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The city of Evanston has great financial challenges. School district 65 has heavy debt. Lots of boarded up storefronts still exist here. They need a new, updated police building, etc, etc. Note how the aldermen were quickly all in favor of the temporary stadium (they could see all that tax money disappearing for two years). If you want to attract fans in a competitive sports market with a team unlikely to win big, you have to offer up a great experience. There will still be reasonably priced tickets in the new stadium, but maybe you attract some new fans in an affluent area with some bells and whistles. Frankly, the city would be nuts not to take advantage of this new facility, but that will be up to its leaders.

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The bell tolls for thee,
Duke: beware, for the gales of
(September) come early!

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Roscoe's nemesis
No longer comes up Daisies
New sheriff in town

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PZAZ said:

Yep Barkley. My bad.

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Who is Langford? Did you mean Langborg? Were you comparing to Barkley to Langborg??

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TheC said:

Slap this list on Ty Berry's locker!

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Berry has lots to prove.

Boo is gone. His knee was wrecked. The game may have passed him by.

I hope this fuels his fire.

AdamOnFirst said:

Looking back at that time when the future competitiveness, and even the future existence, of our football program was under a very real extensional threat, this is a lot better

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The future existence of our football program is still under a very real existential threat. It’s called conference realignment, and there is no guarantee that the Big Ten’s Power Programs will carry us to their new promised land.

Braun is a heck of a coach and has made a lot of great moves over the past 12 months.

I can’t wait to see what Pat Ryan says, if anything, should Northwestern be excluded from the NWO after he burnt $800M on this goofy stadium renovation.

P.S. Lesser minds would have blasted your typo. The Truth has Too Much Class for such pettiness. Wildcat Football may be doomed

techtim72 said:

Needing to bribe a city to approve an $800 mil improvement on a preexisting facility that is a significant part of its history, heart and soul, if true, is a disgusting reflection on its leadership, politics and citizens. That stadium, other than the legitimate concerns relative to excess uses, noise and aesthetics, should have been approved by voice vote in a nanosecond.

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Lol. Welcome to how things get done in big cities.

Northwestern is happy to pay and grease the wheels with city officials or politicians when needed just like anyone else.

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