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Originally Posted by MovingAL
I don't see a UAB OCS and the BJCC MPF as linked/competing venues. Bartow Arena and the BJCC aren't competing and UAB needs control over the venues it uses. UCF played in a bowl-level stadium and decided to move on-campus. An OCS, by itself, won't be a panacea for UAB's football problems, but it will kill a few birds with one stone.
Birmingham needs the MPF for convention, bowl, and MC and Labor Day Classic events. While UAB just needs a venue closer to campus where the University can control it's scheduling and use.
More to the point of UCF is that they have over 60,000 students and are able to cover costs of most university programs through tuition increases.
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Bottom line it will be all about the revenue, whats ours is ours and there's is there's. The city will no longer buy $900,000 worth of UAB tickets and UAB does not have to give up the concessions and parking revenue to the city.