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Looking ahead to Louisville game

TxRdKiller
LTMiner61 said:
Everything from fine dining for the suites and club areas, to BBQ, Italian, and other junk food. A 22k arena is not out of the question when you compare the metro population areas of Louisville and EP, cost of living, housing and average income. Both cities are pretty even, with the exception of not having the HQ for UPS, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. But EP has PePe's Tamales, Chicos Tacos, and Cattleman's.

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And Helen of Troy and Lucchese Boot Company and likely other's I'm not aware of. We need more business HQs in EP though.
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LTMiner61
utep2step said:
The ball is in UTEP's court and to fly solo since the County said they will not partner for any bond reno funds, mostly for SB. The voters shot arena bond money down.

https://elpasomatters.org/2024/11/05/el-paso-election-results-downtown-arena-bond-revocation-city/
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True. The ball is in UTEP's court. Every time I drive down from Dallas to Austin, I pass by The Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion. In many ways, I'm happy for Baylor. They have intentionally cultivated a strong relationship with one of their billionaire alums which is commendable. On the other hand, I only hope for the day that he can feel such confidence in UTEP to consider giving such a transformational amount to make something similar happen at UTEP. (I understand how much he's already given, btw)
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KaneFan29
JCorona said:
We ain’t getting Tulane, Vanderbilt or Memphis. That leaves us with Butler, NIU and MTSU. Yay back in CUSA with western travel included now.
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I didn’t really mean THIS conference, meant a conference with central time zone teams is acceptable to me. NIU being a football only member is acceptable to me.

It’s only for 1 game per year. 1/2 of which, they would be coming here.
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utep2step
LTMiner61 said:
It was a great game to watch, with the exception of the refs. The Yum Center is an incredible venue. It seats 22k and the crowd last night was a little over 11k, but it was loud. Each seat was cushioned, eating options were incredible, with several bars interspersed throughout the venue. All that to say, the experience made me wish that EP would get itself together and build (or renovate the Don) something compatible.

GO MINERS!
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The ball is in UTEP's court and to fly solo since the County said they will not partner for any bond reno funds, mostly for SB. The voters shot arena bond money down.

https://elpasomatters.org/2024/11/05/el-paso-election-results-downtown-arena-bond-revocation-city/
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KaneFan29
JCorona said:
I’m over being in a conference with teams east of the Mississippi. It’s only a matter of time before NIU starts pushing for teams closer to them. Eventually, when the MW gets picked apart, it’ll pave the way for adding more teams in that direction. Before you know it, the conference will be even more scattered than C-USA.
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I don’t mind being in a conference with central time zone teams. Texas teams are preferred, but Illinois is fine too. Better than Delaware and Florida.
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JCorona said:
I’m over being in a conference with teams east of the Mississippi. It’s only a matter of time before NIU starts pushing for teams closer to them. Eventually, when the MW gets picked apart, it’ll pave the way for adding more teams in that direction. Before you know it, the conference will be even more scattered than C-USA.
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Well Corona then let’s hope Utep gets their crap in order and realizes the fan base deserves more and will support winners and we get in the PAC one day!
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MINER.JAY
LTMiner61 said:
It was a great game to watch, with the exception of the refs. The Yum Center is an incredible venue. It seats 22k and the crowd last night was a little over 11k, but it was loud. Each seat was cushioned, eating options were incredible, with several bars interspersed throughout the venue. All that to say, the experience made me wish that EP would get itself together and build (or renovate the Don) something compatible.

GO MINERS!
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They better have good eating options being called the yum center lol
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JCorona said:
Yes. I personally hate it.
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I would’ve much rather have had NDSU of course. However N. Illinois would be my second choice ahead of any FCS school and NMSU. N. Illinois while obviously not mountain or pacific gives MWC the best chance at renewing a decent TV Contract. It’s now obvious this will at the very least Quadruple our current TV cut and I’m all for that! If I were to gusss right now I’d say we are looking at 3-3.5 million. That puts us ahead of Sun Belt, MAC and CUSA. We are where we belong for now. The only thing missing is winning. I strongly believe if Utep can put 5 years together of winning in Football and Basketball and good attendance the PAC will come calling and that’s probably be our ceiling. Problem is nothing has encouraged just yet we can put 5 years winning together! The UC Davis move for Basketball was kinda weird, I think Cal Santa Barbara, Pacific or Long Beach would’ve been better if that’s the direction MWC wanted to go, but whatever.
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