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Buying the land surrounding campus, to build a stadium would probably take decades, and hundreds of millions if not BILLIONS of dollars. Why? Because it's Coral Gables, and those people have legit money and political influence. I've told this story once on this board, but it fits here...

There’s a difference between having to brave traffic to get to work and dealing with even worse traffic for an optional event. Ever seen the traffic issues leaving the Watsco Center after a big primetime game? Now multiply that by 5. If you think that wouldn’t dissuade some from coming, I don’t...

Traffic patterns being beyond bad isn’t merely inconvenient, it would be a limiting factor in attendance, which cuts into the bottom line. People are less likely to show up to games, especially in a major city if getting there is a nightmare. This isn’t Trailerhassee, where there’s nothing to do...

Yep I got my BS/BA, MBA and JD by correspondence courses. The point I was making was that the two biggest obstacles(Cost and a place to actually build the stadium) are not going away, we haven’t even gotten into traffic concerns.

If Miami makes an offer to Ross and is willing to subsidize something that benefits his facility, I'm quite sure dude would have no problem with it. I've always been curious as to whether we've talked to them about building a Miami specific locker room, and paying for it ourselves. Again...

Again, barring some Act of God making land near campus available, AND a group of donors making over a billion dollars available(Because that's how much it's going to cost to build a stadium worth a crap) there isn't a place for UMiami to build to where it makes sense. Renting a stadium is FAR...

They have to walk a little more, which is hilarious, considering that the people whining the most about those changes forget that even if Miami built a stadium at Tropical Park(Which is extremely unlikely to begin with), there's a high probability they would have to walk just as far from...

Big difference between crucial infrastructure like dorms and an on campus stadium, which even at best will not even be within easy walking distance of campus.

It wasn't all that much better when Miami was DOMINANT and all the students had to do was show up to the Metrorail and ride it to the OB. This is something our fans, most of whom couldn't find campus with GPS refuse to understand. Even when the team is elite, unless it's a huge game, the...

The bulk of local alumni live in Broward and that’s a huge part of the ticket base.

Barring South Miami getting levelled by an Act of God, making it possible for the University to build a stadium adjacent to or within easy walking distance to campus, we will never have our own stadium. Frankly, it doesn't make an iota of sense to build a billion dollar stadium, and it isn't...

Rad knows that, he also knows the EPA would destroy us, because Lake Osceola and the connecting waterways are habitats for endangered animals. Our dumbass fans don't know, they also don't know that even if you filled in the lake, it wouldn't nearly be enough room for any stadium...

Not at Miami, because Greek life is a joke at Miami. It's there, but it isn't the center of social life, like at a typical SEC school. Kids at Miami form cliques based on commonalities and then hang out. If you aren't Greek, it isn't the end of the world.

Color me shocked, dumbasses with no game want to get freshman girls fall down drunk and hope the school allows them to do so with their tacit approval. F that noise, the Field of Dreams crap had to end, it was becoming a huge liability issue for the school and the facility. It wasn't just...

It's almost like you refuse to admit the obvious. 1)The basketball comparison is apt for one simple reason: IT TAKES FEWER STUDENTS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE COMPARED TO FOOTBALL. The student section at the Watsco Center is 1500 kids, MAX, and it's a struggle to get 500...

When someone is being willfully obtuse, despite being presented with decades of evidence to the contrary and live case studies of same, it's tough to think they aren't just ******** around just to get a rise out of people.

They don't go to basketball games now, even when the product is **** good, and it's ON CAMPUS. You don't have to sit outside, most games are at night and for the most part, it isn't an all day thing so you aren't wiped out afterwards. Also keep in mind even if EVERY SINGLE UNDERGRAD SHOWED up...

It was a couple of miles from the old Metro station to the OB, and people hated making that walk. Either you are being willfully obtuse, or are just trying to get a rise out of people. These students aren't walking 2 miles down streets without sidewalks, they barely want to walk to the nearest...

It's tough enough to get kids to walk to the Watsco center, imagine walking miles to Tropical Park in September/October for a noon kick.

I'm just curious, where on campus do you propose we build a stadium? Exactly. The best case scenario is building at Trop Park, which is miles away from campus.