Came by yesterday and saw you were having real conversations so here it goes:
the other Knights explained why we had to build the stadium. It was a no-go due to the price tag but somebody found the erector set in Amazon for $65M (see, we don’t care. We love our rust bucket).
Just by building the OCS, the attendance went from 10,000 fans plus 1,000 students to 30,000-35,000. Donations went from $2M to $10-12M per year. All of this after the other 0-fer season we had with GOL.
I still remember all the feelings that first day going around campus with other 50,000 UCF alums and fans. The colleges had events in each building and it was like going back in time.