are going to build it and I also think it will help them recruit.

 

[Saboteur]

It's not that simple. I've lived in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the situations just are not analogous at all. Whereas North Philadelphia has a ton of cheap, flat, easily developable land that Temple already owns, Oakland has none of those things. To put an on-campus stadium on Pitt's campus, you'd have to bulldoze a bunch of buildings that are already being used and you could probably never find enough parking. To do the same thing in Philadelphia, Temple merely has to raze two blocks of what is literal urban wasteland.

Used to take the R7 through there. Scary.

 

[thebadby2]

I can see it now in my mind's eye, rising like a phoenix from the post-apocalyptic industrial wasteland that is North Philly, and it is glorious! COSBY FIELD.

 

[CCHS-74]

When the School President wants is, it will happen. perv state wants to refurbish beaver field.

And PITT GETS THE NEW PITT STADIUM ON CAMPUS! A THREE WAY ATTACK.

Ain't politics just grand! LOL

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160202_Temple_s_president__Let_s_proceed_with_the_stadium.html

AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLAN FOR NEW PITT STADIUM, HERE'S THE LINK!
LOLOLOLOL www.newpittstadium.com

The Temple stadium talk will end the same way the west side Manhattan stadium did. And you still owe me from the bet we made on that topic.