If U were a multi-Billionaire & could rename something at UMn, what would you rename and why?

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KillmeNow said:
Ok, just to get things started, how about P.J. Fleck Stadium? ;)
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I second that. I’d just call it Fleck Stadium though. P.J. as part of the name is ehhh..I’d rather go with his full first name, middle initial, and last name. So “Philip J. Fleck Stadium”. More formal
 

I’d probably rename, or just name, something small in honor of my Dad since he was such a huge Gopher athletics supporter. He deserves his name on something on that campus, or something in the stadium, for his lifelong devotion.
 


Oturu Arena in honor of our 2022 National Championship.
 




Ok, I started this thread with sports on my mind, but maybe an alum like Seymour Cray could have a Computer Lab named after him or something? Might get that done for a lot less money, lol.

This might be a dumb idea, but our on Campus Hall of Fame, is it named after anyone? I ask because there are at least 2 Gophers, probably more, whose resumes are Hall of Fame worthy but circumstances simply went against them, so Gale Gillingham is not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but his resume is better than many who are in, and Sweet Lou Hudson is not in the Naismith Hall of Fame, but his resume is better than many who are in, so maybe rename our Hall of Fame the Hudson-Gillingham Hall of Fame? Or would it be wrong honoring just those two when others may feel miffed, like Rick Upchurch or Gino Cappelletti?
 






If I'm a billionaire I donate money to create new basketball arena that's a replica of The Barn, only with all the modern amenities (like wider concourses, more bathrooms, no obstructed seating), and insist as the only condition of my donation that there be a courtside section for students behind the benches. And I would have it named Bobby Jackson Arena in honor of the most electric Gophers player I ever saw, homework be damned.
 




If I have that kind of money, I am sorry. I wouldn't rename a building after myself or my family. I would pick a name honoring individual(s) that have made a huge impact in people's lives in the state and the world.

However, with that kind of money, I would focus my largesse on larger worthy causes other than sports. I will also donate to Gopher Athletics, but make it a matching fund donation.

I would create a foundation to build and support low cost or free med hometel tied to the University Hospitals and Cancer Centers. They are very much needed. Maybe somehow it can be tied into a fund generating vehicle for cancer family support and/or cancer research foundation.

IMHO, every family is touched by cancer. It is very devastating to families especially those who are less financially well off and having to travel a long way. I feel their stress, their heartbreak, and their pain.

Almost a dozen years ago before my older sister died of cancer, I visited the U hospitals regularly. She spent a good part for her remaining life there for treatments.

It was gut wrenching to see whole families from rural MN and out of staters sleeping in the guest waiting area or whatever is made available to them. They couldn't afford the cost of hotels for longer stays. Some don't have relatives or friends in town that they can rely on. They need more places like the Ronald McDonald's House.

The nurses, counselors, social workers, volunteers, and other care givers who work with these families are angels. I could see the pain in peoples faces. I could see the nurses in tears. To my sister and I they were our family. We need more of them and would support free tuition scholarship for people going into these fields like oncology nurse, social work, counseling, psychologist, etc... Also, a foundation is needed to put more money into these causes.

If I had that kind of money to throw around, I would do that. But, I don't want my name on any building or foundation.

I would also do what the co-founder of Home Depot Ken Lagone and his wife did. They donated $100 million to an initiative for free tuition for doctors especially in general practice, OBGYN, and pediatrics.


These doctors don't make money like the orthopedic surgeons. The over burdensome tuition cost is creating shortages nation-wide. Many GPs are leaving the practice in droves over the last two decades. If someone was to go practice in a rural community, community based care in the innercities and suburbs, I would pay off their tuition 100 percent.

We need to change the sense of the country/world from "me first" to caring and empathy for others. A sense of community of caring for fellow man. IMHO, something really changed over the last forty years as the world becomes more crowded. If you have to give a penny to every person on earth, you will need $75 million dollars! Yes, 7.5 billion souls. That is how many people on earth there are. We share a common humanity. Human kind is doomed if we stop caring for others.

That is my $1 billion dollars worth.
 
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I’d be tempted to name the bathroom stalls at TCF the Reusse Restrooms. With a larger donation to the children’s hospital of course.
 



hungan1 said:
If I have that kind of money, I am sorry. I wouldn't rename a building after myself or my family. I would pick a name honoring individual(s) that have made a huge impact in people's lives in the state and the world.

However, with that kind of money, I would focus my largesse on larger worthy causes other than sports. I will also donate to Gopher Athletics, but make it a matching fund donation.

I would create a foundation to build and support low cost or free med hometel tied to the University Hospitals and Cancer Centers. They are very much needed. Maybe somehow it can be tied into a fund generating vehicle for cancer family support and/or cancer research foundation.

IMHO, every family is touched by cancer. It is very devastating to families especially those who are less financially well off and having to travel a long way. I feel their stress, their heartbreak, and their pain.

Almost a dozen years ago before my older sister died of cancer, I visited the U hospitals regularly. She spent a good part for her remaining life there for treatments.

It was gut wrenching to see whole families from rural MN and out of staters sleeping in the guest waiting area or whatever is made available to them. They couldn't afford the cost of hotels for longer stays. Some don't have relatives or friends in town that they can rely on. They need more places like the Ronald McDonald's House.

The nurses, counselors, social workers, volunteers, and other care givers who work with these families are angels. I could see the pain in peoples faces. I could see the nurses in tears. To my sister and I they were our family. We need more of them and would support free tuition scholarship for people going into these fields like oncology nurse, social work, counseling, psychologist, etc... Also, a foundation is needed to put more money into these causes.

If I had that kind of money to throw around, I would do that. But, I don't want my name on any building or foundation.

I would also do what the co-founder of Home Depot Ken Lagone and his wife did. They donated $100 million to an initiative for free tuition for doctors especially in general practice, OBGYN, and pediatrics.


These doctors don't make money like the orthopedic surgeons. The over burdensome tuition cost is creating shortages nation-wide. Many GPs are leaving the practice in droves over the last two decades. If someone was to go practice in a rural community, I would pay off their tuition 100 percent.

We need to change the sense of the country/world from "me first" to caring and empathy for others. A sense of community of caring for fellow man. IMHO, something really changed over the last forty years as the world becomes more crowded. If you have to give a penny to every person on earth, you will need $75 million dollars! Yes, 7.5 billion souls. That is how many people people there are.

That is my $1 billion dollars worth.
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Very well said!
 


LakevilleBro said:
How about a Jan Gangelhoff Study Hall?
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Nothing wrong with that. Lets face it she did many players favors by speaking up. Its not the grade you get, but the education you get at a school. I would think these players would want a good job that pays well and the only way they are going to get that is with a good education.
 



If I give a billion dollars to the University of Minnesota, I rename it in honor of me.;)
 

If I had $100 billion, I might blow a few hundred million to rename Williams Arena as "OldBobs Barn".

Some modifications are required to give it more of a barn feel, like hay and straw bales scattered about the concessions area and all wooden stairways and handrails; and cow manure strategically placed to give the place authentic odor. Also, cantilever the upper decks so their supports do not create obstructed views as they now do.
 
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Maybe something in the wrestling program for Norman Borlaug. He's known as a father of the 'Green Revolution' but he was also a wrestler. Athletes that do great things outside of athletics should be honored.
 





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