UNLV announces plans for New Stadium and District on Campus
by rebelfan1 on Feb 1, 2011 3:52 PM PST
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From what I had heard up until now, the proposition that was to be made by Majestic Realty was going to consist of a football stadium and stores. I now know the proposition to be more like a ton of stores and a football stadium. Speakers at the press conference were very sketchy as to what the cost of all this would be, but were more focused on making sure everyone knew what the main idea was to be.
Some interesting facts about what this would change on campus:
- Approximately 600,000 Square Feet of entertainment, retail and restauraunts.
- Over 3,000 units of campus apartments thoughtfully designed to integrate within the master-planned village.
- UNLV basketball would no longer play in the Thomas & Mack Center, they would play in the basketball configuration at the new events center.
- Seven 3-story parking garages would be put in different places around the new district.
- The arena's build site is on Swenson Street. As a result, they are moving Swenson Street around the project.
I really like the idea of having this project built out, especially since it is completely privately funded. Ed Roski said that the retail part of the district would be a lot like Town Square, an outdoor mall in Las Vegas which has roads driving through the center allowing you to really drive around and see what stores are in the mall. As far as parking nightmares go, which was rumored to be a big issue, the parking garages should definitely take care of that.
The one issue that I really have with this is UNLV basketball moving from the Thomas & Mack Center for no apparent reason. The Thomas & Mack is not having the inside changed at all, but for whatever reason in this plan UNLV basketball would make the move to a set-up very similar to Syracuse basketball's set-up in the Carrier Dome. The problem with this is that the capacity would be increased to 22,000 and you wouldn't ever be able to get the kind of sound you currently get in the T&M due to how much bigger the arena is. Home court advantage is never as great and you waste money at the same time by having to run a bigger facility.
The official site for the project is UNLVNow.com. If you would like to investigate the innards of the project, just go on over to there and they have tons of stuff available.
Pictures from the presentation after the jump:
Masterplan
Event Center - Aeiral View
Event Center - Football Mode
Different set-ups for the Event Center:
Land Use Map
Ground View Plan
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I've heard conflicting reports about the T&M.
I’ve heard anywhere from some to most Runnin’ Rebels games remaining in the T&M. As long as it will remain feasible to do so, I would agree that they should continue to play there.
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second that
They should keep playing at the Thomas & Mack. Pretty sure there is some money involved that will have them move or place games at this new arena.
Glad to see it is privately funded which is a nice change.
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I watched part of the actual press conference.
When asked about where the Runnin’ Rebels would play, he said that almost all games would be held at the event center and that any home games that conflicted with events being held there could still be played in the T&M. Kind of like how when the NFR comes to Vegas, UNLV plays one game at the Orleans Arena.
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pbr week.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 6, 2011 8:33 PM PST up reply actions
retractable roof like safeco field in seattle?
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 1, 2011 4:23 PM PST reply actions
It looked like it was supposed to be
But the conceptual art says otherwise. We’re not exactly sure if the roof will be retractable or not.
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I see nothing in the conceptual art to suggest retractable roof.
Nor have I seen it brought up by anyone in the media. It’s always called a dome. Retractable roofs are very expensive, and probably limit somewhat the ability to have so many configurations. I don’t think there’s any doubt that it’s a dome.
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Look at the picture at the top of the article
It suggests that in that specific configuration, part of the stands is not covered.
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That's what I thought too
But the UNLV logo at the top of the event center would be inside the cutaway if that were the case. Plus on the aerial view they still show that one part uncovered. Not a cutaway.
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town square has some good restaurants.
The University of Utah is off to the Pac-12 Conference and will be in the South Division. Hopefully we will get to the first ever Pac-12 Championship Game. Jon " Bones " Jones gets his chance for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title when he faces off against Shogun Rua.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 6, 2011 8:34 PM PST up reply actions
When I heard they may build a dome, I thought it would be bigger
But if they’re trying to lure in a NBA or NHL team, I think it’s fantastic. I know Vegas has been trying to bring in an NBA team for years. I hope David Stern wises up and expands a team to Vegas now that they’ll have a new arena….or dome….or whatever.
