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I would say that if we were to build the Ryan Center today the cost would be almost 3 times the original cost and be near $150 million today, assuming you could get the labor and materials to build it.

OBRAM wrote: ↑1 year ago I would say that if we were to build the Ryan Center today the cost would be almost 3 times the original cost and be near $150 million today, assuming you could get the labor and materials to build it.

yes and?

SGreenwell wrote: ↑1 year ago

OBRAM wrote: ↑1 year ago I would say that if we were to build the Ryan Center today the cost would be almost 3 times the original cost and be near $150 million today, assuming you could get the labor and materials to build it.

yes and?

that's why we're not building another one?

I would imagine the point might be that a Ryan Center type facility would probably not get built at URI today given the cost.

RF1 wrote: ↑1 year ago I would imagine the point might be that a Ryan Center type facility would probably not get built at URI today given the cost.

It's a good thing we don't need two of them, then.

SGreenwell wrote: ↑1 year ago

RF1 wrote: ↑1 year ago I would imagine the point might be that a Ryan Center type facility would probably not get built at URI today given the cost.

It's a good thing we don't need two of them, then.

We should have built two back then when they were a good deal...then we wouldn't have to be worrying about it like this.

It cost $54 million to build, which is $81.4 million in 2021 dollars, so I don't see how it would cost almost $150 million to build today. And as others wondered, what exactly is the point here?

RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑1 year ago It cost $54 million to build, which is $81.4 million in 2021 dollars, so I don't see how it would cost almost $150 million to build today. And as others wondered, what exactly is the point here?

Point seems to be that, if we built it twice back then ($54M x 2), we would have spent $108M, which is $26.6M more than $81M. So, we really wouldn't have saved anything....

would it have wifi if built today?

This is the silliest thread on this board on quite some time.

Rhody74 wrote: ↑1 year ago This is the silliest thread on this board on quite some time.

Nah,
The latest downplaying Archie Miller as a coach for Rhody is way ahead of this.

KeaneyBluBallz wrote: ↑1 year ago would it have wifi if built today?

Dude...follow along.... it's too expensive to build today. Shoulda built 1.5 of them back in the day... Otherwise, of course not

KeaneyBluBallz wrote: ↑1 year ago would it have wifi if built today?

Who could have foreseen the proliferation of cell phones and The Internet back then??

The Tidewater Soccer stadium cost has doubled. I think with labor and material cost $150 million could be an accurate figure.
Lucky we built it when we did.

Increased construction costs don't bode well for an upgraded Meade. Unfortunately, we maybe stuck with the east stands until they are condemned.

I think URI will be wise to get the east stands completed sooner than later. I was impressed how many showed up a few years back for the first night game at Meade Stadium. URI are missing out on ticket revenue since the capacity has been decreased. Winning truly makes an impact on attendance in a positive way. Does anyone know what the new seating capacity would be when the East stands are built? URI need to make the design of the east stands so they are easily expanded when conference realignment comes to the CAA and a sucessful program such as URI gets picked up by another larger conference. I think a capacity around 15k would be appropriate. My guess the cost would be around $40 million with inflation.