Fargodome Expansion discusssion

[roadwarrior]

Perhaps this is the plan with the Anderson softball complex on 45th St. They are building new fields north of County 20 that should suffice any future growth (however they put it in the wrong direction in my opinion). That's some prime real estate.

Nope. The developer of that area plans on developing/selling it for commercial purposes.

[HerdBot]

Exactly. Funny how these discussions always turn into a seating argument about football.

The Fargodome identified weaknesses they have with their facility when it comes to attracting and managing certain events. Let's just agree that the FFD is a GREAT football venue and it handles large concerts and certain Trade Shows very well. OK?

What the FFD can't handle is LARGE Conventions. Not enough meeting space, catering, kitchens, banquet facilities, etc. The Alerus is way better for that and if you haven't been there lately, you have no reason to comment.

The FFD also doesn't do smaller concerts and shows all that well.

The proposal for an addition makes it a true multi-use facility. Just about any event that a City the size of Fargo could attract could be housed in the Fargodome.

That's where Burgum and the "Downtown Baby" people come in and propose building a Convention center down there. Really? Do we really need a "half-assed" band aid approach to the problem? It does nothing to solve the issues identified by the Dome Authority. I think that's a bad idea because doing BOTH is not an option.

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[1998braves64]

Perhaps this is the plan with the Anderson softball complex on 45th St. They are building new fields north of County 20 that should suffice any future growth (however they put it in the wrong direction in my opinion). That's some prime real estate.

Are you referring to the new softball field location? If so have you driven by that piece of land on I-29 say about April 15th-June 1st and inhaled deeply? For that reason alone would lower it from the "prime" category.

[EndZoneQB]

Are you referring to the new softball field location? If so have you driven by that piece of land on I-29 say about April 15th-June 1st and inhaled deeply? For that reason alone would lower it from the "prime" category.

Depends on the wind direction me booooiii

[BisonNation11]

Are you referring to the new softball field location? If so have you driven by that piece of land on I-29 say about April 15th-June 1st and inhaled deeply? For that reason alone would lower it from the "prime" category.

No, I meant the 45th St. piece of land. And if you make the text purple in your mind, the sentence works.

[Mayville Bison]

Are you referring to the new softball field location? If so have you driven by that piece of land on I-29 say about April 15th-June 1st and inhaled deeply? For that reason alone would lower it from the "prime" category.

Living in Hillsboro, I'm sure you are quite familiar whenever there is a wind coming from the north.

[Mayville Bison]

I should really read the rest of the thread before making an obvious statement.....

[Hammerhead]

And how much money did he get when selling his Great Plains Software company to Microsoft?

Well we can't let Doug Burgum get his way. That guy's never had a good idea in his life.

[bisonmike2]

Well, there's the rub: A convention center attached to the FargoDome doesn't do anything for NDSU as far as I can tell other than cause congestion, eat up parking, and cause potential conflicts with NDSU events at the BSA or FargoDome (and use NDSU land.)

I think it'd make more sense to have Fargo and West Fargo finally cooperate on something, put it around 45th street, and slap a waterpark on it. There are plenty of hotels around there and it's have easy access to the airport and two interstates.

Well the rental deal with the city is that they pay NDSU a dollar a year until 2089 right? But that was for the original structure. Since the new add on (technically a new structure) will also be on NDSU land, NDSU should be able to turn around and charge the city what ever they want. Charge the city 10 mill a year for the lease then turn around and build a new stadium in 10 to 15 years. Funding problem solved.

[roadwarrior]

Well the rental deal with the city is that they pay NDSU a dollar a year until 2089 right? But that was for the original structure. Since the new add on (technically a new structure) will also be on NDSU land, NDSU should be able to turn around and charge the city what ever they want. Charge the city 10 mill a year for the lease then turn around and build a new stadium in 10 to 15 years. Funding problem solved.

The city pays NDSU a dollar per year for the land lease.