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i'll bet the maloofs will want to move the sacramento kings to vegas.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 6, 2011 8:36 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe.
But Sacramento is a pretty strong NBA city, given their mediocre franchise.
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sacramento might be strong but las vegas would be stronger and alot more high profile than sac city
i think the kings could attract better free agents in vegas.
The University of Utah is off to the Pac-12 Conference and will be in the South Division. Hopefully we will get to the first ever Pac-12 Championship Game. Jon " Bones " Jones gets his chance for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title when he faces off against Shogun Rua.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 7, 2011 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
22,000 for Basketball is nice
The main goal I believe is to get a NBA team in Vegas. Most NBA stadiums are 18k. Only Detroit has a stadium at 22k.
This is seperate from that proposed stadium
which as far as I know is proposed to be located on the strip
Although, there is this article I found
so there is talk of pro teams being involved with the new stadium, interesting indeed
vegas is making a comeback in 2011.
The University of Utah is off to the Pac-12 Conference and will be in the South Division. Hopefully we will get to the first ever Pac-12 Championship Game. Jon " Bones " Jones gets his chance for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title when he faces off against Shogun Rua.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 6, 2011 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
my first thought is
this isn’t big enough for football. It seats 40k for football. Sam Boyd is listed at 36.8k. Now, I understand for UNLV football, 40k right now should be plenty, but the magic number for UNLV to be considered a big time program would be 50k seating capacity. That gives UNLV room to grow in popularity and attendance, and that would be the minimum for the city of Las Vegas to bring in something like the Pro Bowl, or have the Las Vegas Bowl move up in the bowl world.
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That's arguable.
I think it’s about the right size, but I certainly get the argument that 50k would be better. However, you’re dealing with limited space and budget, and there were probably compromises made.
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A hard Dome stadium
usually doesn’t allow for expansion either. You can’t go and add an upper-deck or what ever to expand in the future when needed.
Besides that….this should be great for UNLV to make that step forward, they have been trying to make for years now.
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best news I saw on this is its not taking anything from the acedemic budget
which is way down right now in Nevada
when is the stadium supposed to be finished?
unr budget is getting cut by the new governor brian sandavol.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Feb 2, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
yeah its a problem across all levels of education in Nevada
my mom lost her job recently because of it. As far as I’ve heard its an issue in a lot of states right now, given the times.
No timelines are set.
They can’t know for sure when they will be able to start until the Board of Regents approves and therefore can’t know when it will be finished.
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It will take at least a year of planning.
And it hasn’t even been approved yet. After that, figure another couple years or so for actual construction. It’s a long way off, at best.
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oh I realize
just wondered if any estimates on when it might be finished were thrown out there. I figured 4-5 years in my head.
Why are so many people down on the T and M.
Even though the attendance would be higher for basketball the sight lines are alot worst. The T and M is a great place to watch a basketball, Leave the T and M alone. I could see them using it for the big games against BYU and San Diego State but the other games should stay at the T and M. As far as the NBA is concerned Mayer Oscar Goodman wants an NBA or NHL Arena to be built at Symphony park Downtown, This will not be used to house an NBA Team , maybe the NBA All Star game would return.
That's my reasoning.
Attendance would not be better. We only sell out one game per year-the BYU game. With them gone, it’s not like capacity is going to be an issue. Home Coirt advantage would be much greater if they stuck with the T&M. Running the T&M for every UNLV game would be much easier than running the event center for every game.
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Great looking stadium.
"Boise State football is now a Fargo winter. You know what's coming, and that information does you no good whatsoever". Matt James / The Fresno Bee
You can say that again.
Much better than Sam Crap Stadium.
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UNLV is going to have 4 losses this year!
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;)
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