dakotadan

Maybe they are going to announce that from now on the hockey team will play all home games on the olympic ice so that the main arena can focus on basketball and volleyball.

I also found this article in the GF Herald from June 8 but once again could only get this much of the article without paying $3.00! At least it shows that this is actually happening. I also e-mailed the Grand Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau and asked for information on where it is at and if there are any blueprints, pictures, etc. that are available yet. I will let you all know when and if I get any information. Source: Herald Staff Report Despite the appearance of inactivity, Canad Inns remains committed to building a hotel in Grand Forks, a company spokesman said Thursday."Lay people want to see the dirt flying," he said, but Canad is still in the "invisible part of the process."This involves designing the hotel, its attached water park and a 10-screen cinema. So far, the city planning department has not received any plans from Canad.Among other things, Canad is testing the soil at the building Published on June 18, 2004, Page 03, Grand Forks Herald (ND)

I know that no one has posted in this forum for a while but I suppose I will try to revive it once more. After reading this forum, I did some searching and found an on-line article about the Canad. This is the first part of the article. By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 30--Grand Forks' deal with Canad Inns of Winnipeg officially is settled after four years, two tries and countless legal drafts. The City Council approved at a special session Monday night the final agreements. Canad now can proceed with its plan to build a $35 million to $40 million hotel and entertainment complex next to the city-owned Alerus Center. Canad chief Leo Ledohowski said he'll instruct his architect, Johnson Laffen Galloway, today to begin drawing detailed construction plans immediately. He said he's not sure when construction could begin but he's certain he would miss a prior deadline to open by December. Ledohowski had hoped to have the hotel ready for hockey's World Junior Championship at that time. Now, he said, he'll have to make other plans to establish Canad's presence, plans he would describe only as "significant." ... This is all I could get of the article. I know that there are now pictures out there of what the hotel is supposed to look like. I will see if I can find some to post.

ED BELFOUR!!!!!!!!!!

Unless the ralph is absolutely packed to capacity, it is going to be impossible to create a good basketball atmosphere. It is a hockey rink, not a basketball court. Roger Thomas said in the March Dimensions- "With the development of facilities, staff, and finances, we feel the University will be well-positioned to change levels of competition, if such a move would be in the best interests of Fighting Sioux athletics." As far as possibly moving to DI some day, the Betty will not help us. It is only going to seat 3,000 and some. That is not a DI facility for a basketball program.

You can tell this is big news when over 8,000 people have checked out this forum on Blais! And I am sure it is going to rise alot more in the next few days

When I win the North Dakota lottery, the first thing I am doing is build UND a 75,001 seat, domed football stadium. After that I will build it a 50,001 seat basketball stadium. Then the Betty can become the home of Fighting Sioux volleyball and indoor tennis!!!!!!! Oh, and the UND chess club!

Where is the logic in this? Where is the home court advantage? How do you sell season tickets to ten different arenas? It would have made sense just to build a 6,000-7,000 seat arena that was their permanent home. Then if some special occasion justified it, you could play in the Ralph.

I definately feel that the Betty is rather small if it is only seating 3,000 or so. If that is the case, why didn't they just stay in the Hyslop. That wasn't that much smaller, was it?

Who do you want to see as the new big Sioux rival in the coming years? Will it be the same in basketball as it is in football?