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Posted on 3/16/23 at 1:44 pm to TheJuicey
It has worked out real well for them in Championship banners hung
Posted on 3/16/23 at 1:45 pm to nicholastiger
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LSU is bringing in the same money as Hogs, what are they doing with all that money?
Posted on 3/16/23 at 1:46 pm to Lakeboy7
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But how? you have removed your financial support
Got him
quote:
f the school objectively makes a commitment, so will I.
Completed with nonsensical response. They need your money to invest.
This post was edited on 3/16/23 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/16/23 at 1:47 pm to nicholastiger
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Forget renovations, tear it down and start over.
No need to though....gut it from the inside and start over, the outside is fine.
PS - Don't forget Arky has the Clintons too..
Posted on 3/16/23 at 2:09 pm to TheJuicey
Don’t understand why people are fixated on facilities and not the Quality of the Team !
Posted on 3/16/23 at 2:57 pm to paulb52
quote:Classic and sterotypical response from a MAMM. (Mediocrity Accepting Mental Moron)
Sounds like you would be much happier in Fayetteville. Bye.
Anybody with high standards that wants better facilities that are at least comparable to other SEC schools, should move and be a fan of that other school.
Frick ALL the MA's and MAMM's. They're the actual enemies of the State University of Louisiana because everything is always "Fine."
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:04 pm to Alt26
The first portion of the Wikipedia article on the PMAC:
"The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer signed an act to rename the building in Maravich's honor (under Louisiana law, no LSU or state owned building may be named after a living person). Maravich never played in the arena as a collegian but played in it as a member of the Atlanta Hawks in a preseason game. But his exploits while at LSU led the university to build a larger home for the basketball team, which languished for decades in the shadow of the school's football program.[3] The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "Pete's Palace", or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome", coined by Dale Brown. The Maravich Center's neighbor, Tiger Stadium is known as "Death Valley".[4]
The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright-white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The arena concourse is divided into four quadrants: Pete Maravich Pass, The Walk of Champions, Heroes Hall and Midway of Memories. The quadrants highlight former LSU Tiger athletes, individual and team awards and memorabilia pertaining to the history of LSU basketball, gymnastics and volleyball.[3] There are 11,230 permanent seats in the arena. 6,931 upper-level seats, 4,299 lower-level seats and 2,000 seats on retractable risers.
The "L" Club meeting room and Tiger Athletic Foundation offices are also located in the arena.[5]
Prior to building the Assembly Center, LSU played its games at John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (aka, the "Cow Palace"), located on the southeast corner of the campus."
Built in 1972, with no luxury boxes, and only seats 11,230 people total.
If anyone says it's "serviceable", they are clearly out of touch with 2023 reality.
"The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer signed an act to rename the building in Maravich's honor (under Louisiana law, no LSU or state owned building may be named after a living person). Maravich never played in the arena as a collegian but played in it as a member of the Atlanta Hawks in a preseason game. But his exploits while at LSU led the university to build a larger home for the basketball team, which languished for decades in the shadow of the school's football program.[3] The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "Pete's Palace", or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome", coined by Dale Brown. The Maravich Center's neighbor, Tiger Stadium is known as "Death Valley".[4]
The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright-white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The arena concourse is divided into four quadrants: Pete Maravich Pass, The Walk of Champions, Heroes Hall and Midway of Memories. The quadrants highlight former LSU Tiger athletes, individual and team awards and memorabilia pertaining to the history of LSU basketball, gymnastics and volleyball.[3] There are 11,230 permanent seats in the arena. 6,931 upper-level seats, 4,299 lower-level seats and 2,000 seats on retractable risers.
The "L" Club meeting room and Tiger Athletic Foundation offices are also located in the arena.[5]
Prior to building the Assembly Center, LSU played its games at John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum (aka, the "Cow Palace"), located on the southeast corner of the campus."
Built in 1972, with no luxury boxes, and only seats 11,230 people total.
If anyone says it's "serviceable", they are clearly out of touch with 2023 reality.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:27 pm to kew48
I would argue they both impact the other. I am not happy with the teams performance at all, but both are issues that need to be discussed.
A bad facility will hurt recruiting and will lead to a bad product and team. A good facility can help upgrade the team and improve the product. Both being bad will essentially make the situation worse over years.
Honestly this years performance is alarming. Bad product equals bad ticket sales and concessions, which leads to less money for facility and NIL, which worst performance, and on and on. I never would’ve thought our Women’s team could sell out the PMAC, but they did, which will lead to more expensive tickets and more profit.
A bad facility will hurt recruiting and will lead to a bad product and team. A good facility can help upgrade the team and improve the product. Both being bad will essentially make the situation worse over years.
Honestly this years performance is alarming. Bad product equals bad ticket sales and concessions, which leads to less money for facility and NIL, which worst performance, and on and on. I never would’ve thought our Women’s team could sell out the PMAC, but they did, which will lead to more expensive tickets and more profit.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:36 pm to JAB528
J.B. Hunt is NW Arkansas
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:40 pm to TheJuicey
Last I heard was they had a complete redo in the works for around 200 million. That was a while ago so don't know where they are at with that now.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:42 pm to nicholastiger
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LSU is bringing in the same money as Hogs, what are they doing with all that money?
LSU and Arky athletics bring in about the same money but when it comes to getting facilities that usually come from donor money separate from the athletic budget. That’s where places like Arky can get a leg up on LSU.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 3:46 pm to TheJuicey
No other facility is used more than the pmac.
Home to men’s and women’s basketball,
Volleyball & Gymnastics. Plus other events are held there including graduation.
We absolutely should be investing in the most used facility on campus, and soon.
Home to men’s and women’s basketball,
Volleyball & Gymnastics. Plus other events are held there including graduation.
We absolutely should be investing in the most used facility on campus, and soon.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 4:03 pm to JAB528
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You do realize Arkansas has the Walton’s, Tyson foods, jerry Jones, and entergy as donors to name a few correct?
Don’t forget JB Hunt, kind’ve a big deal.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:13 pm to The Hurricane
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One call to the Walton family, Tyson foods or Jerry Jones.
Or Dillard’s or JB Hunt
Arkansas has the worlds largest retailer, dept store chain, poultry co. and trucking co.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:19 pm to TheJuicey
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Arkansas
Is a basketball school
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:26 pm to TheJuicey
You can help them speed it up. Just donate a few million dollars.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:45 pm to Alt26
The only thing Ladyboy hates more than LSU basketball are LSU basketball fans.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:51 pm to GeorgeWest
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Arkansas' AD budget is less than LSU's (10-year average.)
New facilities and arenas do not come from the AD budget.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 5:55 pm to TheJuicey
Given the state of men’s basketball, I don’t think this is an ideal time to be talking about a new assembly center. Probably best to revisit that in about a decade. 
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