Is he responsible for your bitter life, too? Get over your political agenda. Previous Message
With the recent (and on going fires) I'm that Gruesome is chomping at the bit to help.
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We will need help from the state to fix or replace the Myd. Previous Message
Wow! Possible the Gold Mine will become the new location for the sports everyone here loves. Previous Message
I love the Pyramid. The issue to me is very similar to the Queen Mary dilemma. Very expensive to tear down, very expensive to repair, one still has an asset that must be maintained, the other has nothing left. This new issue described as suspended ceiling collapse seems more superficial, but off top of my mind I don't remember how the loading dock ceiling is finished. Water going through the concrete is not great, but maybe some brackets simply rusted out and that is a much more minor issue.
Repaneling/roofing the entire structure is expensive. Maybe you build a new style roof after deconstructing (Think Santa Clara Leavey center) that isn't as iconic but functional. Would require changing out the entire electrical and HVAC layouts as well. I don't see a new arena being easy to come by, so fear the full tear down. Previous Message
Agree, it's sad but LB St needs to seriously look into building a new campus arena.
UCI Bren vs he Mid: Bren opened in 1987 at a cost of ~$14M seating 5,700. The Mid opened in 1994 at a cost of ~$21M seating 4,000 (I much prefer watching games at the mid over the Bren). It appears the Bren has many more years of life ahead though. Previous Message
It sounds to me that the solution to the problem is a new arena. Sadly, it is probably not a good idea to spend many millions on the MYD. Previous Message
The blue entrance, south side, probably has some kind of dry rot or something. The underside of the bridge that takes you to the blue entrance, it looks like water damage. Saw some photos and my buddy was a gen'l contractor for a long time. Not looking good. Crumbling is the best way to describe it. The other entrances are taped off, precautionary for now I would guess.
Saturdays game may be in the Gold Mine again. From what I was told. But no one really knows.
At this point I could care less where MBB plays, but MVB if the Mid isn't available, I'd rather they go elsewhere the gold mine and its low ceiling is a joke for volleyball at our level.
Crumbling infrastructure, get used to it.