MB was a townie, i doubt he has any interest in funding lax, a law school or something along those lines maybe. It would be interesting to see the long term capital plan. I have not known any details in a decade.jhu06 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 10:07 amHopkins lacrosse is 141 years old or whatever. If they don't have the resources it's on the program, the athletic department, and University leadership for some of the comments Daniels has made and actions he's taken or this spring not taken. I would be pretty upset if the university was turning to Bloomberg for lacrosse or athletics because the lacrosse program is the absolute last part of the university that needs his support.
Rivals build these facilities (that become outdated in 15 years) and the media and message boards go gaga. Then you look up their contractors and see Yale is using the same folks that SUNY Stony Brook uses for its Cultural Center. Not exactly the Taj Mahal.
https://hlblighting.com/project/yale-un ... eld-house/
https://hlblighting.com/project/suny-st ... al-center/
Yale Lacrosse "We have lighting built by the people who did the SUNY UNITI Cultural Center". Boola Boola.
With new facilities being built ( was it UVA that was talking about a facility as a gamechanger?) to me they set off capital campaigns but do not change much if others don’t allow themselves to fall too far behind, the indoor practice facility was funded out of the program but never built bcs of available space? Loyola was in a worse situation eg space and bad relations w neighbors and associated issues but found a way around it.
I think Jen is terrific. I am not so sure Hopkins will not fall too far behind in quality of facilities over time. Planned giving from donors like a Cordish or Cowan could provide funding but available space among other items could be a concern.
