New basketball arena will cost $31.4 million

[TheBisonator]

Half from Dome surplus

Half from NDSU and naming rights

Anyone got a spare $15,700,000 they're willing to donate and become a god amongst the NDSU community??

Story at: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/ind...83a3eb67413127

[TheBisonator]

Just for the record, I REALLY hope this thing will be expandable to at least 8,000. They didn't even talk about the low capacity issue in the article, which has me worried.

[westriver bison]

I don't know what the arena at Tennesse Tech holds but it looked very empty last night. 6000 may be ok for size. Always good to have room to expand though.

[Gully]

It sounds like there will be a marketing report presented in February....hopefully this thing doesn't drag out much longer than that. It mentions needing 36 months for design and construction. Does that include any of the time they're been using for preliminary design already? If not, it's going to be a long wait.

I'm not an E&A guy but I know we have some on here...does 36 months sound right for a building like this? I wonder why they didn't say 3 years....that sounds worse.

[roadwarrior]

From what I have heard, the ability to expand the number of seats later is designed into the building, without major changes to the structure.

[tcbison]

From what I have heard, the ability to expand the number of seats later is designed into the building, without major changes to the structure.

Thanks for the info Road!

Does anyone know what happened to Greenie? He used to post on Bisonville and seemed to have a lot of inside information.

[BigBison]

Hey if they can make it expandable to 8,000 then thats great. 6,000 is good for us now but in 10 years(or much sooner) we will need it bigger. Think Fargodome here, that was built in 93 or 94, I think we all wish they would of designed that so it could be expanded to 22,000 or more.

[BisBison]

I don't know what the arena at Tennesse Tech holds but it looked very empty last night. 6000 may be ok for size. Always good to have room to expand though.

Per their website their arena holds just over 10,100. They reported 1,200 in attendance. It looked more like 120 to me on the webcast.

[Greenie]

- Revised dome addition plans expected to be finished late Dec/early Jan
- Market assessment to be finished in late Feb/early March (will give tangible data showing this area needs this type of facility)
- Presentation to Dome Authority in March for a vote
- Presentation to City Commission in April for a vote

All the funding (corporate/NDSU) will need to be in place before the votes will go through. If the city is only on the hook for $15 million, I think it will pass. That is a small investment for an additional quality multi-purpose facility.

[imabison]

- Revised dome addition plans expected to be finished late Dec/early Jan
- Market assessment to be finished in late Feb/early March (will give tangible data showing this area needs this type of facility)
- Presentation to Dome Authority in March for a vote
- Presentation to City Commission in April for a vote

All the funding (corporate/NDSU) will need to be in place before the votes will go through. If the city is only on the hook for $15 million, I think it will pass. That is a small investment for an additional quality multi-purpose facility.

Don't you mean that corporte/NDSU funding agreements need to be in place before the vote?

One would thinkt that the corporate naming rights could be $ 15 Million, or $ 500,000 a year for 30 years.