Vandy’s $300 million Athletics renderings released

[tpstulane]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... acilities/

[JerseyWave]

While at Tulane our AD has raised a couple million to give the Wilson Center a fresh coat of paint and new furniture.

[billow]

One must remember Vandy gets 50-60 million a year from the SEC.

[Tulane1111]

We happened to be in Nashville when Georgia was in town, the city was packed with Georgia fans, not for one day but three full days, starting thursday night…. So big time money maker for the city to host those schools.

[HoustonWave]

While at Tulane our AD has raised a couple million to give the Wilson Center a fresh coat of paint and new furniture.

[HoustonWave]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... acilities/

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

[Greeniegb]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... acilities/

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

[HoustonWave]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... acilities/

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Apples and oranges because Vandy leaders have made a half century of good decisions while Gibson Hall has repeatedly dropped the ball and beaten the odds in consistently making bad decisions. The payoff for Vandy is an annual SEC paycheck that in many years will exceed new donations to our endowment. And as far as selling naming rights, Vandy has much less need to do that since their endowment is about 5X ours—another benefit of decades of good decisions.

[anEngineer]

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Apples and oranges because Vandy leaders have made a half century of good decisions while Gibson Hall has repeatedly dropped the ball and beaten the odds in consistently making bad decisions. The payoff for Vandy is an annual SEC paycheck that in many years will exceed new donations to our endowment. And as far as selling naming rights, Vandy has much less need to do that since their endowment is about 5X ours—another benefit of decades of good decisions.

One of those "good decisions" for increasing endowment was to NOT get rid of their engineering program, then pawning off some science and computer department and saying it's engineering.

[tpstulane]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... acilities/

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Of the $300 million 1/3 is a COMMITMENT from the University and 2/3’s is from its donors.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/03/29/ ... athletics/

[Greeniegb]

The on-going benefits of competent leadership. I really like that indoor/outdoor practice facility combo. Get out of the rain and still practice in your home game climate.

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Of the $300 million 1/3 is a COMMITMENT from the University and 2/3’s is from its donors.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/03/29/ ... athletics/

Doners look for a return on their investment, we are not in the SEC!!! We will never have that large a doner group!!!


The best we can hope for is to complete the bowl of Yulman and dome it. That is the Indoor Practice Facility plus a large enough stadium for any Conference. Add multilevel on campus parking either on Claiborne Lot, or increase Dibol garage. This could probably be done for a little over 50-100 million max.

[tpstulane]

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Of the $300 million 1/3 is a COMMITMENT from the University and 2/3’s is from its donors.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/03/29/ ... athletics/

Doners look for a return on their investment, we are not in the SEC!!! We will never have that large a doner group!!!


The best we can hope for is to complete the bowl of Yulman and dome it. That is the Indoor Practice Facility plus a large enough stadium for any Conference. Add multilevel on campus parking either on Claiborne Lot, or increase Dibol garage. This could probably be done for a little over 50-100 million max.

Exactly my point. Donors (Doners ) look first for a commitment from the university before handing over large sums of cash. That’s one of the reasons they have the means in the first place to make donations that can move the needle substantially. Nothing worst than throwing money down a rathole and seeing nothing in return. Should Tulane ever decide to go all in on athletics I believe you’d see new donors willing to step up from the shadows.

[HoustonWave]

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Apples and oranges because Vandy leaders have made a half century of good decisions while Gibson Hall has repeatedly dropped the ball and beaten the odds in consistently making bad decisions. The payoff for Vandy is an annual SEC paycheck that in many years will exceed new donations to our endowment. And as far as selling naming rights, Vandy has much less need to do that since their endowment is about 5X ours—another benefit of decades of good decisions.

One of those "good decisions" for increasing endowment was to NOT get rid of their engineering program, then pawning off some science and computer department and saying it's engineering.

Amen. That was another colossal mistake. I guess Cowen wanted to devote more Tulane resources to community activism and social justice studies.

[HoustonWave]

Of the $300 million 1/3 is a COMMITMENT from the University and 2/3’s is from its donors.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/03/29/ ... athletics/

Doners look for a return on their investment, we are not in the SEC!!! We will never have that large a doner group!!!


The best we can hope for is to complete the bowl of Yulman and dome it. That is the Indoor Practice Facility plus a large enough stadium for any Conference. Add multilevel on campus parking either on Claiborne Lot, or increase Dibol garage. This could probably be done for a little over 50-100 million max.

Exactly my point. Donors (Doners ) look first for a commitment from the university before handing over large sums of cash. That’s one of the reasons they have the means in the first place to make donations that can move the needle substantially. Nothing worst than throwing money down a rathole and seeing nothing in return. Should Tulane ever decide to go all in on athletics I believe you’d see new donors willing to step up from the shadows.

Exactly. No big donor wants a repeat of Hertz Center—a big donation and investment with zero return years later. Either Tulane goes all in for athletic success and relevance or it doesn’t. If it does, it will have to take the lead by committing huge resources up front—hopefully after getting a requirements list from one of the W3 conferences (Watered Down 3). We now have the S2, W3 and G5

[HoustonWave]

Comparing apples to oranges, we are not in the SEC we don't get the SEC payout each year, this is not an investment but a use of already guaranteed funds. Like coaching at LSU the biggest recruiting tool is the school and the SEC does not matter who the coach is.

Is this leadership just now selling naming rights to the Vandy Stadium, About time!!!
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/vande ... l-history/

Of the $300 million 1/3 is a COMMITMENT from the University and 2/3’s is from its donors.
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2021/03/29/ ... athletics/

Doners look for a return on their investment, we are not in the SEC!!! We will never have that large a doner group!!!


The best we can hope for is to complete the bowl of Yulman and dome it. That is the Indoor Practice Facility plus a large enough stadium for any Conference. Add multilevel on campus parking either on Claiborne Lot, or increase Dibol garage. This could probably be done for a little over 50-100 million max.

Your dream list would cost much more than $100MM—have you noticed where construction costs have gone over the last 3 years? But no worries, cuz Tulane will never dome Yulman. A multi story parking facility might be possible as it would solve a lot of day-to-day parking problems in the surrounding area, and be profitable. But the biggest hurdle to any items on your wish list is Gibson Hall’s lack of initiative. Donors are like investors, they want to give to what they perceive to be a winning plan. I don’t think anybody in the Tulane administration has any idea what a winning plan would entail—and that’s why I wish we would go to a W3 conference and simply ask for their requirements list—then we’d know exactly what we must do . And I think donors would support a sure thing.

[JerseyWave]

Tulane has no problem raising many millions to build new residence halls, See what they are doing where Bruff used to stand. There's no doubt we have plenty of deep pocketed alums, we need someone who can tap into this source for the athletic department.

[TURVS71]

I think we should go INDEPENDENT with our athletic programs! We are a prestigious university and teams would jump at the chance to play us and we could write our own ticket!

Oh wait, when I woke up this morning, I thought it was 1966!

NEVERMIND1

[TURVS71]

Tulane has no problem raising many millions to build new residence halls, See what they are doing where Bruff used to stand. There's no doubt we have plenty of deep pocketed alums, we need someone who can tap into this source for the athletic department.

I would tend to think that the larger construction projects are funded by bond issues and paid back with the revenues of the facility. That's one of the reasons the stadium had to be built with money ON HAND. It can't support the debt service on any bonds that would have been issued. Just my .02