23-24 Schedule

[311neers]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

[BambooRdApp]

NC State plays at Reynolds due to students not making trek to PNC for some non-conference games. I believe UNC has only played like one game in Carmichael for some anniversary deal or ot was COVID. Why play at Varsity when Holmes is on campus. Makes no sense to me. Just my opinion.
NC State is a pretty me example of why am average basketball school, at best, should never move one of their revenue generating sports off-campus.

The UNC-Wofford game in 2019 was played in Carmichael because of a scheduling conflict at the Smith Center.

[Stonewall]

LR fought our efforts for decades and is still only grudgingly accepting the reality.We will play at the Tarlton Center .It seats in excess of 3,000 .Other celebration,recruitment and fundraising events will precede the game.It is a great opportunityto grow support for the program.

[goapps93]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

Reynold's is home to the Wolfpack women and Carmichael is home to the lady Tar Heels. So they are already set up for basketball fulltime. Varsity is not. It's a great wrestling venue, but would be a waste to turn it back into a basketball arena for just a few games.

[hapapp]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

I believe it will be played here:
https://www.cvcc.edu/Campus-Resources/S ... -13-16.pdf

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I knew CVCC had basketball and more power to them for it but that looks to be less seating than a local high school. I think Newton-Con0ver High has a bigger basketball seating area. I assume the stands are showing 5 rows deep.

[Tru2ASU]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

The only reason Varsity isn't torn down is because of the creek under it.

[Oldlknapp]

I knew CVCC had basketball and more power to them for it but that looks to be less seating than a local high school. I think Newton-Con0ver High has a bigger basketball seating area. I assume the stands are showing 5 rows deep.

Tarlton seats 2100 for basketball.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

LR fought our efforts for decades and is still only grudgingly accepting the reality.We will play at the Tarlton Center .It seats in excess of 3,000 .Other celebration,recruitment and fundraising events will precede the game.It is a great opportunityto grow support for the program.

I guess what appears to be 5 rows of seats is not 5 rows of seats. If it hold 3,000 then we have more than we need and it might promote a planned scarcity that makes the ticket a big in demand.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

The only reason Varsity isn't torn down is because of the creek under it.

What does the creek has to do with that. If anything that seems to be the reason to tear it down. I need more.

[Tru2ASU]

Where in the world will it be played?
In Hickory?

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

The only reason Varsity isn't torn down is because of the creek under it.

What does the creek has to do with that. If anything that seems to be the reason to tear it down. I need more.

If you tear down the buildings or the tennis court on that route, you can't build back on top of it.

[AppinVA]

If you Google images of Tarleton Center, you’ll see that it will work just fine.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

I am sure they want to kick off the new campus with some events in Hickory and make it feel a part of the App family. Outside of L-R I am not aware of any place that could have a realistic amount of people in attendance and close to DI facilities with somewhat turnkey readiness. If we pay L-R enough I am sure they would take the money but I am also sure L-R is not overly happy with App moving into Hickory with the effort we are and if I were them I would set a very high rent if we were to use their basketball court.

Could the convention center off I-40 have high enough ceilings and floor space to bring in a few thousand seats. The special events center at Greensboro has that sort of capacity. I have never been inside the facility in Hickory to verify.

Would hope it’s at Lenoir Rhyne. They renovated their arena recently and holds 3,200. Playing in a convention center is AAU circuit/Myrtle Beach community college type vibes.

Instead of paying rent to play at someone else’s gym 1.25 hours from campus, let’s renovate Varsity a little bit and play there some.
$370M of planned improvements to campus over the next 5 years and we can’t find any dollars to renovate Varsity? Which is used by numerous programs/colleges/ROTC.

State plays at Reynolds, UNC plays at their old gym…etc.

The only reason Varsity isn't torn down is because of the creek under it.

What does the creek has to do with that. If anything that seems to be the reason to tear it down. I need more.

If you tear down the buildings or the tennis court on that route, you can't build back on top of it.

That makes sense, but for the sake of the creek I would not be upset if Varsity was taken down.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

If you Google images of Tarleton Center, you’ll see that it will work just fine.

I know I am going to sound like someone else on this board, but I did not pull up any images using Google. I found the landing page for the center and then a lot of links to Tarleton State Univ.

But 2-3,000 will work for us and might get some buzz going in Hickory. It is worth doing every now and then.

I think the video below personally wraps up my view of having athletics once a year in Hickory.
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/a4a47a77- ... bc0ed06816

[AppinVA]

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

That is much nicer than I thought it would be based on the diagram posted above. They likely have a over the court scoreboard before we did in Holmes.

[T-Dog]

It's about the size of Coastal's gym and the exact same scoreboard.

[AppinVA]

That is much nicer than I thought it would be based on the diagram posted above. They likely have a over the court scoreboard before we did in Holmes.

It looks like the old one that used to be in Varsity. Without the Sagebrush ads on the corners.

[McLeansvilleAppFan]

That is much nicer than I thought it would be based on the diagram posted above. They likely have a over the court scoreboard before we did in Holmes.

It looks like the old one that used to be in Varsity. Without the Sagebrush ads on the corners.

It is old school but it works and that whole place looks very nice for CC level of play and better than I expected. Depending on the day I might be willing to drive to Hickory just to see this place while I support App.

[Stonewall]

How about a Thursday night? I have been in Tarleton on several occasions.It is plenty "nice" and again a good opportunity not only for the AppState/Hickory campus but the basketball program and of course The Yosef Club.It is fertile ground .I will see you there!