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GeauxSioux

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  1. The Kohl Center was built for basketball. Having the seats that are always in the center come even to the floor when the boards are taken out for hockey. Which means when you watch hockey games in there you sort of look down at the guys next to the boards, but they built it this way because they knew they would use it for basketball as well as hockey.

    Sounds like a pretty good design. Still, looking at the seating chart, the seating for the people that aren't down close to the court is not all that different from REA. Pick a section from the link and you get some perspective on their view.

    http://www.uwbadgers.com/facilities/kohl_c...ting/index.aspx

    We should use the facility which generates the most revenue and fan support. Which sounds like what they tried to do last year, playing the conference games in REA and non-conference in the Betty. I believe that many schools in the country would love to have this dilemma.

  2. I haven't seen a basketball game in the Betty, but from what I hear it is just a more intimate place for basketball. I did see two games last year in REA in one of the suites and had a great time. I really didn't feel that the view was that bad even though I was in one of the corners.

    How are the concession sales between basketball games in REA compared to the Betty? Being in a suite there is definitely more of an opportunity to spend money on food and drink.

    I've seen the image that was posted moving the court to the north end. Wouldn't that put the scoreboard over one of the baskets?

    Doesn't Wisconsin play all of their mens and womens basketball and hockey in the Kohl Center? I know that Wisconsin's basketball attendance is far greater than North Dakota's for the men, but I don't know how it is for the women. The greater attendance would obviously make it seem more of a homey place, as I have heard people complain about REA when it is a small crowd.

  3. Minnesota Hockey (M) 2003-04 Average Attendance = 10,011

    Minnesota Hockey (M) 2003-04 Average Attendance = 221,953

    Minnesota Basketball (M) 2003 Average Attendance = 12,696

    Minnesota Basketball (M) 2003 Total Attendance = 228,527

    Minnesota Football 2005(?) Average Attendance = 49,025

    Minnesota Football 2005(?) Total Attendance = 294,147

    If someone can find more recent data please feel free to update these numbers...

    I found the 2005 attendance. 179,636 total with an average of 10,566. Pretty close to that of hockey.

    http://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/att...ball_attend.pdf

  4. Thankfully Pensacola was somewhat spared this time around. We were only without electricity for 24 hours at our house. Most of metro Pensacola has had power restored, which means that Gulf Power can head west and help get AL, MS and LA back up. We are currently housing relatives that have evacuated from New Orleans and the Northshore, so obviously we watch the news 24/7, including live streamding on wwltv.com.

    I got a call from parents in GF this morning asking what they can do to help. The number one thing is prayer at this point, because this will be a long period of recovery. We have family all over the New Orleans area that may have lost homes, jobs, businesses.

    BTW Star2City, we do have gas in Pensacola in most places, but I have been told that the stations are getting nervous about the supply line. Let me know if you need anything. jlarson@lpugh.com

  5. When I go back to ND, the ND accents nearly send me into shock (from laughing and despairing that I used to sound like that! ) :lol: But then, in a few days or so, I talk like that, again. :huh:;)

    BTW, GeauxSioux, since you are on the internet, I assume you have electricity in Pensacola (unless you hooked into your generator. ;) ) Another twenty or thirty miles west, and Dennis could have given another horrible blow to Pensacola. Last time I drove through, I couldn't believe the number of homes that still have blue tarps for roofs following Ivan.

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    We got electricity back on Thursday night. I left my wife in Louisiana after the evacuation and spent a few night here on just generator. Good to have the electricity back and great to have the family back.

  6. That state seriously has their heads so far up their butt they probably think North Dakota is off somewhere neighboring Alaska or perhaps just off the coast of Russia.

    :huh:

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    I have to agree that there are alot of people down here that have no idea where ND is. They also don't know the accent.

    When I first moved here, people would try to guess where I was from. Guesses like Australia, France, Belgium lead me to believe that they have no idea where ND is. After living here for so long, I guess I have lost the ND accent, as I don't get asked anymore.

  7. I think the results are being skewed somewhat by someone voting multiple times. I looked at the totals yesterday and again today and the results are completely different. For example, I don't think too many people really believe that the SDSU/NDSU football game is even close to the UND/Minn hockey game as far as rivalries.

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