Originally posted by SHURTZtheHERTZ
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It's not a fancy stadium, just a pretty basic stadium that was built with expansion in mind. The old Robertson Stadium seated 26,000 people.
Not to mention that the current football coach had to have his salary raised to $2.8M per year. His buyout clauses require an upgrade in the practice facilities, meeting rooms and workout rooms or the buyout amount goes down.
I'd say if we were going to do this at a U of H level, it will probably take $130-140 million.
Lastly, Hoffheinz pavilion is a dump. Good thing Guy Lewis died, he would be embarrassed at how it looks now. Perhaps the best thing I can say is that you can buy beer at the games. The rest of the basketball facilities are also woeful.
If WSU wants to play with the big boys, the best and first thing they can do is get to be a Tier-1 institution. Even then, though, you will have to starve at least one of your major sports for capital. Dr. Katur (U of H's president) made a calculated decision that a great football program coupled with Tier-1 status would get them on the map.
It wouldn't be a bad model to follow.
It's going to take a lot of jack to build even a basic football stadium.
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