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Greedy dawgs? They want $150mil of state money for staduim |
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Written by cougster1
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Thursday, 17 January 2008 |
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Those purple and gold toliet bowl drinkers on the other side of the mountains want $150,000,000 of state money for their proposed $300,000,000 renovation of Husky Stadium.
Of course there are a lot more people living in the Seattle area than the Pullman area so it is not a surprise that the stadium would be bigger and more expensive than Martin Stadium, but $300,000,000!? This for a facility that will be used less than 10 times a year. While it is nice to have a stadium right on campus, why not just use the Seahawks stadium? It’s not like they play on the same day and that stadium is also used less than 10 times a year.
There is greater positive emotional attachment to the huskies (and hatred of course) than the Sonics as nobody graduated from Sonics University, but we still expect near the same level of resistance to this proposal that Sonics have faced in their bid for a huge sum of state money for a new facility.
Whether you are in favor of this proposal or against it we encourage you to contact Governor Chris Gregoire and your local legislators and voice your opinion.
More on the proposal from the Seattle Times:
The University of Washington plans to ask the Legislature for public money to help pay for a $300 million renovation and upgrade of Husky Stadium.
The university's Board of Regents was briefed today on the proposal to seek $150 million from the state, which would go toward the renovations. The university would raise the other $150 million for upgrades from donors and revenue from premium seating.
The university is hoping to pull off what the Seattle Sonics couldn't — convince wary lawmakers to subsidize a sports stadium with tax dollars. But former Gov. Dan Evans, who heads the UW committee on the stadium, told regents today that he and Scott Woodward, interim athletic director and vice president for external affairs, received a good first reception in Olympia yesterday.
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