For those that don’t get to the Bison Sports Arena very often, the Shelly Ellig track and field complex of the renovation is off and running. It appears about one-third of the steel support beams are up, meaning what you see here is a partial to what it will end up to be.
Great to see this project is going well. Let’s hope that the arena work isn’t far behind. After watching SDSU struggle with Western Illinois I stated thinking that maybe we were a bit hard on the Bison men who played them as well as anyone this past week. Take away the 4 point play and maybe the Bison get past them and then who knows after that. The team is young and talented and if the arena gets built Saul will bring in great talent. Go Bison!
Good news. Does anyone have an extra 9 million? How about we name the basketball court surface “The Forum.” So for the sake of confusion. The entire building is the SHAC. The basketball arena is “Scheels Arena.” It could be… “The Kolpack/Izzo Bison Media Blog Forum at Scheels Arena and the Sanford Health Athletic Complex.” Has a nice ring to it, eh?
How the hell does ndsu win a natl fball title and not have aggressive fund raisers to strike while iron is hot?
Heck, U of Minnesota is running ads on kfgo asking for money, why not Ndsu??
SBOHE gave $15 million to valley city state for a science building for 150 science majors, but they cant help Ndsu finish off this thing, wow.
Why dont you help instead of running your mouth and bitching?
There are coaches,administration, and volunteers raising money for te EDGE CAMPAIGN. We working hard and will get it done.
Jeff whyd didn’t Eric Carlson and Drew Lundberg play in the last game? Were they in Saul’s doghouse? Is Andy Nagle still on the team? In 2009 everyone kind of thought the Bison would end up playing in the regional in Minneapolis, do you have any idea where the Jacks might end up?
NDSU does not have a lot of wealthy alumni. There are some, but it’s not that many.
That’s the just the facts of life of being a smaller school.
The fact that most of the majors are either agricultural or engineering based also does not bode well for having wealthy alumni.
Rich people are business majors. They started (or inherited) their own businesses and then sold them for millions.
NDSU just started its business school. Give it 20-30 years.
Worse than that, the bball teams stink. Why should I donate 10 million to a sport that NDSU has had one good season in DI? Why not just give that money to football to continue growing that brand? And so on…
The Bison have plenty of wealthy donors and a season ticket base of nearly 10k. People who own farms have plenty of cash. That’s not the problem. Besides when you go back to 1890 there are plenty of alumni. Just need to figure out how to get them excited
Wrong, gabe.
“Wealthy” meaning alumni who have the ability to donate a million or more. NDSU just doesn’t have many of them and it’s the same group they always go back to for everything, non-sports stuff included.
NDSU does not have a lot of wealthy alumni. There are some, but it’s not that many.
That’s the just the facts of life of being a smaller school.
The fact that most of the majors are either agricultural or engineering based also does not bode well for having wealthy alumni.
Rich people are business majors. They started (or inherited) their own businesses and then sold them for millions.
NDSU just started its business school. Give it 20-30 years.
Worse than that, the bball teams stink. Why should I donate 10 million to a sport that NDSU has had one good season in DI? Why not just give that money to football to continue growing that brand? And so on…
The SHAC fund raising goes way beyond just basketball. Look at the photos above. That is a new home for our very successful track athletes. And the remodeling of the BSA will impact all sports at NDSU, not just basketball. It will provide an entirely new home for the athletic department.
The money should of been pouring in after the fball natl title.
Heck, down in texas, thr ndsu brass shouldve had a barrel and walked around tailgate soliciting donors, easymoney to be had.
Face it, NDSU IS AFRAID TO BE AGGRESSIVE….the aw shucks attitude needs to change.
I agree. NDSU is too passive in fundraising and pushing for money. I have been a season ticket holder for the Gophers for the last seven years and they practically use extortion tactics to draw out every last penny they can. $250 to park, $1,500 for priority seating, $40 for a temporary seat back, $285 for a season ticket…
NDSU could start with charging a market rate for season tickets and requiring fees to tailgate, but that would almost be considered treason to some boosters.
You gotta pay to play in Division I and unfortunately the average NDSU fan doesn’t realize the amount of money it takes to run a big time Division I program.