Is it possible that donors are holding off on the locker room project in anticipation for the Peden Stadium renovations to be unveiled during this football season?

Riiiight. Cause that's happening.

I've asked around before, and Peden expansion isn't even on the radar. I'd bet a handsome sum of money to the OBC that Peden won't expand for at least the next 15 years. And you could probably extend that to 25 and be safe. There's so many other things higher on the priority list (and those take YEARS to fundraise for). The IPF was first brought up in the era of Jim Grobe and Tom Boeh. That's how long we've been waiting for that....

I have a feeling that the people with the big money know a renovation of Peden is well down the road.  The AD would share that with them to get them on board with the current renovations of the locker room.  It is a rumor here, but the people that need to know what is going on know and I am sure they are not waiting for a Peden renovation.  That doesn't mean that a peden renovation doesn't happen if they can find someone interested in funding it at a high level.

I think there is a top 2 that are well in front of any other projects.

1. an academic building (Facilities are make shift Peden now and are converted wevery footbal weekend into suites for AD, visiting AD and President.  They need better space!  Not just from a what is important standpoint, but for recruiting.  Almost all other MAC and above programs have a better space dedicated to academics.)
2. practice facility for basketball and volleyball (court time and scheduling is a huge struggle. Especially with all the high school basketball tournament and other things that they could use the convo for for revenue generation.)

A renovation of Peden will not take place until the academic building is up.  It doesn't make sense to renovate it in two stages.  Wait until you can move people out of Peden and then draw up plans based on how you can use it moving forward.  I will not say it is 10 or 15 years down the road because if we keep winning and growing as a program, the timetable will change.

I think the answer is simple: Money vs return.  We have not proven that we need an expansion.  We need to sell out on a consistent basis and at ticket prices that are higher than our current rates.  We are practically giving away tickets with some of the pricing.  Once we sell out with respectable pricing, then we can talk about stadium expansion.

This idea that we need to be selling at high prices is a misnomer. We are in Southern Ohio and the university is NEVER going to price out families in the name of extra money. Those family pack tickets sound like give aways because its 4.50 per game but the real cost is 120 per family pack. That is far from giving the tickets away. Secondly at what point are we charging a high price? Its 85 dollars for a sideline ticket to a Cincinnati Bengals game with cheap seats for 40 dollars. That is for the NFL. The Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big East have season tickets that start at 125 for 7 game schedule (18 dollars per game). Premium seats for UC are 320 which are comparable to Tower Club prices. What is a regular ticket price this season in Peden for a Saturday game $35? There is no way we can charge $70 for a game ticket to sit in a stadium that has high school level amenities. Marshall fans are being charged $37 to sit in Peden which is greater than a sideline seat in the Joan. Virginia Tech is charging $52 dollars. How much higher realistically can Ohio go here in price? I would bet $45 before it becomes ridiculous. 

http://www.bengals.com/tickets/stadium-map-and-ticket-pricing.html

http://www.gobearcats.com/genrel/070212aaa.html

http://www.herdzone.com/tickets/mars-tickets-m-footbl.html

Valid argument Uncle Wes.  I agree that we need to keep the family friendly pricing.  I think the family packs have been great.  Where I think the problem lies is that the new section would essentially be more family pack sections, thus we would not be making a significant amount more of money.

I think our single game pricing is great because it is fairly comparable with larger schools and thus SHOULD drive people to our season ticket packages.  The problem is that while they are growing, our season ticket numbers are not where they need to be.  In the end I guess that doesn't make a valid argument for raising ticket prices, but until we have guarented money with season tickets, I don't think we can afford to expand.