Just a random Friday thought. I know it's not happening any time soon, but most of us now only know the Convo. Will it be replaced and if it was replaced, would we ever get a bigger arena for the area?

If Duke, Cal, Vandy, Butler, Minnesota, Washington, etc. can stand playing in really old buildings... it can be done. (all much older than the Convo)

Auburn and Ole Miss built newer and smaller arenas in the last few years but look how much $$$$ they have from their big-time football programs.

2054

WHERE would the Convo replacement be built?

It may be almost 50 yrs old, but damn it's still the class of the MAC and impresses the hell out of people. I heard that when Eastmoor was at the Convo for its regional last week, they got to use the home locker room the first night. The players and coaches were incredibly impressed. And when Grace Christian was there for its regional, a Dispatch headline spoke of how in awe they were of the Roundhouse. I know, GC is small school (170 in the upper four) that plays in a cracker box, but other schools have had a similar reaction. Yes, it could use some upgrades, but I don't know of another college arena in Ohio that makes people stop and look on the outside and the inside.

I haven't been in the Convo since Larry Hunter was coach but I think it had a renovation not too many years before that visit. The makeover reminded me of what Georgia did to spruce up Stegman Coliseum. And the Convo is bigger. If that's good enough for an athletic department with the $$$$$$$$$$ of Georgia, it should be good enough for almost any school even in towns not named Athens.

Two answers:

Why?

Never in my lifetime!

Maybe after they figure out who I am and try to nail me with that 35 year old overdue library book fee.......

BTW - Chubb is looking pretty decrepit these days....and i am sending in BA-THOUSANDS more for my son than ever was ever sent there for/or by me!