- November 18th, 2020, 12:41 pm
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This arena looks as if it could support and upper level if they need to add more seats in the future.
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thepostman wrote: ↑November 19th, 2020, 1:25 pm One thing to keep in mind, the court from the Vines was completely removed and isn't being put back. It wasn't a court like in some NBA/College arenas where the court was removable. It was a permanent court that was simply covered for events. So it is quite obvious playing basketball in the Vines is not in the cards in the near future.So we can build a phallic tower because Jerry wanted the tallest building in Lynchburg but we can't replace a floor...whatever. We just dumped millions of dollars into a facility that is bigtime for volleyball but is still Big South for Basketball. My bet is that if McKay stays and we have a couple of top 40 seasons all that data compiled over the last ten years won't mean anything. I can't wait until folks start crowing about building out the football stadium. No basketball vision, my friend!
I do wish the new arena was a bit bigger but 8500/9000 was way too big as proven by the stats that @jimflamesfan provided earlier in this thread.
thepostman wrote: ↑November 19th, 2020, 10:34 pm Obviously we can...I'm just sharing facts man. Sorry I guess?No way they'd build a bigger venue for convo at this point in the game. 2020 showed they could do convo just as well, and in more of a controlled environment, from a studio than in Vines. Convo will eventually be back in Vines, but the future is probably going to entail smaller satellite locations than 1 big venue.
I would imagine that a larger convention center for xonvo will be in the cards in the future. At that time, I wouldn't be surprised at all for the Vines to be renovated and be used for Men's basketball. I don't see that happening in the next 5 years but maybe 10 years or so. Just guessing.
ElmersTwin wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 9:18 amYeah, I really don't see any reason that you couldn't use the new arena as overflow. One of the nice things about them being side by side (and connected) is that If you have a guest speaker that all the kids want to see - you could even easily have the speaker make an in-person appearance.
No way they'd build a bigger venue for convo at this point in the game.......
Convo will eventually be back in Vines, but the future is probably going to entail smaller satellite locations than 1 big venue.
Class of 20Something wrote: ↑November 20th, 2020, 10:22 am So do you make a 360 convo venue or do you go massive theater seating?360 definitely. Maximizes the amount of seating you can have and theoretically you can always expand.
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