LJVM Renovation Plans ?

[siff]

Remember when Pitt came calling? We lost our collective minds. I'm sure the opportunity to go home, the pull of returning to his roots and the city he loved, was almost too good to pass up. But, he stayed. I only met Skip a few times, but here's what I took from those meetings: he loved Wake like no other school. I'd like to think that the things that made Wake special - academics, a commitment to a liberal arts education, really everything - meant so much to him that while the allure of going home was strong, the ties to his new home that he loved so much was unmatched. He was bigger than life, which is why his passing was so hard on so many of us and why that banner hangs in his honor. He became Wake Forest. Few coaches can make such a claim.

 

[Why the Deac Not]

^^^^^^^^

Now THAT is a great post. Beautifully stated.

 

[wfumike02]

Villanova just announced a $60M renovation to their 6,500 seat OCA, The Pavilion. They have the luxury of having 2 buildings. They play most of their games in The Pavilion, and for their big games they play in the 20,000 seat Wells Fargo Center.

Link

 

[wfumike02]

Per another link, an alumnus bought the court from last year's Final Four and they are going to put it into their building.

That's badass.

http://www.vuhoops.com/2016/10/17/13297838/villanova-basketball-pavilion-renovation-features-details-plan

 

[donaldross]

Villanova just announced a $60M renovation to their 6,500 seat OCA, The Pavilion. They have the luxury of having 2 buildings. They play most of their games in The Pavilion, and for their big games they play in the 20,000 seat Wells Fargo Center.

Link

By Big games, he means virtually no games. Two top 15 games this year at the real home.

 

[wfumike02]

11 games at The Pavilion, 5 at the WFC (and 2 at the Palestra against La Salle and Penn, so pseudo home games).

 

[zqglass]

11 games at The Pavilion, 6 at the WFC (and 1 at the Palestra against La Salle, so that's a pseudo home game).

I feel like Nova plays better at Wells honestly.

 

[wfumike02]

I feel like Nova plays better at Wells honestly.

they had 1 loss at The Pavilion and were undefeated at the WFC.

 

[zqglass]

they had 1 loss at The Pavilion and were undefeated at the WFC.

How about traditionally? Is that normally the case since they started playing at First Union/Wachovia/Wells Fargo?

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Per another link, an alumnus bought the court from last year's Final Four and they are going to put it into their building.

That's badass.

http://www.vuhoops.com/2016/10/17/13297838/villanova-basketball-pavilion-renovation-features-details-plan

Kentucky bought the floor from the 2012 Final Four and put it in their locker room

 

[Complacent Deac]

The more I have thought about this, the more I think we need a hall of fame walk through area. Something permanent in the structure. That way at every concert, every event, every NCAA tournament game that we might host...Wake Forest is on display. There is no telling to the value of that over the long run. We need to bask in the fact that the greatest PF of all time chose to forego the #1 overall pick at least 2 times (and maybe 3) in order to go to school and play basketball for us. We need a CP3 area...he has become a mega brand, and we need to capitalize on it. We need a Randolph Childress Tournament Clutch time display. We need Mugsy Bogues, we need a Josh Howard - hometown hero turned into only the 2nd unanimous ACC POY recipients, We need Len Chappel, Charlie Davis, Rodney Rogers...we need them all displayed with their stories up for everyone to walk through and bask in the unbelievable program that we have at Wake Forest. If you want to change the dynamic, that is how you start. Don't let people wrongfully assume we are a second rate program. We have great history, and we have a great future. We need to use this opportunity to tell that story.

You want to get the alumni engaged? Add a Prosser area, send this to the Board of Trustees, and get this done.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

You want to get the alumni engaged? Add a Prosser area, send this to the Board of Trustees, and get this done.

Would be very cool to have statues of Deacon greats and highlight reels of those players.

 

[Wrangor]

Would be very cool to have statues of Deacon greats and highlight reels of those players.

Exactly. Use the large structure to our advantage. Have a kids basketball area. Under a certain size can come in and shoot hoops and play pickup ball. Think outside the box.


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[JimDuncan]

Exactly. Use the large structure to our advantage. Have a kids basketball area. Under a certain size can come in and shoot hoops and play pickup ball. Think outside the box.


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BC has a nice athletics HOF type thing in the concourse as you walk around the whole arena. (Yes,
Conte forum blows, but just making a point). I remember as a student all those trophies and all America awards were in a dusty case in Reynolds gym entrance next to the lame security guard who you had to beg to give you a decent basketball.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

BC has a nice athletics HOF type thing in the concourse as you walk around the whole arena. (Yes,
Conte forum blows, but just making a point). I remember as a student all those trophies and all America awards were in a dusty case in Reynolds gym entrance next to the lame security guard who you had to beg to give you a decent basketball.

Yeah, it was ridiculous keeping all those awards in such an obscure, undistinguished place.

 

[dot com]

What does the floor cost? I need to know how much to budget this year.

 

[bym051d]

Would be very cool to have statues of Deacon greats and highlight reels of those players.

If they can make holograms of Tupac, we can make holograms of our greats. Statues are for PSF.

 

[wakelaw13]

What does the floor cost? I need to know how much to budget this year.

An excellent opportunity for DR.

 

[smallbigtall]

The more I have thought about this, the more I think we need a hall of fame walk through area. Something permanent in the structure. That way at every concert, every event, every NCAA tournament game that we might host...Wake Forest is on display. There is no telling to the value of that over the long run. We need to bask in the fact that the greatest PF of all time chose to forego the #1 overall pick at least 2 times (and maybe 3) in order to go to school and play basketball for us. We need a CP3 area...he has become a mega brand, and we need to capitalize on it. We need a Randolph Childress Tournament Clutch time display. We need Mugsy Bogues, we need a Josh Howard - hometown hero turned into only the 2nd unanimous ACC POY recipients, We need Len Chappel, Charlie Davis, Rodney Rogers...we need them all displayed with their stories up for everyone to walk through and bask in the unbelievable program that we have at Wake Forest. If you want to change the dynamic, that is how you start. Don't let people wrongfully assume we are a second rate program. We have great history, and we have a great future. We need to use this opportunity to tell that story.

 

[ChaosDeac]

The Joel switched out all the lighting to LED. See their twitter for the lighting effects they can do now (click the tweet below fire more examples). It'll make gameday program lighting much more involved/intricate.