Presser in Rupp parking lot by Lexington's mayor tomorrow

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McCat

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Could very well be the announcement of a new basketball arena....
 
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Gonna go ahead and strip the Final 4 banner before it even starts? Didn't know the mayor had that much power. Cool.
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DarthVisor said:
Thanks.

I have never had the luxury of attending a game there, but it appears to be an excellent facility.
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It is, but it is a multi-purpose civic arena that has to house everything from landscaping shows to tractor pulls. It also 1) isn't owned by the school, 2) doesn't have luxury boxes, and 3) isn't on campus.

It is difficult to find the catalyst to build a new building when you are using one as good as Rupp, but there is no question that an on-campus, University owned facility would serve better. The fact that Louisville has a brand new, top notch gym might actually be the straw that broke the camel's back.
 
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Hammy lovers are going to be p!ssed. They think he's the only one that's ever done renovations.
 
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cotton said:
It is, but it is a multi-purpose civic arena that has to house everything from landscaping shows to tractor pulls. It also 1) isn't owned by the school, 2) doesn't have luxury boxes, and 3) isn't on campus.

It is difficult to find the catalyst to build a new building when you are using one as good as Rupp, but there is no question that an on-campus, University owned facility would serve better. The fact that Louisville has a brand new, top notch gym might actually be the straw that broke the camel's back.
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Didn't know it was off-campus. I can only imagine how nice the new arena will be, if they move forward with the construction of a new arena. I can imagine it would make UK happier to have an arena that is exclusively theirs, and not one they are having to share for all of those events you listed.
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An on-campus arena would serve them better than a large gym in the middle of a downtown shopping center.
 
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ukvols said:
An on-campus arena would serve them better than a large gym in the middle of a downtown shopping center.
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I got to go there for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago. (We were there for the Governors Cup State Finals). I loved the facility. It might be better if it were on-campus though. We can't be outdone by Louisville either....
 
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The Press Conference is to announce that all Kentuckians will be receiving vouchers for a new Oral-B Pulsar Toothbrush.
:)
 
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maybe it is to announce that Kentucky will field a football team for the 2011 season
 
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jewishreggae said:
Why there are so many Kentucky fans on volnation? I've always wondered.
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Not speaking for all of us, because a few of the UK fans on vol-nation are the type I try to escape by coming here. (Only 1 or 2, they stand out like sore thumbs) Every fanbase has their village idiots and homers, I see many of UT's here on VN eveyday posting. Its a part of sports, and a part of the fandom that makes college basketball great.

However, being a UK fan is a double edged sword. On one hand you have the most rabid, dedicated, hardcore fanbase in the college game. On the other hand, the sheer number of fans in the UK fanbase means that percentage wise your going to have more of the above when you combine rabid and hardcore with a limited intelligence of basketball and homerism. Not calling my fanbase stupid, its just a fact of life in ANY fanbase. On most Kentucky boards, especially the dumpster fire that is Catspause, its hard to talk common sense or even raise debate. As far as they are concerned, Cal is clean, we are going to win the next 25 titles in a row, and so forth.

Here on VN, I have the ability to receive input from minds outside of the UK program, and know the public perception of our program. I can also talk about the things I do not like, or the concerns I have with our program. I am a realist, and realist aren't very welcome in the UK sandbox.

There are many here on VN that I enjoy talking to and debating with, and lots of different conversations I can take part it. Of course I have to deal with the knuckle draggers on this site who run around calling me troll, and resorting to football jokes even when the conversation is about something totally different. But those are the lumps you gotta take when residing on the site of a rival.
 
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