David Pryor knew he was beat. He knew it from the start, but he spoke from his heart, picked up support from Cliff Gibson, but they went down strongly but quietly Thursday as the University of Arkansas board of trustees voted 8-2 for a $160 million expansion to Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
It wasn't denied the project most likely will be more in the neighborhood of $200 million when completed.
Before doing the math, which shows that is more than $60,000 for each of the proposed 3,000-plus additional seats -- all in luxury suites most of us will only see through binoculars -- understand a big part of that money is for the new athletic facility that will have underground parking so, as one former trustee said, it will keep the administration from …show more content…
Like Pryor and Gibson, they were ignored.
In the aftermath, and judging by comments, emails and texts, this campaign might not have won a statewide election.
Numerous negative comments have been heard and read, and some of those directed at Athletic Director Jeff Long are not flattering.
Like, Long is a money-grubber, a Yankee, an athletic director with too many layers between him and the real fan base, and a guy out of touch with the state of Arkansas.
Well, the fact is, Long was doing what he is paid to do -- look out for the athletic department. That's why he's called the athletic director.
The president of the UA system, Donald Bobbitt, and Chancellor Joe Steinmetz, who opened Thursday's meeting supporting the expansion, were apparently 100 percent on board. Their titles are above that of athletic director.
How this particularly large expense will help win more football games and produce more revenue remains to be seen, but it seems a foregone conclusion that when completed it would be almost impossible to play any more games in central
It wasn't denied the project most likely will be more in the neighborhood of $200 million when completed.
Before doing the math, which shows that is more than $60,000 for each of the proposed 3,000-plus additional seats -- all in luxury suites most of us will only see through binoculars -- understand a big part of that money is for the new athletic facility that will have underground parking so, as one former trustee said, it will keep the administration from …show more content…
Like Pryor and Gibson, they were ignored.
In the aftermath, and judging by comments, emails and texts, this campaign might not have won a statewide election.
Numerous negative comments have been heard and read, and some of those directed at Athletic Director Jeff Long are not flattering.
Like, Long is a money-grubber, a Yankee, an athletic director with too many layers between him and the real fan base, and a guy out of touch with the state of Arkansas.
Well, the fact is, Long was doing what he is paid to do -- look out for the athletic department. That's why he's called the athletic director.
The president of the UA system, Donald Bobbitt, and Chancellor Joe Steinmetz, who opened Thursday's meeting supporting the expansion, were apparently 100 percent on board. Their titles are above that of athletic director.
How this particularly large expense will help win more football games and produce more revenue remains to be seen, but it seems a foregone conclusion that when completed it would be almost impossible to play any more games in central