For the last reported year it lost nearly $900K. But its contribution to the fabric of PSU can't be measured in dollars and cents, or so I'm told on a regular basis.
Exactly! I'm just trying to wrap my head around why a field hockey field upgrade is such a priority right now.
Could be the nearly $8mm in pledges they reportedly have. When that kind of money is available, you strike because it might not be there when you decide to get around to it.
If that's how you are going to assess PSU's sports program then do you prefer to eliminate all but the 3 sports that operate in the black?
Of course not, but "Penn State averages 427 fans per contest" in field hockey. Doesn't seem like the ROI is very good for that kind of money.
) played field hockey. I know she is no longer on the bot, but she won’t stand for her sport being CANCELED. .Give early, Give often ... Sandy and Eric will tell you when to stop.... errr wait a minute....This is who WE. ARE.
If you want greater accountability, remove funding of the money-losing sports from the Athletic Department and make it part of the overall general budget lf they make PSU a better, more attractive school to attend, people should have no problem paying for them.
They need the ticketing booth because entrance is free for fans!
Not for long I guess. 5 bucks x 200 fans brings in a cool $1000 a game
That will help balance these numbers:
So then Athletics nets $x more and the “broader budget” then takes the $x from Athletics to pay for those sports?
Is there really a D1 school thriving in terms of $$$'s brought in by Field Hockey?
Kickbacks don't come cheap nowadays.
You asked the question how much they bring to the table. I was simply following up saying I don't think many if any at all bring money to any D1 school. Sorry for the complete confusion I may have caused you?!?! It wasn't a shot at you or saying they deserve it, just a data point.
$10 million in engineering fees and $3 million in actual construction costs. I'm going to hang up and listen to the heads exploding here on the Engineering/McAndrew board.
Yep my thought as well. I’m all for giving them high quality facilities but without seeing the entire plans what they plan on adding does not seem like it’s going to cost $13 million even in today’s inflated cost situation. I guess they’re lucky they have about 10 million of it donated
It happens now anyway though people don't pay attention.
And don't forget about the new 1,200 bleacher seats for 427 fans that get in free.
Not to worry. The cost will somehow find its way into a student activities fee. For all intents and purposes, it's there already.
So, they're going to print up tickets for a cost and hand them out to fans to get in free (whom are they handing them out to?). Pay someone to collect said tickets and sit in the million dollar ticketing booth.
