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Post by PantherU on Jul 2, 2014 10:21:50 GMT -6
Now all we have to do is put 10k+ in the seats every game.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 22:37:43 GMT -6
Fyi for non-students..... from the Interim Chancellor today (below). Eh.... it's bit of a "Cluster%%%%", but it's OUR UWMilwaukeeCluster%%%%!!: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
July 10, 2014 Moving Forward Together: UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena UWM further established its presence in Milwaukee on June 26 when university leaders agreed to a long-term marketing agreement with the Wisconsin Center District that includes renaming the downtown Arena the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. We’ve received excellent coverage of the partnership in media outlets and a positive response from the community and our alumni, and I’d like to provide you with more details of the agreement and the thinking behind it. The most visible benefit is the placement of the university’s name and logo – the UWM brand – in the heart of downtown Milwaukee on the building that already is home for UWM commencement ceremonies and men’s basketball games. Millions of state residents and visitors to the city will see “UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena” on one of the most iconic buildings in the city’s entertainment and convention district. This further expands a downtown presence already established by the School of Continuing Education in the Grand Avenue Mall and the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health in the former Pabst Brewery complex. The cost of the sponsorship agreement is projected to be $3.4 million over 10 years. Our initial plan is to make annual payments to the Wisconsin Center District of $300,000 (in each of first three years), $350,000 (middle four years) and $375,000 (final three years). As noted in the media, we have the ability to get out at any time if the view of the building is impeded and after five years for any reason if the university determines it is in the best interest of UWM to end the arrangement. No new campus funds or tax dollars will be needed to pay for the sponsorship agreement with the Wisconsin Center District. Here are the sources of the payments: · Athletics Department – reduction in previously planned rental payments; · University Relations and Communications Division – reapportioned from other budgeted marketing and advertising expenditures; · Student Affairs Division – budgeted special events funding; · Secretary of the University Office – reduction in rental payments for commencement ceremonies already planned to be at the Arena; · UWM Foundation – contribution; and · Advertising revenue – UWM to be compensated for internal signage sold to other organizations. As part of the agreement, UWM will pay less to rent the Arena for each of its home men’s basketball games played at the Arena and less to rent the Arena for the May and December Commencement ceremonies. Large events like these require an off-campus facility because the largest university-run facility, the Klotsche Center, has a capacity of 3,400. More than 10,000 individuals routinely attend commencement ceremonies. This agreement locks in our long-term access to these needed off-campus facilities at a predictable price. Also as part of the agreement, UWM may host three rent-free events per year at the Arena. We envision using the arena for major concerts and nationally known speakers that currently cannot be accommodated on campus. I’m grateful to UWM’s executive leadership team for their assistance and unanimous support for this agreement. Because other organizations were considering acquiring the Arena naming rights, we conducted contract negotiations in a highly confidential manner. We felt this was the best way to maintain our bargaining power during negotiations. *** Moving Forward Together
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jul 11, 2014 8:11:00 GMT -6
The e-mail is pretty clear is what is going on and how the deal works.
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Post by gman2 on Jul 11, 2014 21:29:16 GMT -6
They use to play hockey in the arena . . .
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Post by milwsport on Jul 14, 2014 22:26:35 GMT -6
Several things to say
1) I wish they called it the UWM Panther Arena but UW-Milwaukee Panther arena is okay. 2) I don't think they could or should have called it the Milwaukee Panther Arena, apparently, the University is picking up most of the tab here and that will result in lower rental fees for the AD. 3) This should answer the question of whether the rest of the University is committed to making Athletics work. (See point 3)
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Post by ghostofdylan on Jul 15, 2014 1:59:59 GMT -6
Several things to say 1) I wish they called it the UWM Panther Arena but UW-Milwaukee Panther arena is okay. If you're going to go this route, why not UWM Arena? And I'm still not getting the Panther part (after all, it theoretically belongs to all Panthers, right?).
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Post by Hack on Jul 15, 2014 6:43:32 GMT -6
Several things to say 1) I wish they called it the UWM Panther Arena but UW-Milwaukee Panther arena is okay. If you're going to go this route, why not UWM Arena? And I'm still not getting the Panther part (after all, it theoretically belongs to all Panthers, right?). Nope, just one Panther. They're going to sell raffle tickets to see who that Panther is this year.
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Post by DunneDeal on Jul 15, 2014 12:54:23 GMT -6
Panther v. Panthers I've asked myself this too, but I'm okay with the UWMilwaukee Panther Arena, because it sounds better in my head than Panthers Arena
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jul 15, 2014 14:24:26 GMT -6
Sounds better without the S
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Lutzow10
Freshman
MILWAUKEE PROUD - PANTHER STRONG
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Post by Lutzow10 on Jul 15, 2014 14:41:54 GMT -6
I am starting to come around on the name after hearing how Mone and others in the administration have said the name. When they say it, they say it as "UW-MILWAUKEE, Panther Arena."
The difference in emphasis and the short pause makes me think they think of it more like stadiums like "Mercedes-Benz, Super Dome" or "BMO Harris, Bradley Center". The beginning just being the a sponsor of the arena while the end is the arena's name. The thinking was probably that people will start referring casually to it as Panther Arena, but the official name will have the "sponsor" beforehand.
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Post by BBFran on Jul 15, 2014 15:27:00 GMT -6
My opinion about this is very simple -- the name isn't perfect but there's no doubt that overall this is a positive for the University and the program. Imagine Bill Johnson starting the broadcast saying "Milwaukee Panther Basketball at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena is on the air!" That sounds pretty good. Or the local sports TV guys (I haven't watched a local news broadcast in fifteen years so I don't even know who they are, but whoever) saying "And tonight at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena the Panthers beat the Green Bay Phoenix again."
Add the new scoreboard and the other coming aesthetic improvements and it provides us with the best playing environment we have ever had -- in a facility with our name on it. I'm ready to just let the whole "UW-Milwaukee" thing go. It's not worth talking about any more.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Jul 15, 2014 15:54:07 GMT -6
"And tonight at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the Panthers beat the Green Bay Phoenix again." Unlike the first part of the statement, the second half rolls naturally off the tongue.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jul 15, 2014 16:52:21 GMT -6
Think of UW-MILWAUKEE Panther Arena on ESPNU!
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Post by Hack on Jul 15, 2014 19:59:21 GMT -6
Think of UW-MILWAUKEE Panther s Arena on ESPNU! Fixed.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Jul 15, 2014 20:15:02 GMT -6
I type the S in by mistake.
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