OSU may demolish St. Johns Arena

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May 12, 2010 1:11 PM
Watch for Krazie45 to chain himself to SJ
May 12, 2010 1:11pm
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May 12, 2010 1:16 PM
I don't know about that, but there are going to be a lot of pissed off alumni who have to walk to the Schott for the Skull Session

I'm sure there will be a movement to get it registered as a historic place and therefore won't be demolished.

Needless to say I will be one of many Buckeyes who would be sad to see the Cameron Indoor of the Midwest demolished.
May 12, 2010 1:16pm
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May 12, 2010 1:24 PM
can't see this happening anytime soon... SJA is the home to a number of Buckeye teams currently, including volleyball, gymnastics, and wrestling. Where are those teams supposed to play if they lose this building?
May 12, 2010 1:24pm
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May 12, 2010 1:25 PM
I wish they would tear down the schott.
May 12, 2010 1:25pm
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May 12, 2010 2:13 PM
By the way...it's St. John Arena. There is no "s".
May 12, 2010 2:13pm
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May 12, 2010 3:19 PM
They need to get that thing on some historic registry...hell, didn't Elvis play there once? :D
May 12, 2010 3:19pm
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May 12, 2010 4:34 PM
darbypitcher22 wrote: can't see this happening anytime soon... SJA is the home to a number of Buckeye teams currently, including volleyball, gymnastics, and wrestling. Where are those teams supposed to play if they lose this building?
Ding Ding. They're more than likely to get a new place to play at.

http://fod.osu.edu/masterplans/subdistrict/Athletics_10_08.pdf (OSU Athletic Facility Master Plan, Note 18MB in size).

As for ol' St. John looks like a pile of deferred maintenance on the place. Either renovate into something smaller, or build something new completely
May 12, 2010 4:34pm
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May 12, 2010 6:30 PM
krazie45 wrote: I don't know about that, but there are going to be a lot of pissed off alumni who have to walk to the Schott for the Skull Session

I'm sure there will be a movement to get it registered as a historic place and therefore won't be demolished.

Needless to say I will be one of many Buckeyes who would be sad to see the Cameron Indoor of the Midwest demolished.
Lol.
May 12, 2010 6:30pm
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May 12, 2010 9:12 PM
Would hate to see it happen for all of the above reasons....that being said, it has started to become an eye sore with all the other renovations in that area. I either needs renovated, which probably isn't cost effective...or taken down.
May 12, 2010 9:12pm
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May 12, 2010 9:15 PM
I briefly read through that PDF that was posted.

SJA will be renovated or knocked down according to that plan. And the renovation would take it down ti 6,000 seats....
May 12, 2010 9:15pm
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May 12, 2010 9:25 PM
I agree with it being an eye sore now. Real estate is too valuable to OSU to have St. John just sitting there. There's no reason why something smaller couldn't be built for the other sports, or they could just move to the Schott.
May 12, 2010 9:25pm
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May 13, 2010 1:57 PM
CinciX12 wrote:
krazie45 wrote: I don't know about that, but there are going to be a lot of pissed off alumni who have to walk to the Schott for the Skull Session

I'm sure there will be a movement to get it registered as a historic place and therefore won't be demolished.

Needless to say I will be one of many Buckeyes who would be sad to see the Cameron Indoor of the Midwest demolished.
Lol.
Wow you sure showed me, what a well thought out and intelligent response :rolleyes:


Again, the elephant in the room no one else wants to discuss is where the skull session will be if SJA is torn down. The Schott? The "Athletic Village"? (Which by the way is socially a terrible idea. Completely separating athletes from the rest of the students on campus provides disadvantages everywhere).
May 13, 2010 1:57pm
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May 13, 2010 5:15 PM
krazie45 wrote:
CinciX12 wrote:
krazie45 wrote: I don't know about that, but there are going to be a lot of pissed off alumni who have to walk to the Schott for the Skull Session

I'm sure there will be a movement to get it registered as a historic place and therefore won't be demolished.

Needless to say I will be one of many Buckeyes who would be sad to see the Cameron Indoor of the Midwest demolished.
Lol.
Wow you sure showed me, what a well thought out and intelligent response :rolleyes:


Again, the elephant in the room no one else wants to discuss is where the skull session will be if SJA is torn down. The Schott? The "Athletic Village"? (Which by the way is socially a terrible idea. Completely separating athletes from the rest of the students on campus provides disadvantages everywhere).
It didn't warrant a response better than that. You are obviously biased and that is going to have an effect on your opinion. The vast majority are going to disagree with you.
May 13, 2010 5:15pm
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May 14, 2010 5:50 AM
I see, well I'm wondering where this majority is...believe it or not there are a few more buckeye fans out there who are not on ohio chatter.
May 14, 2010 5:50am
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May 14, 2010 9:14 AM
Don't confuse the football fans with the basketball fans. Because the fan base is reduced to about 1/100,000th.
May 14, 2010 9:14am
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May 14, 2010 10:39 AM
CinciX12 wrote: Don't confuse the football fans with the basketball fans. Because the fan base is reduced to about 1/100,000th.
Even the football fans use St. John arena as I've pointed out...
May 14, 2010 10:39am
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May 14, 2010 5:05 PM
I get what you're saying, but skull session isn't a reason to keep the building.
May 14, 2010 5:05pm
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May 15, 2010 11:48 AM
It would be sad to St. John Arena go, but how many buildings can you justify keeping if they aren't serving a useful purpose any longer?
May 15, 2010 11:48am
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May 15, 2010 2:13 PM
Al Bundy wrote: It would be sad to St. John Arena go, but how many buildings can you justify keeping if they aren't serving a useful purpose any longer?
Currently it does serve a useful purpose. It houses men's and women's volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, skull session, freshman orientation, and various events (such as Obama's campaign speech in 08).

When they build that new small arena like planned, then it will be obsolete...but it is not yet at that point.
May 15, 2010 2:13pm