Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
The only significant change with the move to the SEC will be quite a bit more traveling fans.

The SEC requires a larger block of tickets to be allocated to the visiting schools, and SEC fans are very good about traveling to see their teams.

And with the novelty of Oklahoma and Texas being added to the rotation, I think you'll see lots more visiting fans that any time before.


I've been saying that the area around OU needs many more hotel rooms, not just for football games but for the hundreds of events and activities all year long. OU itself should partner with operators to develop a couple of mid-sized hotels on campus. There is tons of room.

Boren also had the unfulfilled dream of adding housing for alums near the campus. I lived near a college campus in California and it was absolutely fantastic. Great places to walk and tons of things happening: sports, theater, lectures, performances, and much more. If OU wasn't so far from everything I loved in OKC, I'd already be living next to the campus.
Yes there will be more traveling fans. But the football games already sell out so there can't be more fans. Just an increase in visiting fans. I don't see how this would create a significant enough increase in Campus Corner business potential for anyone to spend a ton of money redeveloping the area.
I do agree that if someone wanted to develop a new retail/bar/restaurant area the south campus area has lots of unused space. Even without disturbing the nice nature areas.