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[BoulderSooner]

It doesn't technically have to be over by riverwind. I was thinking maybe they build a bridge over the Canadian river on Jenkins. It would turn into Ladd avenue on the other side of the river. I would say put it on Center and Ladd. Best of all it would only be three miles from the current Lloyd Noble Center. Better than the six miles it would be near riverwind and 8 miles over in UNP

next to I35 is a better location .. even south of the river

[BG918]

Boyd & Jenkins

[BG918]

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[tycat947]

And barely 1,000 attendance for the game this year. Capacity was 5,000 when built decades ago but only about 4,000 currently. McCasland provides only a regulation basketball court.

[bison34]

Given the fact OU is very poor, they won't buyout Moser, so it may not matter.

[SEMIweather]

Given the fact OU is very poor, they won't buyout Moser, so it may not matter.

OU will have to move on from Moser after this season, it’ll be too expensive not to. Attendance is already cratering as people now recognize that last year’s meltdown wasn’t an anomaly. If Porter comes back for year five after single-handedly leading OU to their longest tourney drought in the modern era, this fanbase will reach never before seen levels of apathy (which is saying something for OU basketball). I get that the athletic department is in total disarray at the moment, but I’m sure even they can see the writing on the wall. The real question at this point is whether or not we can get enough NIL alignment/donor buy-in to attract a good replacement coach, or whether the program is headed straight for the wilderness à la OSU.

[David]

It doesn't technically have to be over by riverwind. I was thinking maybe they build a bridge over the Canadian river on Jenkins. It would turn into Ladd avenue on the other side of the river. I would say put it on Center and Ladd. Best of all it would only be three miles from the current Lloyd Noble Center. Better than the six miles it would be near riverwind and 8 miles over in UNP

Eyeballing the problem on Google Maps suggests it would take roughly a mile long bridge to cross the Canadian river (comparable to the I-35 bridge a bit to the west), who do you imagine is going to pay for that bridge?

[PhiAlpha]

Given the fact OU is very poor, they won't buyout Moser, so it may not matter.

OU’s athletic department is not “very poor.”

Unless they have a great finish to the year, they will be moving in for Moser.

[Rover]

Given the fact OU is very poor, they won't buyout Moser, so it may not matter.

Their athletic dept is top 10 revenue/donations in the entire NCAA. So, we need to stop with the OU is poor silliness.

[bison34]

OU’s athletic department is not “very poor.”

Unless they have a great finish to the year, they will be moving in for Moser.

The AD may not be poor, but they had to take a prorated portion of their SEC revenue share, so for this year, buying out coaches will have to come from private donors, which is where OU lacks, compared to other blue-blood programs.

[Pete]

The AD may not be poor, but they had to take a prorated portion of their SEC revenue share, so for this year, buying out coaches will have to come from private donors, which is where OU lacks, compared to other blue-blood programs.

OU has the 10th largest AD revenue out of 350+ Division 1 schools.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[CaptDave]

Boyd & Jenkins

Or on the parking lot to the north.

[bison34]

OU has the 10th largest AD revenue out of 350+ Division 1 schools.

You have no idea what you are talking about.

You are correct. However, AD revenue and NIL/buyout monies are 2 very, very different things. I should have specified. I was talking about buying out Moser's contract. Those types of fundings usually come from donors.

[TornadoKegan]

Boyd & Jenkins

At least do a better job on the Photoshop next time.

[TornadoKegan]

next to I35 is a better location .. even south of the river

Nah too far from the University which is one of the problems with it. A bridge via Jenkins definitely will come in handy at some point anyway especially with goldsby Noble, Newcastle and Blanchard starting to see growth.

[Pete]

You are correct. However, AD revenue and NIL/buyout monies are 2 very, very different things. I should have specified. I was talking about buying out Moser's contract. Those types of fundings usually come from donors.

Again, you have no idea what you are talking about.

[BG918]

At least do a better job on the Photoshop next time.

Ha not Photoshop, a couple minutes copying and pasting onto Bluebeam.

[BG918]

Or on the parking lot to the north.

That would work too. SE corner works better with existing Duck Pond parking lot and future synergy with other athletic facilities (football operations center, indoor practice facility).

[TornadoKegan]

McCasland in its current state is unworkable as a basketball facility, there’s a reason OU only plays one game per year there. They’d either build the new arena in a corner of the current LNC parking lot, or on the south side of GT Blankenship Boulevard.

Only thing I can think of is see if Oklahoma city can hold on to paycom Center a little longer. Have them practice and do their games there until the new OU stadium is complete. I still think soutgy of the river and the building a bridge over the Canadian with Jenkins is the most feasible if it's going to be relocated.

[Rover]

The AD may not be poor, but they had to take a prorated portion of their SEC revenue share, so for this year, buying out coaches will have to come from private donors, which is where OU lacks, compared to other blue-blood programs.

Again, untrue and uninformed.

[BoulderSooner]

Boyd & Jenkins

that is Brooks and Jenkins ... but yes that would be a great spot ..

[BoulderSooner]

Nah too far from the University which is one of the problems with it. A bridge via Jenkins definitely will come in handy at some point anyway especially with goldsby Noble, Newcastle and Blanchard starting to see growth.

that is not relevant .. and there will be a second bridge over the river when the turnpike is completed ..

[BG918]

that is Brooks and Jenkins ... but yes that would be a great spot ..

Correct - but OU owns acres of land in the general vicinity of Boyd & Jenkins that would be a better location than any other that has been proposed.

[BoulderSooner]

Correct - but OU owns acres of land in the general vicinity of Boyd & Jenkins that would be a better location than any other that has been proposed.

boyd and jenkins is where Sarkeys is southwest .. and devon energy hall southeast corner ..

that is no room for an arena at that intersection ..


OU owns lots of land at the NE corner of Brooks and Jenkins ..

[PhiAlpha]

The AD may not be poor, but they had to take a prorated portion of their SEC revenue share, so for this year, buying out coaches will have to come from private donors, which is where OU lacks, compared to other blue-blood programs.

Absolutely incorrect. OU is in the middle/upper tier of blue blood programs for private donations and in the top 10 for all schools.

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