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Winter comes and asks how you spent your summer..... The game loves and rewards those who love and reward the game Back to Top bornacatfan General User Member Since: 8/3/2006 Post Count: 5,716 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 7:25:36 AM  Renderings of the 72 M upgrades to the Arena. Should be the gem of the A10, Good follow on twitter for news on the project https://twitter.com/WGarbeWHIO/status/862675670253621248/... never argue with idiots, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Winter comes and asks how you spent your summer..... The game loves and rewards those who love and reward the game Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,596 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 9:27:25 AM  Forget just the A10, that'll be a gem of college basketball. Roughly similar to what I envision a $72 million dollar Convo renovation looking like. I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,442 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 11:20:12 AM  Still haven't been to a game there. Better get there before these changes are made so I can see the difference. Back to Top Brian Smith (No, not that one) General User Member Since: 2/3/2005 Post Count: 3,016 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 11:47:27 AM  They'd better be careful, though. When you have a venue that has a certain vibe to it, even small changes can throw it off. Seems like venues at all levels and in different sports often lose something when even very small alterations are made. Acoustics, angles, views can all be thrown off. A high school football stadium at a school I covered was everyone's favorite. Electric feel inside it. They tore down the school in front of it, lost the horseshoe effect and it lost all charm and the acoustics inside it changed. Some gyms seem different when they go from wood chairs and benches to plastic stadium seating, too. Progressive Field's right field I find to be less charming now that the bullpens are out there and those giant tan boxes cover up what was the upper deck in right. I'm sure they took all that into consideration, however. The renderings look fantastic. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,598 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 12:33:05 PM  It seems like the Convo already has a number of Dayton's proposed upgrades. If I recall,they've replaced all of the seats over the last few years. The building is air conditioned and there is a perimeter concourse. I would like to see is a better scoreboard,which is coming. I'd also like them to "dress up" the concourse. Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,734 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 2:03:54 PM  My wife and I attend Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh for shows. It was built in 1927. Except for the sound system and routine maintenance, it's pretty much the same as it was back then. Leave the Convo alone. Slap some paint on it and let's watch the Bobcats. I would gladly watch a game in old Grover Center. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,754 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/12/2017 3:44:26 PM  giacomo wrote: My wife and I attend Heinz Hall in Pittsburgh for shows. It was built in 1927. Except for the sound system and routine maintenance, it's pretty much the same as it was back then. Leave the Convo alone. Slap some paint on it and let's watch the Bobcats. I would gladly watch a game in old Grover Center. +1 Newer ain't always better! The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top bornacatfan General User Member Since: 8/3/2006 Post Count: 5,716 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/13/2017 12:40:20 AM  The Optimist wrote: Forget just the A10, that'll be a gem of college basketball. Roughly similar to what I envision a $72 million dollar Convo renovation looking like. That would be good. The folk in Dayton really support hoops. Keeping the First Four there is paramount. The HS hoops in the Arena are finestkind. Trotwood vs Dunbar on a Sunday afternoon has been finestkind over the years. Early on concerts in the Arena were first rate. Yearly they host WGI World Championships....that arena has been well utilized since it was built. I do not think they will lose much in atmosphere with the plans they are showing....plus they add the boxes folks have been asking for years on end.... never argue with idiots, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Winter comes and asks how you spent your summer..... The game loves and rewards those who love and reward the game Back to Top TWT General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,183 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/14/2017 12:51:56 PM  rpbobcat wrote: It seems like the Convo already has a number of Dayton's proposed upgrades. If I recall,they've replaced all of the seats over the last few years. The building is air conditioned and there is a perimeter concourse. I would like to see is a better scoreboard,which is coming. I'd also like them to "dress up" the concourse. This. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Miami @ Peden front of 25,086 Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,398 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/14/2017 7:29:14 PM  UD Arena is already a special place, this is huge, and if they wouldn't play us before home and home I doubt it will happen now. Back to Top bornacatfan General User Member Since: 8/3/2006 Post Count: 5,716 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/14/2017 7:39:43 PM  BillyTheCat wrote: UD Arena is already a special place, this is huge, and if they wouldn't play us before home and home I doubt it will happen now. except that we were poised for a home and home this fall with only Finals week standing in the way. But your point is taken now that McDavis is gone and Archie is as well and gives good reason to doubt never argue with idiots, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Winter comes and asks how you spent your summer..... The game loves and rewards those who love and reward the game Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,398 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/14/2017 9:51:13 PM  bornacatfan wrote: BillyTheCat wrote: UD Arena is already a special place, this is huge, and if they wouldn't play us before home and home I doubt it will happen now. except that we were poised for a home and home this fall with only Finals week standing in the way. But your point is taken now that McDavis is gone and Archie is as well and gives good reason to doubt It's a series I'd love to see, grew up a big Dayton fan and would collar them as the only other team I follow in a far second to the Cats. Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,370 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 9:37:54 AM  GoCats105 wrote: Still haven't been to a game there. Better get there before these changes are made so I can see the difference. In my opinion, it's the best college basketball venue and atmosphere in our state, bar none. I'd highly recommend a trip there. Heck, I'd meet you there for one. Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,596 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 11:54:45 AM  Brucecuth mentioned the Lancaster Bobcat Caravan where Saul spoke... It was posted on the BA facebook page. Saul mentioned they have tried to schedule Dayton for a home and home and came very close this year but the dates ultimately didn't make sense. Sounded like they could only play us on Finals Week or something. That video is worth watching... Saul mentioned that as we win more, that makes it tough to convince people to come play here. He also mentioned there was a big home opponent to be announced... I'm excited to hear who that is. Whatever happened to the Purdue game? We play them in football and I was under the understanding we would get them at home in hoops as a part of that, although admittedly I don't know if they were allowed to buy themselves out of that. Could that be the big game Saul mentioned? The football game is this year so maybe their game in Athens wont be for a year or two? Last Edited: 5/15/2017 11:55:30 AM by The Optimist I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top OUcats82 General User Member Since: 1/9/2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 1,881 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 1:35:39 PM  OU_Country wrote: GoCats105 wrote: Still haven't been to a game there. Better get there before these changes are made so I can see the difference. In my opinion, it's the best college basketball venue and atmosphere in our state, bar none. I'd highly recommend a trip there. Heck, I'd meet you there for one. To any Daytonians on here........would you say that UD Basketball is the most popular athletic team in the region? I know Wright State is not too far and there are the Dragons and other minor league teams but I would think that UD Basketball plays second fiddle to no one in the Miami Valley? Ohio-The State University Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,370 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 2:15:01 PM  I'm not a Daytonian, but my sis went to UD, and I'm pretty familiar with it having grown up about 60 miles north. I'd say that's affirmative on Flyer basketball being the biggest show in town. I'm interested to read feedback from those who truly live in the area though. Back to Top bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,417 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 3:32:36 PM  Marty Brenneman's son mentioned over the weekend that the Dayton Dragons own the country's longest streak of sold out games - any sport, any level. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,754 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/15/2017 11:13:50 PM  The Optimist wrote: . . . . He also mentioned there was a big home opponent to be announced... I'm excited to hear who that is. . . . Wild guess . . . the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top bornacatfan General User Member Since: 8/3/2006 Post Count: 5,716 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/16/2017 7:42:26 AM  OhioCatFan wrote: The Optimist wrote: . . . . He also mentioned there was a big home opponent to be announced... I'm excited to hear who that is. . . . Wild guess . . . the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hope not...that would be a marked up loss. I think they have lost less than 30 games there since they opened in the late 90s IIRC. never argue with idiots, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. Winter comes and asks how you spent your summer..... The game loves and rewards those who love and reward the game Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,754 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/16/2017 11:24:28 AM  bornacatfan wrote: OhioCatFan wrote: The Optimist wrote: . . . . He also mentioned there was a big home opponent to be announced... I'm excited to hear who that is. . . . Wild guess . . . the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Hope not...that would be a marked up loss. I think they have lost less than 30 games there since they opened in the late 90s IIRC. He's talking about a HOME game with a big-time opponent. I put "at Madison" so wouldn't think I was talking about "at Green Bay." ;-) The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Ted Thompson Administrator Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: MAC Play Post Count: 7,720 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/16/2017 11:08:56 PM  The cost of transformation: Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database. Back to Top OhioStunter General User Member Since: 2/18/2005 Location: Chicago Post Count: 2,516 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/17/2017 6:36:40 PM  Who was the last great OOC foe to come through the Convo? Back to Top Brian Smith (No, not that one) General User Member Since: 2/3/2005 Post Count: 3,016 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/17/2017 7:52:23 PM  Temple was pretty good when they came to town. Wisconsin was what, 2002 or 2003? Last Edited: 5/17/2017 7:52:56 PM by Brian Smith (No, not that one) Back to Top bigtillyoopsupsideurhead General User Member Since: 12/1/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 1,926 Status: Offline     RE: Dayton upgrades ...time for a home and home    Posted: 5/17/2017 7:58:47 PM  OhioStunter wrote: Who was the last great OOC foe to come through the Convo? Last A-10 teams were Duquesne and Richmond in 2012-2013. We got Temple in 2010-2011 due to their agreement with the conference. We had Butler in 2004-2005, but of course that's not the same as having Butler now. DePaul in 2003-2004 when Conf-USA was still legit. Last game vs Power 5 school was Wisconsin in the 2001-2002 season. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 25  of 34 Posts Jump to Page:   1 | 2    Next > View Other 'Ohio Basketball' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 210 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 210 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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