Carnesecca Arena Design

[mjmaherjr]

I remember a bunch of us heckling Darius Rice of Miami back in the day and he couldn’t escape us. We went back and forth all game. It’s a massive advantage when things are rolling. It was like yelling at my sister in the kitchen at Thanksgiving from the couch. That’s how close it was.

Thxgiving day at the Marillac family house

Marillac " stop over dribbling that gravy on my mashed potatoes ! "

Sister Marillac " go back to Kentucky ! "

Marillac " you have cousin John in front of you and you still think you can see the turkey in the oven let someone else take a look to see if it's done how many thanksgivings turkeys are you going to burn Jenkins ? "

Sister Marillac " Jenkins ? Have you been messaging with your internet friends again ? "

Marillac " you need to know your limitations as a cook "

 

[redmen89]

Would you rather question for the board:

Would you rather: CA stays as it is now, or would you rather Mike Repole comes in with a massive donation to recreate CA. The only catch is the arena gets renamed to Repole Arena or Body Armour Arena

You down with it or no?

I have always said this from the beginning. They should have the corporate sponsor to rename alumni hall and name the court after coach carnesecca. I love coach and always been a gentleman when i met him but the school missed out on an opportunity to make some money. on the business end the athletics department still has that mom and pop mentality. Hopefully it changes with pitino.

 

[IDRAFT]

Hiring one person per gate to direct upper level fans to the stairwells before someone kills themselves heading through the middle section is my major piece of advice. Much cheaper than the eventual lawsuit.

 

[dk423]

Would you rather question for the board:

Would you rather: CA stays as it is now, or would you rather Mike Repole comes in with a massive donation to recreate CA. The only catch is the arena gets renamed to Repole Arena or Body Armour Arena

You down with it or no?

1000%

 

[Jack Williams]

I have always said this from the beginning. They should have the corporate sponsor to rename alumni hall and name the court after coach carnesecca. I love coach and always been a gentleman when i met him but the school missed out on an opportunity to make some money. on the business end the athletics department still has that mom and pop mentality. Hopefully it changes with pitino.

Yea this is a good take.

You can keep Lous signature on the court and everything. The actual game will be played on his court. But the stadium should be Body Armor arena or something lol, whatever would help improve the experience in there

 

[Marillac2]

Thxgiving day at the Marillac family house

Marillac " stop over dribbling that gravy on my mashed potatoes ! "

Sister Marillac " go back to Kentucky ! "

Marillac " you have cousin John in front of you and you still think you can see the turkey in the oven let someone else take a look to see if it's done how many thanksgivings turkeys are you going to burn Jenkins ? "

Sister Marillac " Jenkins ? Have you been messaging with your internet friends again ? "

Marillac " you need to know your limitations as a cook "

“He’s just mad because his little Mets didn’t get that Japanese pitcher he wanted.”

 

[room112]

Out of curiosity for those in the know, where does CA rank vs the on campus arenas of the other big east teams? Only count arenas they actually play games in. I know it's one of the worst, but is it actually the worst currently?

 

[room112]

Second question, if they somehow gained the funding to make a new on campus arena a reality, could they realistically build that on the current parking lot next to CA?

 

[section10]

One of the first big east rules was that no big east game can be played in an arena unless it had x seats..I sadly for got what x was. Alumni hall was at 6006 and was smaller than x. The big east waved the capacity requirement for alumni hall and only for alumni hall. And again waived it when alumni hall was reduced to 5500 seats. Sorry for the algebra lesson.

 

[austour]

I believe that was on the proviso that the average capacity when combined with MSG games was sufficient.

 

[Alumni Hall]

Second question, if they somehow gained the funding to make a new on campus arena a reality, could they realistically build that on the current parking lot next to CA?

Yes that was one of the plans back in the 90s. All the cars that were using the main lot would be parked at Cunningham with the University bussing the students back to campus. They hit a snag when the city balked on the parking when they heard construction would take about 2 years. My guess is before any new arena is built on that site that they would build a new parking garage near the baseball field to accommodate the lost spaces in the main lot. No, idea what a new arena would cost with NY building costs these days. And would they keep Carnesecca Arena for the Olympic sports ️️️ since no teams have locker rooms outside of Carnesecca?
And looking at the size of the Baylor arena, I doubt something that size would fit with the Belson soccer complex so close. We can dream though.

 

[Mean Gene]

Would you rather question for the board:

Would you rather: CA stays as it is now, or would you rather Mike Repole comes in with a massive donation to recreate CA. The only catch is the arena gets renamed to Repole Arena or Body Armour Arena

You down with it or no?

Yes!

