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Post by beaverbeliever on Feb 28, 2018 13:15:41 GMT -8
My nephew, a huge UA fan was at Gill last week for our game with his Wildcats. His comments to me were quite complimentary in regards to Gill, the building and sight lines for viewing a basketball game. But he did mention how "tired" Gill looked inside and the need for a new center hung video scoreboard and stat boards. He also mentioned our collection of 'old outdated, poorly positioned, banners, saying they should all be renewed and be repositioned because "recruits look at such things like that". I tend to think he is right. How much could it cost to renew and reorganize those old banners before they are rehung around the new video scoreboard? I would also like to see some new subtle lighting focused on the murals painted high on the walls inside Gill. Just my two bits. Absolutely agree - came down for both Arizona games - and something needs to be done with the banners. There are too many, and they look cheap.
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Post by Judge Smails on Feb 28, 2018 14:15:20 GMT -8
At least they took down the CBI banners.......those were embarrassing.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 28, 2018 15:16:43 GMT -8
I think plans are underway to do something with the banners, and with the murals, which look tired and are out-of-date.
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Post by Werebeaver on Feb 28, 2018 17:43:39 GMT -8
I think plans are underway to do something with the banners, and with the murals, which look tired and are out-of-date. I agree about the murals. I certainly honor the history they represent but they do look a little bit like the Ghosts of Christmas past hovering up there in the rafters.
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Post by obf on Mar 1, 2018 10:11:52 GMT -8
I think plans are underway to do something with the banners, and with the murals, which look tired and are out-of-date. I love the murals! it is unique and special, IMHO, if they do change them they need to replace them with something similarly unique, special and honoring of our history
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Post by mbabeav on Mar 1, 2018 11:47:53 GMT -8
Just make sure that it is high enough that a full court desperation shot won't hit it
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Post by beavfan14 on Mar 1, 2018 15:42:41 GMT -8
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don’t waste so much screen space on ads like the current video boards!! I hope they keep the two boards on the ends for ads and closed caption. I know those ads pay for a lot of things and I understand and appreciate the closed caption for people that need it, but it wasted a lot of screen space. Even in the opening intros they ran ads on the board. So use the new boards for live action and replays and some stats. Use the old boards for stats, ads and closed captions. Same thing happens in football, half the board is ads. Such a waste.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 22:46:37 GMT -8
They just should just tear down Gill and build a new arena. Place is super outdated.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 2, 2018 8:36:09 GMT -8
They just should just tear down Gill and build a new arena. Place is super outdated. They'll get right on it, as soon as you donate $100 million. Fenway and Wrigley are outdated, too.
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Post by bennyskid on Mar 2, 2018 9:02:18 GMT -8
There's no place in college basketball for old, outdated fieldhouses. You can't build a winning program with a venue like Gill, or Hinkle, or Cameron. Players don't want to play in a shoddy old barn, fans won't pay for a ticket because the stairs are so steep. The fans are too close to the game, the noise reverberates too much - it's just a terrible experience. My impression has been that Butler, Duke, and Washington are just barely hanging on to their basketball programs, weighted down as they are by their crappy old fieldhouses.
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Post by joeavocado on Mar 2, 2018 10:08:50 GMT -8
You just have to look a little to the south to see how little a new arena has to do with attendance in college basketball. Uo has never averaged 10,000 in basketball...ever and likely never will. Until last year, their highest average attendance was at Mac Court in 1979 with 9,864. Last year they barely eclipsed that average with a final four team. Meanwhile, OSU led the PAC-10 in attendance in 1980 with an average of 11,653. OSU's great women's game attendance is a result of winning, not how nice Gill is or isn't.
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 2, 2018 10:42:14 GMT -8
Whenever I open it on my phone the renderings of the scoreboard show us ahead in the first half and then blowing the lead late in the 2nd half. Weird.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2018 19:56:20 GMT -8
They just should just tear down Gill and build a new arena. Place is super outdated. They'll get right on it, as soon as you donate $100 million. Fenway and Wrigley are outdated, too. If only gill had the charm of fenway and wrigley. It needs more than a new scoreboard. Im not saying OSU needs a crazy arena like Oregon but something like The Pit at New Mexico or viejas arena at sdsu but like 7000-9000 capacity. But lets be real OSU can't finish reser and probably will never get to fully renovating gill like it should(or replacing it)
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Post by TheGlove on Mar 2, 2018 20:56:54 GMT -8
They'll get right on it, as soon as you donate $100 million. Fenway and Wrigley are outdated, too. If only gill had the charm of fenway and wrigley. It needs more than a new scoreboard. Im not saying OSU needs a crazy arena like Oregon but something like The Pit at New Mexico or viejas arena at sdsu but like 7000-9000 capacity. But lets be real OSU can't finish reser and probably will never get to fully renovating gill like it should(or replacing it) Gill’s fine. Quit your bitching.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2018 0:28:29 GMT -8
If only gill had the charm of fenway and wrigley. It needs more than a new scoreboard. Im not saying OSU needs a crazy arena like Oregon but something like The Pit at New Mexico or viejas arena at sdsu but like 7000-9000 capacity. But lets be real OSU can't finish reser and probably will never get to fully renovating gill like it should(or replacing it) Gill’s fine. Quit your bitching. I'll quite my bitching when my school stops sucking at every sport besides baseball.
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