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    Not all space is created equally. Seems like many are assuming that the old med school represents thousands of useable, Class A, move-in ready, square footage, but I wonder if that's really the case. It's an old building that has been significantly repurposed at least once. And the retrofitting costs could be enormous. There's a reason (or $130MM reasons) the med school wanted out, I reckon, and it probably had nothing to do with the old building's mint condition. Does the administration need cadaver storage or a fume hood? Wait...don't answer that.
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    Canada isn't hosting, so their reputation for supporting hockey is not at issue. But if you're asking whether a few more of them could have been expected to make the trip...I would say so. Their team was loaded, and well worth a drive from Winnipeg. Not like Manitobans need much of an excuse to come to Grand Forks anyway. Not sure why you seem intent on defending Grand Forks. People flat didn't turn out for this event, and that is pitiful. World class hockey, world class arena, all that was missing were world class hockey fans who recognize the importance of supporting not only the sport but also the community. Those are apparently in short supply around here.
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    Fair enough. But my concerns have far more to do with civic pride and getting value for Grand Forks. The REA was always going to be just fine. What took a huge blow was GF's rep as a hockey town.
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    3 points: 1. Paid attendance and butts in seats are wholly unrelated figures, so comparisons to Fargo are misleading. Jaw-dropping photos from this event are everywhere; your eyes don't lie. 2. If an event is only going to draw 2-3k on a "good" day, placing it in a 12k seat arena is just plain stupid. 3. Three days before the puck dropped on the U18s, on a work night with relatively little notice, somewhere north of 6k "hockey fans" packed the REA to look at a trophy. Less than 2 weeks later, only 3k watched Team USA play a meaningful game on the world stage. Something ain't right.
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    Not sure that's going to be a sentiment shared by many. Take away the scouts, the schoolchildren, and the players' parents, and you have more naked leather than a bovine Pride parade. A real black eye for the region.
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    Two giants slain. Unreal stuff.
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    Cross-post from another thread
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    I am calling out GF, Fargo, and beyond: get to the Ralph and support this event. Please. The overall quality of life here depends, in part, on drawing cool stuff, and drawing cool stuff IN THE FUTURE depends on whether people go to stuff NOW. Empty seats are ugly. For all of our fun and mocking at the expense of the B1G joke, the Ralph is now at risk of being the saddest show on TV. Prove to the WORLD that this is a hockey town, and not just a UND men's hockey town.
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    Rather than a standard backlit, static sign (like is on the HPC and elsewhere), I think a dynamic, virtual flame logo/LED, similar but smaller in scale to what is on the Target HQ in downtown Minneapolis, would be cool.
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    If you plotted the distribution of nicknames, say, forty years ago versus today, the gravitation toward birds and specifically "Hawks" simply must defy all logic, science, intuition, and explanation. It's the baddest of bad cliches. So predictable that it is perhaps unprecedented in the history of humankind. Paging Dr. Pavlov...
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    That's a real solid analysis of a complex problem you've got there.
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    Jolly green giants...with guns!
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    Ever driven by Bringewatt Park? If interest tracks participation as youths age, soccer may someday enjoy more players and fans than football. A healthy and competitive D1 program is an asset.
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    Random thoughts about baseball: 1. Do you think that UND does the classy thing and gives every player on the roster a 'senior day' sendoff at the end of the year, with the framed jersey, etc.? Maybe some special fan/alumni events around the last few games at Kraft? 2. This week's news is especially disappointing because I, for one, was seriously interested to see what the inaugural Fighting Hawks hat/jersey combo looked like.
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    128 sounds awfully generous. If that's how UND does math, the budget situation makes a lot more sense.
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    I don't think attendance was a factor in the decision.
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    Tough bump to swallow.
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    I know there are lots of variables, but wouldn't the addition of a basement dweller pretty much assure that NCHC goes from a four-bid league to three?
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    Have they awarded this year's Pulitzers yet? God, I hope not.
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    So crazy it just might work.
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    Yeah, Trev Alberts would have at least waited until they won the national championship.
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    The timing of this comment is utterly fascinating…UNDMHockey earlier tweeted a link to an article at CSNPhilly.com in which Ron Hextall trumpeted Hakstol's treatment of players as a primary reason for his hire. http://www.csnphilly.com/hockey-philadelphia-flyers/ron-hextall-dave-hakstol-nhl-transition-quicker-expected-university-north-dakota-stanley-cup-playoffs
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    Thinking this is a smart move for Athletics, who is going to come out clean on this one. Get the dirty work done first, ahead of the rest of campus, and in a few weeks when all kinds of budgetary heck breaks loose, their role as the axe-wielding villain will have been forgotten.
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    Sucks, to say the least. Looking back, those sunny May afternoons at Kraft Field spent shivering under a blanket didn't often make the best memories, although I may always be the hero to my son for when I snared the foul ball, saving him from certain death. The persistent "gentle breeze" from the north would often carry lazy balls into the trailer park, while chilling you to the bone. To the couple dozen die-hards who were there for every game, my sympathies. You earned my respect and symbolized the heart of Sioux Baseball. It really was Grand Forks' best ticket that money didn't - or couldn't - buy.
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