 

[classof2010]

Would love for us to add hockey and build something similar to Quinnipiac, with hockey one side and basketball the other. Not realistic of course. I like Fairfield U’s new building Mahoney. 8k arena on campus that had all the bells and whistles would be amazing. First Tilted kilt in Queens at the arena. Serving other half and kona.

 

[carmineabbatiello]

We used to have seating behind each basket. Maybe a few hundred in each end zone. They were pull out wooden bleachers that were maybe 6-8 rows. In fact after Louie retired, that’s where he sat and watched the games. When they redid the ceiling and had to add the newer style basketball goals with all the protective padding and mechanics, the end zone stands were removed. In the old days, our baskets were supported like your pix of Cameron. View attachment 1728View attachment 1730

Check out the mad hops on Felipe! What an athlete. He moved like a gazelle.

 

[FriendofJohnnie]

The current seats need backs, this no back thing unless you are in lower bowl makes it like a HS gym. But it is just a matter of if the school wants to allocate the resources. The biggest draw is always MSG, so is it bad money to toss into Queens games now (unless it was for more sports/better practice facility as part of larger complex or had plan to rent out the space for other events)? Plus Rick saying he wants more MSG games (which is possible as he is a draw and the games have been well attended). I think as a Band-Aid though, they can at least fix the seats.

 

[mjmaherjr]

The current seats need backs, this no back thing unless you are in lower bowl makes it like a HS gym. But it is just a matter of if the school wants to allocate the resources. The biggest draw is always MSG, so is it bad money to toss into Queens games now (unless it was for more sports/better practice facility as part of larger complex or had plan to rent out the space for other events)? Plus Rick saying he wants more MSG games (which is possible as he is a draw and the games have been well attended). I think as a Band-Aid though, they can at least fix the seats.

I’m saying this as someone who sits in upper section and I absolutely don’t want seat backs I’ll let my chiropractor and Orthopedist help me. The aisles have no legroom as it is and someone posted a pic a few games ago on twitter where his seat back was taking the guys leg space so much the guy in front was almost molesting him.

I’m 6.4 and whoever is in front of me will get the mjmaherjr airline treatment. I’ll put my knees into the back of the seat in front of me so they can’t recline from JFK over 8 hours to Lima Peru just to F with them for trying to take my leg space

I’m Irish so we harbor grudges for generations and are used to suffering so what’s an 8 hour flight or a 2 hour game

 

[Hardy]

I’m saying this as someone who sits in upper section and I absolutely don’t want seat backs I’ll let my chiropractor and Orthopedist help me. The aisles have no legroom as it is and someone posted a pic a few games ago on twitter where his seat back was taking the guys leg space so much the guy in front was almost molesting him.

I’m 6.4 and whoever is in front of me will get the mjmaherjr airline treatment. I’ll put my knees into the back of the seat in front of me so they can’t recline from JFK over 8 hours to Lima Peru just to F with them for trying to take my leg space

I’m Irish so we harbor grudges for generations and are used to suffering so what’s an 8 hour flight or a 2 hour game

I’m the same height and you’re correct. The fake setbacks basically make it impossible for me to sit there if the surrounding seats have people in them.

 

[passitback]

Would you rather question for the board:

Would you rather: CA stays as it is now, or would you rather Mike Repole comes in with a massive donation to recreate CA. The only catch is the arena gets renamed to Repole Arena or Body Armour Arena

You down with it or no?

Yup... Sure am, and I'd bet Lou would be fine with it also.

Carnasecca Court at Body Armour Arena. ...

 

[austour]

I’m saying this as someone who sits in upper section and I absolutely don’t want seat backs I’ll let my chiropractor and Orthopedist help me. The aisles have no legroom as it is and someone posted a pic a few games ago on twitter where his seat back was taking the guys leg space so much the guy in front was almost molesting him.

I’m 6.4 and whoever is in front of me will get the mjmaherjr airline treatment. I’ll put my knees into the back of the seat in front of me so they can’t recline from JFK over 8 hours to Lima Peru just to F with them for trying to take my leg space

I’m Irish so we harbor grudges for generations and are used to suffering so what’s an 8 hour flight or a 2 hour game

Don't worry. You're getting old, you'll start to shrink soon.

 

[Redenbacher]

The current seats need backs, this no back thing unless you are in lower bowl makes it like a HS gym. But it is just a matter of if the school wants to allocate the resources. The biggest draw is always MSG, so is it bad money to toss into Queens games now (unless it was for more sports/better practice facility as part of larger complex or had plan to rent out the space for other events)? Plus Rick saying he wants more MSG games (which is possible as he is a draw and the games have been well attended). I think as a Band-Aid though, they can at least fix the seats.

I think what makes CA look like a HS gym more than anything is the lack of seating behind the baskets. Especially on TV, it looks rinky dink. I'm no engineer, but it's a shame they can't do anything about that.