I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
The 2022 City Budget meeting from Mayor Mahoney had the below tidbit in it... also it said the dome would be presenting upgrades in the next few months. Well that was back in August. 6 months later and still no plans. However it was mentioned in the 2022 State of The City video released last week that they would be adding more women's bathrooms and other upgrades
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSSXf9ajgwo
FARGODOME
Thirty years ago, a group of community leaders got together and assembled a plan to rally the community around the construction of this game changer. They said it was the right time and the right plan. It has served us well: Bison football, Garth Brooks, Pink, Monster Jam, the largest Sandbag-filling site in the nation and more. But if you listen to our FARGODOME experts, consultants and consumers of the facility, it needs improvements to maintain and expand its competitive advantage. We are falling behind our competition in Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Grand Forks and even Bismarck. When we see our facility full to capacity (18,500 for football games or 22,000 for concerts), the restrooms, corridors, entryways and facilities are no longer enough. During concerts such as Garth Brooks and Pink with a packed house, we hear countless complaints of congestion, wait times and lines.
In shows where we fill half the house, the per-person consumer spend in the arena is TWICE as much as the per-person purchases during “full house” shows.
People communicate their opinions with their dollars by simply refraining from buying things during their visits when we’re full. That is a missed opportunity for us. So, just as we heard 30 years ago, RIGHT NOW is the RIGHT TIME to do something! Rob Sobolik and his team will be bringing forward the plan to take us to that next level in the next few months and how we get there. We need it and the community of Fargo needs to retain its competitive advantage in this vital category.
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Yeah but they havent been "doing what they can". They have about 50-60$M they could be using without getting approval from city council, or a vote etc, and they have chosen not to do anything of value with it since 2016. Its understandable because you want public help with this if possible, but they could have just said "Eff it, we'll do it ourselves" at any time.
Just because you float plans to the public and then choose to do nothing with it for 20 years, doesn't mean you're doing everything you can. It means youre doing everything you can to give the appearance of doing "everything you can" while doing nothing.
Ive read through every meeting minutes from the FDome authority since 2016 and it Sounds like Rob means business this time, lets hope hes not bluffing.... again
1. The FCS was the Best option for NDSU for a very long time.
2. As a general rule- the FCS sucks at football and has proven that is not committed to football at all.
3. It's time to go FBS
On 1660 today... Matt is on for an hour or so... he and Jeff touch on this subject. Should be podcastable shortly.
Seriously though why haven’t these obvious improvements been done? Saving the money for something else ???? Do the board members think the dome is fine the way it is? I just don’t get it….