New UWF Stadium

[Fightingscot82]

When this opens, wow. No more games in the local minor league ballpark.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Just a wild guess here but that stadium wasn't built for them to stay down here in the bush league.

[Fightingscot82]

Just a wild guess here but that stadium wasn't built for them to stay down here in the bush league.

Its a great place to be. Pensacola metro population has grown 14% since 2015 - but UWF's enrollment has grown by 102% since 2015.

[iupgroundhog]

Just a wild guess here but that stadium wasn't built for them to stay down here in the bush league.

I'm surprised that the capacity is only 7500.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Its a great place to be. Pensacola metro population has grown 14% since 2015 - but UWF's enrollment has grown by 102% since 2015.

I go to Panama City for vacation every year. It is an incredible recruiting advantage. Wonderful place.

[IUPNation]

When this opens, wow. No more games in the local minor league ballpark.

That is being built to move up.....

[IUPNation]

I go to Panama City for vacation every year. It is an incredible recruiting advantage. Wonderful place.

Yeah....not the part of Flori-duh I'd ever set foot in/.....too conservative for me.....

Actually...if I never set foot in that state ever again...i won't miss it.

I was there enough before 2002 before it turned in a cesspool.....

[iupgroundhog]

Does building a beautiful, state-of-the-art stadium but only with a capacity of 7500 translate into moving up? I mean, SRU gets that kind of attendance.

I think UWF is a little but isolated. Do they not draw well there, considering that they are a pretty good program?

Granted, nobody wants to play UWF in the playoffs. But i expected that program to become more dominant than they have been. I expected the Argos to go on a run like GVSU or FSU and they haven't.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Does building a beautiful, state-of-the-art stadium but only with a capacity of 7500 translate into moving up? I mean, SRU gets that kind of attendance.

I think UWF is a little but isolated. Do they not draw well there, considering that they are a pretty good program?

Granted, nobody wants to play UWF in the playoffs. But i expected that program to become more dominant than they have been. I expected the Argos to go on a run like GVSU or FSU and they haven't.

Mercyhurt's stadium holds about 2,000.

They likely don't draw well because they are in a major D1 region. And, with few exceptions, nobody cares about D2.

[IUPalum]

Question is, if they move up what conference would they be joining?

[Fightingscot82]

Question is, if they move up what conference would they be joining?

Most likely the United Athletic Conference, which is full of recent D2 jumpers: Abilene Christian, North Alabama, Tarleton State, and West Georgia. The SoConn is somewhat down that way but almost all private schools and much more Atlantic coast than Gulf.

[IUPNation]

Does building a beautiful, state-of-the-art stadium but only with a capacity of 7500 translate into moving up? I mean, SRU gets that kind of attendance.

I think UWF is a little but isolated. Do they not draw well there, considering that they are a pretty good program?

Granted, nobody wants to play UWF in the playoffs. But i expected that program to become more dominant than they have been. I expected the Argos to go on a run like GVSU or FSU and they haven't.

It is probably designed to be expanded when the time is needed.

Villanova's stadium only has a 12,500 capacity.

[Matt Burglund]

No more games in the local minor league ballpark.

UWF hasn't played there since 2021.