I was up at my companies HQ this week to train some new people. My company is a pretty big supporter of Pitt. On Tuesday we presented Pitt athletics with a check so we were wined and dined in the club area.
Peterson athletic center is nice but Yuengling blows it out of the water. It just seemed dated but had so much room on the concourses even bigger then Amalie. Arena seats 12,500. It was probably a little less then half filled so estimating 5,500 people. Student section was into it but I would say at most there were 1,200 kids It was really loud though, the noise echos. Pitt is decent this year and for playing a ACC conference foe I was expecting more students and fans.
We parked in a garage that was attached to their "indoor performance center" Really strange setup as you almost walk straight into it when you get off the elevator. Sow some Softball girls practicing in it. It is really old and decrepit looking. The Porter totally destroys it.
What was funny was the guy that was in charge of taking care of us and trying to get more cash, came to Pitt about two years ago from UC. I told him I'm USF and somehow UCF came up . He said he hates that school as does almost everyone else. He became my friend Also he doesn't believe the ACC is going to lose any schools going forward so USF will never get an invite. Not sure how in the know he is so probably means nothing.