JJ Mindset
18 Feb 2006, 03:47 AM
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/13903975.htm
It looks like Spartan Shops is no more.
pwave
18 Feb 2006, 05:22 AM
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/13903975.htm
It looks like Spartan Shops is no more.
A few interesting quotes:
from SJMN article
Under the new arrangement, the athletic department will receive all revenue from concessions and parking, it will control the game-day operation -- get ready for more food options -- and football coach Dick Tomey won't have to sneak his team into the stadium to practice onside kicks, as he did last fall.
``We didn't have keys,'' said an employee who requested anonymity, ``so the Earthquakes let us in through their locker room.''
Man Spartan Shops was a terrible landlord to its own beneficiary. It seems like SS and AEG are cut from the same cloth.
from SJMN article
The stadium generated approximately $1 million above costs annually for Spartan Shops, according to a school official, but much of that came from the Earthquakes, who shared the facility with SJSU during their 12-year existence.
It would sure be nice to see the books on what SS was charging and making during the SJE stay (it was just eleven years, wasn't it?).
from SJMN article
And what if the football program starts winning, attendance increases and the cash starts rolling in?
``We need an artificial surface field that's lit, inside or outside the stadium,'' Bowen said.
Uhg.
from SJMN article
Asked about a professional soccer team playing at Spartan Stadium or in another facility on the South Campus, Kassing said:
``Our first priority is a Division I football program. . . . If there's a synergism between Major League Soccer, the city and us -- and I'd argue that's extraordinarily complex -- we'd be in the conversation. But it could break down in the second round.''
What a sweetheart. Looks like he's playing hard-to-get.
Fulham Fan
18 Feb 2006, 08:31 AM
Great find. This seems an on-topic thread to me.