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Post by ricestillfumbled on Mar 4, 2012 7:47:15 GMT -6
I have to stop drunk blogging. I'm sorry. But I still respectfully disagree
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Post by PantherU on Mar 4, 2012 14:52:24 GMT -6
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Post by illwauk on Mar 4, 2012 15:14:45 GMT -6
I can't f**kin stand the people who were born in southeastern Wisconsin who think everyone born outside of southeastern Wisconsin doesn't exist And I can't f**kin stand classless alcoholics from upstate who lack basic social graces and can't disagree with someone without making it personal. I'm also not sure what Wisconsin you live in where Milwaukee-area residents think we're the end-all-be-all of Wisconsin. One look at the cow and cheese wedge on our state quarter or the farm scene on our license plate tells me that... if anything... its the folks up north who like to pretend Wisconsin is an exclusively rural state. Seriously, if what I said was the most insulted you've ever felt in your life, you clearly need to expand the horizons in your life. Even at UW-Madison, the hockey team has a bigger following than the basketball team and it's the hockey team whose games are broadcast statewide on Wisconsin Public Telelvision. ...and all the men's basketball games are minimally televised in any part of the country that has the BTN. Oh and in a few years the WPT can kiss those hockey games goodbye when the B1G hockey conference starts. Where are you getting your info that hockey's bigger than bball? BTN is only a few years old. Before it was around, Badger basketball games were hardly ever televised nationally outside of the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments (even making the NCAAs is a relatively recent phenomenon for Bucky) and locally, Badger hockey saw more air time mainly because of WPT. It seems that airing hockey games (as well as tape-delayed football games and even the occasional UW band concert) brought WPT much more pledge money than basketball ever did. I will say I was under the mistaken impression that the Badgers hockey team drew more fans than the basketball team. After some quick googling, I now see that's not the case. Perhaps its more accurate to say the hockey team has the more passionate fan base (as evidenced.. amongst other things... by their willingness to pledge money to WPT to see the games) and that the basketball teams' following is much more fair-weather. In fact, basketball didn't even have a significant following until the Bennett/Ryan eras. Call it me, but I tend to get the impression that people who follow Badgers hoops are bigger fans of the football program who want something to do between football seasons. |
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Post by parkerj on Mar 4, 2012 15:37:41 GMT -6
apaladino is right. Engelmann is one of the best pitches in college soccer and is criminally unappreciated by the UWM community, IMO. ah...my mistake, carry on |
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Post by The Green Gull on Dec 20, 2012 21:24:56 GMT -6
Inspired by the idea mentioned in Jimmy Lemke’s article, #Jimmy4AD, that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee should purchase the U.S. Cellular Arena in downtown Milwaukee, here’s a macro concept of how to renovate the arena in term’s of its seating chart: 
EXAMPLES OF IDEAS SUGGESTED IN SEATING CHART:Luxury Suites and Club Seating Example:Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Link: www.memorialcoliseum.com/• Located in Fort Wayne, IN • Home of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Men’s Basketball • Photo:  Panthers Club And Lounge Example:Milan Pusker Center at Milan Pusker Stadium • Link: www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?section=7920• Located in Morgantown, West Virginia • Home of University of West Virginia Football • Photo:  Portable Seating Example: Calihan Hall • Link: www.detroittitans.com/sports/2008/11/11/GEN_1111084603.aspx?id=21• Located in Detroit, Michigan • Home of University of Detroit Mercy Men's Basketball • Note that the portable seating section will be sunk below the seating section above, similar to the first level of seating at Calihan Hall. • Photo:  |
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Post by gman2 on Dec 20, 2012 22:19:55 GMT -6
Problem here, I believe Jimmy is mistaken about the US Cellular Arena. It's not the State paying the State. The Wisconsin Center District is a governmental body with taxing authority and operational authority over the convention center, arena and Milwaukee Theater. The WCD is not a local, county or state government unti. State legislation could not transfer ownership.
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Post by The Green Gull on Dec 20, 2012 22:25:23 GMT -6
A reasonable purchase price for the U.S. Cellular Arena could potentially be negotiated
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Post by PantherU on Dec 21, 2012 0:28:10 GMT -6
The WCD loses money with the Cell every year. Even if we would have to purchase the Cell, with backing of alums on their board (such as Lena Taylor), we could negotiate a cheap purchase price.
Look, what it comes down to is that we couldn't continue that lease because we were being robbed on the price. The reason they needed to rob us was because they needed to recoup their losses.
We've gotta be Michael Corleone and buy out Mo Greene. They're unlucky. Maybe we can do better.
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Post by Lutzow10 on Dec 21, 2012 1:21:49 GMT -6
"The Wisconsin Center District (WCD) is a government body created under Wisconsin State Statute in 1994 to fund, build and operate the Midwest Express Center (now Delta Center) in downtown Milwaukee, and continue operating the existing venues now called the U.S. Cellular Arena and Milwaukee Theatre. Not a unit of state, county or city government, WCD is instead a semi-autonomous municipality called a "district," meaning its leaders are appointed and it can issue bonds and collect taxes within strict limits."
Interesting. Didn't realize this.
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Post by PantherU on Dec 21, 2012 12:52:23 GMT -6
We'll see where it goes. One thing I'm fairly certain of right now is buying (or acquiring through legislation) and renovating the Cell would be a lot cheaper than building our own place from scratch.
On a side note, the Delta Center should be at least 1/3 bigger than it is - a lot of conventions don't come here because the floor space in that building isn't big enough.
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Post by illwauk on Dec 22, 2012 11:34:15 GMT -6
I would GLADLY take university ownership of Wisconsin's (IMO) best and certainly most historic basketball venue over building a brand new arena at this point. I've said plenty of times before that the Bucks are likely on their way out of town, and when that happens, it'll make more sense for us to be downtown.
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