RoyalGopher
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Lastly, someone needs to let Stanford, Oregon and Miami (and Ok State, Arizona, BC, most ACC teams,NU, know that they can never compete for National Championships, since none of those teams ever draw much more than 50K or so to a game.
But the Vikes can barely keep the dome full year in and out and pro football is the most popular sport in the nation
3. An expansion would require significant private fundraising by the U. Right now, other significant projects are lined up ahead of any football stadium expansion. The basketball practice facility, baseball stadium, and potential replacement or repair of Williams Arena come to mind. even if the football expansion project leapfrogged the other projects, fundraising will take years and football donors were just recently hit up to build TCF in the first place.
About the Vikes barely keeping their stadium full- I haven't looked at the statistics of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if competitive BCS schools averaged higher attendance than an average NFL team.
Also, I'm right with you about wanting to get a practice facility and some improvements to the Barn before we even consider a 30k extension.