Jamie Pollard on KXNO today
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Jamie's daughter is getting married this weekend, apparently
The Iowa State Center is fine...just needs a rebranding as the "Historic" Iowa State Center, that's all.
I kid. Scheman was outdated 20 years ago. I've lost touch in the last decade or so, but unless some major work was done it has to be in terrible shape. Likewise, Stephens was really showing its age and neglect the last time I was there a few years ago. And of course the crumbling walkways didn't help either.
I think the original designs were probably fine, but what do people expect when you build something and then never touch it again for 50 years? You could update incrementally to keep it somewhat modernized and from falling into disrepair, but so many of these public buildings just sit there until they become so shabby that it takes a major capital campaign to re-do them entirely.
I kid. Scheman was outdated 20 years ago. I've lost touch in the last decade or so, but unless some major work was done it has to be in terrible shape. Likewise, Stephens was really showing its age and neglect the last time I was there a few years ago. And of course the crumbling walkways didn't help either.
I think the original designs were probably fine, but what do people expect when you build something and then never touch it again for 50 years? You could update incrementally to keep it somewhat modernized and from falling into disrepair, but so many of these public buildings just sit there until they become so shabby that it takes a major capital campaign to re-do them entirely.
I feel like they need to expand Scheman with some flat space for conventions and connect to both Hilton and Stephens. That would do wonders for both ISC and Cytown.
I was commenting only on their original intent and design. I agree they aren't adequate for where Pollard is trying to go with CyTown.
And don't forget, renovation/expansion of Scheman was on the table years ago and got voted down. Everyone in Ames knows more convention space is needed.
Maybe that’s why Mo Ba was replaced. I have found nothing to indicate he landed another job but I could have missed something.
Once the 1-68 seed list is determined, it is fairly easy but time consuming to fill in the bracket and adhere to all of the principles including location preferences. But after the screwup a few years ago with placing BYU in a potential Sunday game, the computer was exclusively utilized.
The whole ISC and Hilton and Jack Trice were all part of the same grand vision for the "front porch" of the University. Scheman and Stephens were important economic cornerstones for the University and Ames for decades until many of the events they hosted were moved to newer facilities in Des Moines. Stephens in particular has some great history and has been awarded for its architecture, which iirc includes extremely high quality acoustics. Obviously the University has to adapt to the times, but Stephens in particular is a great building that I think still has both tangible and intangible value if it gets maintained and the new CyTown brings in the conferences and other events/performances that one would hope.
Scheman, I don't really care what they do with it, but the University does need to have a place to hold conferences. Fischer Theater is fine and serves its purpose well. I'm glad CyTown is happening to brighten the place up.
The primary purpose of Cytown is to maximize the value of this real estate to throw off $10-$15 million per year in free cash flow to update CYS, FT, Scheman, and then supplement the AD. Getting parking lots out of a flood plain is of paramount importance. Why people are critical of this is amazing.
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Hopefully, the updates to Stephens, Fisher, and Scheman will eventually lead them to profitability for the AD too.
"Howard Heemstra (a professor of mine) worked with Crites & McConnell in the design of that auditorium, and he tells the story of how, in designing the space for acoustics, they used a way of projecting light beams and you could tell how the sounds were going to be reflected." It was also an acoustical marvel at the time.
That was so stupid. They had the project all set up. University was kicking in. City was on board. No public bond or new sales or property tax hikes. Just an extra hotel tax that out of towners would be paying. Got voted down.
I just don't know why the game isn't played as the third game of the year instead of the first. Scheduling it first only helps UNI. Team hasn't been tested yet, still figuring things out, meanwhile UNI has devoted their entire off-season to maximizing their performance in this one game.
It's only a dump because no one has kept up with it. In concept it's an absolute gem of a building. It was named Iowa's building of the century even. All buildings need care/maintenance just like our houses. I hope they can put some money into it as it does serve a great purpose.
Bingo! We need CyTown to succeed in order to fix up Stephens, Fisher, etc. That’s the whole plan. JP said it was going to take a while for this to work. Patience.
I could understand this if our strength of schedule rating was average or lower. But when we have one of the highest ranked strength of schedules in the nation, you want to make it even more ridiculously tough?
No thanks.
Exactly. UNI/Drake expect to get the 'home town' discount and do a home/home. We don't do that with any smaller conference team and we shouldn't with those two as well. Home/neutral site is the only way we should play these teams away from Hilton.
