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Posted: 3/16/2015 11:06 AM
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Probably old news to some, but when I spoke with Jim Schaus at the MAC championship game on Saturday, he said the new hanging scoreboard was in the works, probably/hopefully within a year or so. He said having the engineers see if the Convo roof would need to be strengthened was either happening or soon to occur. It would be nice to see. He also mentioned that planning for some major upgrades to Peden video/audio was in the works.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 12:19 PM
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I've heard whispers of this and it's good to hear. While I've never felt a hanging scoreboard was a requirement, updated audio/video in The Convo and audio in Peden is needed.

Now, back to those hand dryers....
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Posted: 3/16/2015 12:22 PM
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I'm on the Convo popcorn campaign as intently as LOVE is on the pretzel campaign.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 1:38 PM
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joefromperry wrote:expand_more
. He said having the engineers see if the Convo roof would need to be strengthened was either happening or soon to occur.
Having the engineers do their "roof report" has been soon to occur for about 8 years now I think.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 2:36 PM
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BOT approved the Convo seat replacements at Thursday's meeting.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 3:50 PM
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shabamon wrote:expand_more
I'm on the Convo popcorn campaign as intently as LOVE is on the pretzel campaign.
Does anyone know if our concessions are handled in house in terms of ordering, distribution etc. or do we use a service along the lines of Aramark?

I know we try to use community groups from around the region to help with game day.

The last game I went to was our CBI game against Wright State last year and the food was bad.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 4:10 PM
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OUcats82 wrote:expand_more
I'm on the Convo popcorn campaign as intently as LOVE is on the pretzel campaign.
Does anyone know if our concessions are handled in house in terms of ordering, distribution etc. or do we use a service along the lines of Aramark?

I know we try to use community groups from around the region to help with game day.

The last game I went to was our CBI game against Wright State last year and the food was bad.
I don't know, but I'm sure others on this board do. I would think that with university food services housed just across the street, they could manage the ordering, distro, etc. and then the labor could be done by community groups/university clubs as part of their fundraiser. I don't see a vast difference between a gameday set up and the snack bar set-ups they have at certain dining halls. Why pay an outside vendor to handle something you can do yourselves?
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Posted: 3/16/2015 4:45 PM
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One reason to outsource the concessions is to reduce liabilities while maximizing profit margin.

Trust me, as bad as concessions are now, they would be worse if Ohio tried to make the arrangements fit within the University bureaucracy.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 6:43 PM
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Pete Chouteau wrote:expand_more
One reason to outsource the concessions is to reduce liabilities while maximizing profit margin.

Trust me, as bad as concessions are now, they would be worse if Ohio tried to make the arrangements fit within the University bureaucracy.
My guess is they'd be better (how could it be worse, really) but Athletics wouldn't make any money.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 8:18 PM
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It is just amazing, the building improvements Ohio is undergoing!!! As always, it is a good time to be a student at Ohio University.
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bigtillyoopsupsideurhead wrote:expand_more
. He said having the engineers see if the Convo roof would need to be strengthened was either happening or soon to occur.
Having the engineers do their "roof report" has been soon to occur for about 8 years now I think.
I am the furthest thing from a science guy or engineer so excuse my ignorance. But how do you strengthen a roof like the convo? Just put in some sort of giant beam like they do on Property Brothers?
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Posted: 3/16/2015 9:50 PM
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Pete Chouteau wrote:expand_more
One reason to outsource the concessions is to reduce liabilities while maximizing profit margin.

Trust me, as bad as concessions are now, they would be worse if Ohio tried to make the arrangements fit within the University bureaucracy.
University ran concessions for 5 years after Thomas Boeh fired Laughlin Vending, they too were a horrible experience. Currently AVI is the company and has been for awhile. The contract is tired based annual sales.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 11:02 PM
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I am the furthest thing from a science guy or engineer so excuse my ignorance. But how do you strengthen a roof like the convo? Just put in some sort of giant beam like they do on Property Brothers?
From what I've heard they probably won't have to strengthen the roof; the engineering study is just to make sure that the current roof structure is sufficient. If needed, though, there are ways to do this that some engineering major on here once described.
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I'm on the Convo popcorn campaign as intently as LOVE is on the pretzel campaign.
W/ya. Allegedly the bst popcorn in the MAC, world, er sumthin' like that is available in the Roar Room. Not my experience At All - it's friggin run o da mill popcorn - but is is "free" (w/appropriate donation)
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Pete Chouteau wrote:expand_more
One reason to outsource the concessions is to reduce liabilities while maximizing profit margin.

Trust me, as bad as concessions are now, they would be worse if Ohio tried to make the arrangements fit within the University bureaucracy.
Reducing sales because the food and service suck maximizes NOTHING to NOTHING
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Posted: 3/16/2015 11:10 PM
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I am the furthest thing from a science guy or engineer so excuse my ignorance.
You should run for Congress - but maybe over qualified.......
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Posted: 3/16/2015 11:12 PM
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I'm THIS close to creating @ConvoRoof.
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BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
One reason to outsource the concessions is to reduce liabilities while maximizing profit margin.

Trust me, as bad as concessions are now, they would be worse if Ohio tried to make the arrangements fit within the University bureaucracy.
University ran concessions for 5 years after Thomas Boeh fired Laughlin Vending, they too were a horrible experience. Currently AVI is the company and has been for awhile. The contract is tired based annual sales.
AVI does a good job elsewhere, is it what we're giving them to work with that causes it to suck? Are they the ones choosing to serve nothing fancier than pizza or a pretzel for a hot food, or are we telling them that's all they can do?
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Posted: 3/17/2015 9:08 AM
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Outsource food to local vendors... O'Betty's stand, Big Mama's stand, etc etc... And to top it off... Jackie O's stand.
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RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
I'm on the Convo popcorn campaign as intently as LOVE is on the pretzel campaign.
W/ya. Allegedly the bst popcorn in the MAC, world, er sumthin' like that is available in the Roar Room. Not my experience At All - it's friggin run o da mill popcorn - but is is "free" (w/appropriate donation)
The Athena cinema serves Shagbark popcorn which is very good and it is free on Wednesday with no donation.
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I'm THIS close to creating @ConvoRoof.

DO IT!
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Posted: 3/17/2015 9:50 AM
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BOT approved the Convo seat replacements at Thursday's meeting.

Do we know when this is being started, and what they chose? I'd really like to buy a couple if they became available.
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I'll be real disappointed if we go to some kind of plastic!
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The Optimist wrote:expand_more
Outsource food to local vendors... O'Betty's stand, Big Mama's stand, etc etc... And to top it off... Jackie O's stand.
I do wonder if there has ever been much consideration given to this. I don't know how many of the local restaurants would be up for it but I would gladly pay for a slice of Goodfella's pizza or a Dixie Dog from O'Betty's.
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OUcats82 wrote:expand_more
Outsource food to local vendors... O'Betty's stand, Big Mama's stand, etc etc... And to top it off... Jackie O's stand.
I do wonder if there has ever been much consideration given to this. I don't know how many of the local restaurants would be up for it but I would gladly pay for a slice of Goodfella's pizza or a Dixie Dog from O'Betty's.

I totally agree. I'd prefer a slice instead of Convo hotdog. I think if the dollars made sense, it would add to the experience to have a few local food options and...Pipe dream here...a couple Jackie O's beers to choose from.


I'm with Casper on the seats - I'm hopeful the majority continue to have cushions.
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