So we were told. Was it really? I guess we’ll find out one unspecified day.
If you needed to know, you’d know already. Trust the process. 
I watched UT add as many seats as we want to add in an off-season in the 90s. This isn’t as hard as you folks think - you have 9 full months to build (late November to late August). Unless they have to redo the foundation that was laid, then additional seats should be doable in one off-season.
Now a full fledged press tower w/ suites might take a little longer, but I suspect you could get the primary structure up in one off-season and then finish off the interior over a longer time line.
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clt says take a long look at an aerial of the rich. look at where the bricks are located and where they are not.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article9009692.html
clt adds this. we are now in the aac. unbelievable.
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If Mike Hill is indicating to Aresco BOA is available as needed…then we are looking at a minimum of 3-5 years before expansion begins.
Reminded of the requirement in the original Sun Belt that all conference men’s basketball games had to be played in the largest facility available. For us that was the original Charlotte Coliseum - now Bojangles. For UNO, that was the Superdome! Vic Bubas was a great MBB coach but had some delusions of grandeur as to the inaugural SBC commish.
Agreed, forget about the other sports for now, football is what got us here, and it is what will get us into the power 5, expand the stadium now and work on the other facilities over time, concentrate on the sport that generates the revenue
We will get a field hockey facility and likely a standalone soccer stadium before we add seats to the football stadium. Sad reality just like the waste of real estate tennis facility that no one uses.
Campus 9 years ago is completely different than today. Try driving one concrete truck in and out of there now. How about trucks carrying steel beams that are over 40 feet long? What about getting them around your fancy electric choo choo? The Marriot?
No thanks. BOA all the way
Good luck with that theory
See Joe, the numbers don’t lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice.
An expanded stadium is critical to the appearance of our program. Playing at BOA makes us appear weak and second rate. We lose the campus atmosphere, student participation, etc. Perhaps one game a year or every 2 years would work. We could coordinate with the light rail to make certain are able to swiftly move our fan base and make it a true event. However, if done more often, it would get old.
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Imagine driving on campus and seeing an expanded stadium. It makes a difference to the public eye. It gives us added credibility as a major football program.
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I thought field hockey was out, and women’s lacrosse was in.
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Yes, it’s lacrosse in the AAC.
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Expanding the stadium should be the only option, playing at Bank of America stadium is a potential mistake, as others on this forum have stated, the atmosphere and environment cant be duplicated at BOA, keep the “party” on campus, we are building a fan base and football culture, we need that connection to the campus
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Nobody is saying boa stadium forever. It is only so that we can build the expansion, and build it right, economically, efficiently, and without destroying the campus. Jeez
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This!