I made some inquiries and was told that it is not properly fitted from many perspectives to do high definition tv. Also,when this happens there will be more than one location,hence there is little chance that Prudential would be the sole home of Rutgers basketball.Also,a prominent promoter really wants Rutgers-UConn at UBS next December.
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A game in Long Island is a joke..please stop
It's a pay day against a marquee opponent. It's not like we're playing once at UBS and once at UConn. Basically just look at it as if we were playing them in any pre-season tournament
Seriously, we're in NJ, and a large percentage of our season ticket holders live in the Central Jersey area. They're not going to Long Island to see a game.
@RU72 - it’s interesting that you’re hearing this. One of my best friends is an extremely good source for athletics dept news and he’s told me that if a renovation were to take place it wouldn’t impact the season where we’d be playing most of our home games away. A big reason being sponsorship agreements and such. He also told me that there is a still a variation of the plan that would call for the construction of a new arena right in front of the RAC. Not saying you’re wrong but there is conflicting info out there and I trust my friend for reasons I can’t go into.
Neither is Mohegan Sun local. UConn in Long Island sounds better than Mohegan Sun to me!
The Mohegan game isn’t anything especially good. It’s just better than the usual garbage we’re served.
Ship has long since sailed but we should’ve been in one of the many quality November or December tournaments with R. Harper or G. Baker. All the other good Big Ten teams do it.
Ship has long since sailed but we should’ve been in one of the many quality November or December tournaments with R. Harper or G. Baker. All the other good Big Ten teams do it.
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Because a Long Island based promoter wants to pay us enough to make it worth our while
Yes - a one off for a high-pay marquis game there is not a big deal if it happens. And the train station should be open by then which would be an easy switch at NY Penn Station.
We cant rip the schedule and then say no to a decent non conference neutral site game.
I am guessing there is a huge $ difference to use UBS and MSG
It’s a neutral site . No different than playing this in California.
Pike also has connections on Long Island , so he’s good with playing there.
****--I come from LI to all the games
Ever see that LIVE safari show from Africa?
Not properly "fitted" for HD TV? WTH? Make it work. It can be done. Maybe their "kit" for most basketball arenas assumes certain lenses and certain lighting.... use new kit.. make it work!
What about Princeton? Maybe we can make a deal for Jadwin gym use. Nah.. they use that for everything. Build a bubble with bleachers for 10K fans.. something that can be used for practice for some sports afterward... don't we have a bubble already? With parking right there?
There ya go.. couple games at
- the Barn
-the football practice bubble on Busch gets most of them
other games at..
-Trenton
-Newark
-Atlantic City
Call it the Scarlet Knight's New Jersey Road Show!
There's a bunch of large National Guard armories in NJ... heck.. play a game at the Lakehurst blimp hangars...
And sign up for multiple Holiday Tourneys... playing all neutral site games.
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1. I trust your friend because I want to
2. Missing a season at home would be so damaging to the program I think it would be avoided at all costs.
I live on Long Island also and would love this.
Not a lot of RU people, but probably more than NJ folks think.
Also, keep in mind UBS is 25 min from LI Lutheran, one of the top programs in the country.
What if the UBS promoter will pay us three times what MSG is willing to pay?
I don't understand some of you guys. You're all clamoring about upgrading the OOC schedule, playing good teams on the road or at neutral sites and are bashing the idea about playing Uconn on Long Island? It's right in our backyard. A simple bus trip for our team. Some of you guys are ridiculous. Don't go if it's too much of an inconvenience.
UBS arena is probably looking to put good events in there since it's so new. MSG's schedule probably pretty full. That's it in a nutshell. Stop complaining.
UBS arena is probably looking to put good events in there since it's so new. MSG's schedule probably pretty full. That's it in a nutshell. Stop complaining.
Apparently this promoter really hates Paul Taglibue.
Wants to show him he’s wrong.
Minny was booked for that date.
IIRC MSG last year cost $250K plus concessions to rent the arena...
Not sure how it works for college basketball...
Building a NEW ARENA in front of The RAC??? I don't see that happening in any lifetime.