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I guess fans will need to walk through Sports Backers Stadium to get to Car Max
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I never thought I’d see a more screwed up VCU baseball home game situation than a tornado knocking down the outfield wall at The Diamond and forcing the 2005 home games to be played at Petersburg Sports Complex. But here we are. The athletic department has really screwed this one up.
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That's one of many questions I have and I sure hope we get some answers because if this whole thing falls flat after seemingly having a ton of momentum for a while, a LOT of people aren't going to be happy.
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Haven’t the lights already been torn out of the Diamond? If VCU plays any games there this year they’ll all have to be day games.
This doesn’t look good for everyone involved, given how long and arduous the stadium process has been. So much for the fake cooperation.
What is VCU thinking? Gonna have the Servpro floor crew prep the field at the Diamond and bring some rental lights in?!
Baseball was an embarrassment last season and now this?
Combined with the continued subpar women’s basketball program, our next most prominent sports after men’s basketball are in need of a makeover.
What is VCU thinking? Gonna have the Servpro floor crew prep the field at the Diamond and bring some rental lights in?!
Baseball was an embarrassment last season and now this?
Combined with the continued subpar women’s basketball program, our next most prominent sports after men’s basketball are in need of a makeover.
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Women's Volleyball?
The Squirrels said they needed Sportsbacker's in order to finish the construction of CarMax Park. Supposedly their were critical pathways for the underground utilities running under Sportsbacker's. I would be very surprised if the CarMax park opens on time. I walk by it every evening. The stadium lights in the Diamond and in CarMax are both on. I dont think they removed the lights out of the Diamond to CarMax Park. Maybe they are keeping the Diamond viable for another year so the Squirrels and VCU can play there till this gets sorted out. Carmax stock tanked by about 50%, they fired their CEO and laid off a bunch of people a month or 2 ago. I dont think CarMax is in a position to committ to more monies. I think they really need the money from VCU and am not buying that the Squirrels claim they are better off without them.
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So are we just playing hardball with the squirrels/city to negotiate a better lease deal, knowing that holding the deed to sports backers is a pretty major bargaining chip? Or is there a legitimate plan to build our own baseball park?
I dont think there is anyway we can afford a facility for baseball at this time. My guess with NIL and the money the basketball programs consume vs the money we generate, I think we are in a tight spot financially. I think the Squirrels wanted somewhere near $700k per year. I think we were paying less than $100k for the Diamond. That is not that much money but given Title IX implications, rising costs and NIL, I do not think we have alot of additional monies to allocate to mens baseball. We do have a sport we can drop. If I was running the AD, given the size of the roster and facilities expense of baseball - i would be looking at all options to reduce cost.
Look at the bright side. This is the most publicity VCU baseball has received since .... well, since ever.
Streaming across top of TD Page 1.
Tell the truth. With the possible exception of a U.Va. appearance, how many of you have actually paid for a ticket and watched a Rams' baseball contest at The Diamond?
I'm guessing no more than one percent of VCU students/alumni have witnessed a game.
Add to that ... witnessed any game other than men's basketball?
That said, loved watching side-arming Cla Meredith .... once he got to big leagues.
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This is incorrect. VCU will play its home games at the Diamond this coming year. VCU has known that would probably be the case for months now. They moved the lights from the Diamond to CarMax, so all home games at the Diamond will be day games.
College baseball is very underrated. When it's at peak its as exciting as anything.
Sadly the Diamond is not a good environment for it, and until the last month of season weather is not the best locally. Not too much fun sitting at the Diamond at 40 degrees. That said love the program. I'd be bummed if we got rid of baseball